The bold and innovative air-cooled rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair was influential but ultimately a dead-end for GM, with early problems tarnishing the car's reputation. The unusual layout did not hamper the choice of bodystyles seen in this 1961 brochure.

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Corvair Monzas concepts 1962-63

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. Corvair Monza SS roadster
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. Corvair Corsa

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The technical details of the rear-engined Prinz were spelled out in the brochure's obligatory cutaway drawing. The early Prinz was successful enough to spawn the more familiar second-generation model - with shrunken Chevrolet Corvair styling - which survived into the 1970s.

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And this is digital: Corvair - the car that never really happened

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