Behind the wheel of one of the first Corvairs built, we uncover the truth behind Chevy’s most polarizing car. [This story originally appeared in the September/October issue of MotorTrend Classic.]1959 ...

Wheeling around in a high-dollar restomod or zillion-horsepower performance machine is all well and good, but there’s something to be said about a vehicle that’s all about fun. This lifted Chevy ...

While some folks (okay, we’ll admit, it’s most people) are still reeling from the shock value introduction of the fresh Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC rocking parts and the 5.2-liter supercharged Predator ...

Since World War II, there has only been one new American car that was a huge leap forward from what had been built before its debut in 1959, and that car was the 1960 Chevrolet Corvair. No other car ...

Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss race car driver who partnered with William Durant in 1911 to form the Chevrolet Motor Co., which became part of General Motors in 1918. During the 1960s and 1970s, ...

In a market sector already inhabited by Studebaker and Rambler economy cars, the Big Three, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler's compact car debut took place in late 1959. The new car buying public ...

Introduced for the 1960 model year, the Chevrolet Corvair was one of the first compact cars made in the US. But unlike the Rambler American, Studebaker Lark, and Ford Falcon, the Corvair had a ...

Production of the Chevy Corvair took place between 1959 and 1969, with two generations coming and going during that time. Often associated with Ralph Nader’s “Unsafe at Any Speed,” the Corvair still ...