The Chevy Corvair, a blending of the Corvette and Bel Air monikers, was built for the 1960 to 1969 model years. The Corvair began as a 1954 GM Motorama concept car built as a fastback version of the ...

As the concrete dried on Ike's interstate highway system, hordes of American families started steering their sedans and wagons onto the pristine pavement to see for themselves the purple mountains' ...

[This story originally appeared in the September/October issue of MotorTrend Classic.]1959 was epochal for General Motors. Every GM car was new and full-size, except the Corvette, and division-creep ...

Bracket racer, highway cruiser, or show car. Mike Meyers’ LS1-powered Corvair is all this and more. It’s reliable, fast and gets outstanding fuel economy. As a bonus, in a sea of first-gen Camaros and ...

"I would sell the whole drive train motor, fresh transmission, a posi differential with four spider gears, and a new fuel system. It has a built 140 hp engine, with NOS TRW Forged Pistons + .60, 1969 ...

Ralph Nader’s favorite car has endured his legacy to become quite a nice collectible. Of course, the Corvair wasn’t the only vehicle to bear the brunt of Ralph’s wrath, but it’s the one that popular ...

Kyle has written professionally across the motorsport and motoring world since graduating from Plymouth University in 2018, and has acted as the MotoGP editor for Motorsport Week and as a Features ...

Corvair. Say that word even softly in the presence of off-road enthusiasts and you can bet a week's pay that some sort of argument will follow. The engine's use and misuse off the road is second only ...

Depending on how you look at it, July 7, 1959, witnessed one of the most creative, or foolhardy, steps in by the U.S. auto industry: Production began on the Chevrolet Corvair. A response to the VW ...

Last week was a sad one for "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" fans, who learned about the unexpected passing of Andre Braugher, the beloved actor who played the role of Captain Raymon Holt in the series. Holt was ...

Some of those on the outside demean it as the Ford Pinto of its day, a Dead Car Driving. Ralph Nader started the car-safety movement by indicting it as "Unsafe at Any Speed." Youngsters probably think ...