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A Little About The Corvair Engine

Nov 15, 2025

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Today’s article is for those of you who may be a little newer to the Corvair world. While we will share tech articles time to time that will more advanced, we never want to lose sight of the fact that we were all new to Corvairs at one time. We want you greenhorns to become…

Do you know about the “Electrovair”?

Aug 17, 2025

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In 2025, we have become used to seeing electric vehicles everywhere we go. In the last 15 years, with the advance of battery capacity and charging technology, we have made significant advances with EV’s. As revolutionary as the Corvair was in so many ways, did you know that engineers and designers at GM made TWO…

Did you know about the Corvair Super Spyder XP-785 Concept Car?

Jul 22, 2025

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Citations from http://conceptcarz.com & Retro Cars on YouTube The GM Design Studio, under the direction of Bill Mitchell, would build four concept cars atop the Corvair platform, including this XP 785 Super Spyder. The Super Spyder was built on the 1962 Corvair convertible platform but with a wheelbase shortened by fifteen inches. It used the…

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A Little About The Corvair Engine

Do you know about the “Electrovair”?

Did you know about the Corvair Super Spyder XP-785 Concept Car?