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The Chevrolet Corvair is a rear-engined, air-cooled compact car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet over two generations between 1960 and 1969. A response to the Volkswagen Beetle, [1] it was offered in 4-door sedan, 2-door coupe, convertible, 4-door station wagon, passenger van, commercial van, and pickup truck body styles in its first generation (1960–1964), and as a 2-door coupe ...
The Corvair used the Powerglide for all 10 years it was produced; from 1961 to 1963, Pontiac used a modified version of Corvair Powerglide it called 'TempesTorque' for its front-engine, rear-transaxle Tempest, LeMans and Tempest LeMans cars. Dash-mounted Powerglide control lever, typically used on 1965–69 Corvairs.
The rear-engined 1960-69 Chevrolet Corvair Z-body up to 1964 used a variation of the rear swing-axle suspension and a transaxle similar to that found on the 1961-63 Pontiac Tempest. The 1961-62 Corvair station wagons even utilized a roofline similar to that on the 1961-63 Y-body wagons.
Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood (1961–1963) Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier Sportswagon (1961–1965) Chevrolet Parkwood (1961) Chrysler 300G (1961) Chrysler Saratoga (1961-1965) (Canada only) Chrysler Windsor (1961-1966) (Canada only) DeSoto DeSoto (1961) Dodge Custom 880 (1961–1965) Dodge D Series (1961–1964) Dodge Dart (1961-1962) Dodge Polara ...
Latin America Four-door compact pickup marketed in Latin America. S10 Max: 2021 2021 — Latin America Rebadged Maxus T70 marketed in select Latin American markets such as Mexico. Silverado/ Cheyenne: 1998 2018 2022 North America and Middle East Full-size pickup truck mainly marketed in North America, successor to the Chevrolet C/K. Offered as ...
This was so named because it began with Chevrolet's V8 engines. Chevrolet big-block V8s; Chevrolet small-block V8s; GM Vortec 4300 90° V6; GM Iron Duke RWD inline 4 (early RWD Variants, later versions may use a FWD pattern, and have two possible starter locations)
A mid-engine V8 conversion for the Chevrolet Corvair. [2] This mid-engine conversion turned the rear-engined Chevrolet Corvair transaxle around 180 degrees and used a special bell housing and input shaft to bolt the V8 where the stock air-cooled engine would normally be connected. This makes the rotation of the differential backwards.
1960 Chevrolet Corvair. The first was both generations of the Chevrolet Corvair from 1960 to 1969, which were a rear-wheel-drive and rear-engine compact car. [1]The Corvair featured a rear-mounted six-cylinder Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine that included many aluminum components and an aluminum block, along with a rear swing-axle (up to 1964) suspension and rear transaxle.