The Corvair first became a thing in 1954 ... which channels the power to the rear axle through a four-speed manual transmission. Needless to say, this ride is far from being a dragster in disguise ...

Debuting in 1960, the Corvair seemed totally out of left field from GM. It featured an air-cooled, horizontally-opposed powerplant mounted in the rear and a notorious swing-axle suspension (it was ...

The Corvair specials were built between 1962 and 1967 and each is unique. Where production Corvairs all hung the engine behind the rear axle, one of the concepts, the Monza GT coupe flipped the ...

The Corvair had several things going for it that ... The first-generation Corvairs (1960 to 1964) used a swing axle rear suspension (like a Volkswagen Bug), but the second-generation models ...

Though its controversial rear axle has long since been redesigned, all the unfavorable publicity has helped send Corvair sales tumbling from a 1961 high of 317,000 to 86,000 last year. Contact us ...