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[Major Nikon]

63. "especially vulnerable"

Less so than pretty much all other cars in it's class. Nader lifted his data from lawsuits and hearsay, not comparative testing done with cars in the same class. The Corvair was not "especially vulnerable". It was especially not vulnerable. The NHTSA commissioned two different studies which included comparative testing and found exactly the opposite conclusions from Nader's half-baked horseshit.

"It is the opinion of the panel that the Corvair quantitatively meets or exceeds the standards set by contemporary cars in stability tests, cornering tests, and rollover tests," and, "for this reason the panel concluded that the 1960-63 Corvair does not have a safety defect, and is not more unstable or more likely to roll over than contemporary cars."

PB 211-014

To say that this was a significant accomplishment of Nader is exactly backwards. Nader killed a car that was safer than its contemporaries and undoubtedly cost lives. The fact that Nader never admitted his obvious fuckup is a testament to just how big of an asshole he is.

Fuck Ralph Nader.