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 ...

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 ...

At the end of the 1950s, American cars were getting longer and longer. In fact, some models like the Buick Electra and the Lincoln Continental were so long, they didn't fit in some residential garages ...

Bowing for the 1960 model year, the Chevy Corvair was Chevrolet’s new economy car. The Corvair name, a contraction of the Corvette and Bel Air monikers, had previously been used for a 1954 GM Motorama ...

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 ...

The Corvair first became a thing in 1954, when Chevy introduced a Corvette-based concept with a hardtop fastback roof. Six years later, the model entered production and remained on the assembly line ...

Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss race car driver who partnered with William Durant in 1911 to form the Chevrolet Motor Co., which became part of General Motors in 1918. During the 1960s and 1970s, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – “Will you still need me, will you still speed me… when I’m 64?” With apologies to The Beatles, the Chevrolet Corvair’s history is one of triumph, trials and tribulations –undeniably ...

The Chevy Corvair, a blending of the Corvette and Bel Air names, story begins at the 1954 GM Motorama where the Corvair concept bowed as a fastback version of the Corvette. The concept was well ...

Behind the wheel of one of the first Corvairs built, we uncover the truth behind Chevy’s most polarizing car. [This story originally appeared in the September/October issue of MotorTrend Classic.]1959 ...