Unsafe at Any Speed
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Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965. Its central theme is that car manufacturers res
Exhibit featuring the book at Henry Ford Museum, Detroit
Chrome-finishing at the dashboard and a pillar of a 1957 Buick Roadmaster, a car that became infamous for suddenly losing brake-pressure
Ralph Nader in 1975
Unsafe at Any Speed claimed that aggressive styling like that of the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air was hazardous to pedestrians.
Chevrolet Corvair
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The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet over two generations from the 1960 through 1969 model years. The Corvair was a response to the in
Unsafe at Any Speed
…Transportation in 1966 and the predecessor agencies of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in 1970. Unsafe at Any Speed's critique of the Chevrolet Corvair received widespread attention. It also dealt with the use of tires and tire pressure being based on comfort rather than on safety, and the automobile…
1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
1962 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible
First use of Corvair name was the 1954 Chevrolet Corvair concept car styled as a fastback