Ralph Nader was fresh out of college and needing to make a reputation for himself in the early-mid 60s ...OR the military-issue Jeep, in which a LOT of GIs were killed in rollover accidents....
so he attacked GM, who had already stopped production of the 1960-64 rear swing axle corvairs. The problem with Beetles and early 'vairs is they would hit a bump, the car would lift and since the wheels were bolted to the end of the half shafts, the contact patch of the rear tires to the road would narrow and the rear could break-free into every oversteer ...
The post 64 corvairs had an independent rear suspension design so the tires contact area stayed parallel to the road as the car rose and fell over bumps. (Thats the basic idea anyway)
None of which has any connection to military issue jeep rollovers which were,
mostly likely, due to novice drivers, narrow wheelbases, and higher center of gravity.
A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT discussion.
Sorry, the Nader story is all old news to most of us who owned corvairs.
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