VW revives the ’90s Fire & Ice spirit with a 322-hp hot hatch. Unfortunately, this cool car is not for America. 04 – 1960 Chevrolet Corvair in Colorado junkyard – photo by Murilee Martin 24 – 1960 ...

Since World War II, there has only been one new American car that was a huge leap forward from what had been built before its debut in 1959, and that car was the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair. No other car ...

Chevrolet Motor Company opened its doors back in November 1911, named for co-founder Louis Chevrolet. Alongside William C. Durant, he kicked off more than a century to date in the ever-competitive ...

But GM’s biggest news came on October 2, 1959, when its first compact, the Chevrolet Corvair, went on sale. It was 180 inches long and rode on a 108-inch wheelbase, compared with 119 inches for the ...

The Chevy Corvair debuted for the 1960 model year. The Corvair moniker came from a blending of Corvette and Bel Air, with the “air” portion a direct reference to the Corvair’s air-cooled, horizontally ...

Chevrolet promoted the portion of the 1960 Corvair behind the passenger seats as a "baby cradle" that was "a safe, comfortable way to carry your baby" because it was the "warmest place in the car … ...