B*Z
发帖数: 7062 | 1 top gear里面有一期比较最容易起火的pinto，最容易失控的chevy corvair，和最容易
翻车的suzuki sumauri，挺好玩的。
对了，老色狼记清楚，失控王早已有定论了，是corvair。请车盲不要乱自作聪明。
corvair容易失控的原因很简单，每个车要省6块钱。GM从1960年起拧毛巾，知道最近继
续拧毛巾不更换ignition switch，每个才不到1块钱。谁信GM谁SB。
With incorrect tire pressures, a rapidly cornering Corvair driver could
easily find the vehicle’s back end heading towards the front. The average
US driver was simply not prepared to handle that eventuality. Could GM have
done more to avoid the oversteer stigma? Yes. GM saved six dollars per car... 阅读全帖 |
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M***O
发帖数: 3718 | 2 1960年，Chevy开发一款新车叫Corvair。造型漂亮，大马力，一投入市场就大受欢迎。结
果就是这款Corvair六年后使美国的汽车业发生了翻天覆地的变化。而这场变化则主要归
功于当时的一位年青律师叫Ralph Nader(这个人估计大家都认识，应该就是现在的绿党总
统候选人) 。此君六年磨一剑，花了大量时间和精力仔细地研究了这款车的设计缺陷，于
1966年出版了<
Speed>>。书中列举了Corvair的许多安全隐患，史称”Nader incident”。Nader的工作
可以说给美国人洗了脑，第一次让人们真正的认识到了无视汽车安全设计的危险性。Nade
r事件也直接导致了当时的美国总统Johnson于当年成立了National Highway Safety
Transportation Agency http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ )。这个机构大概比Bush成立的美
国国家安全部更有实际意义。这个机构负责制定汽车安全标准，从此汽车安全不再是汽车
厂家的自觉行为，而是受法律的强制约束。从此，汽车工业的发展开始了一个新的篇章。 |
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d******e
发帖数: 7844 | 4 这玩意直接google不就知道了。
最早的涡轮增压引擎来自通用
1965的Corvair 2.4L V6和Jetfire 3.5L V8。
欧洲最早的涡轮增压引擎来自宝马
1973年的2002 Turbo 2.0L I4
日本最早的涡轮增压引擎来自尼桑
1979年的Cedric Turbo 2.0L I6 |
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K******S
发帖数: 10109 | 5 晚上HBO的GOT后面有个总结上一周新闻的节目里提到了GM的RECALL，一些数字见仁见智
吧：
1.
2001年GM就知道这个BUG了，当时是从一个SATURN的小车的PROTYPE上发现的，2014年
RECALL,间隔13年
2.
”
(Reuters) - U.S. safety regulators have recorded 303 deaths when airbags
failed to deploy in 1.6 million compact cars recalled last month by General
Motors Co, according to a study released Thursday night by a safety watchdog
group.
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GM自己宣称”只“死了12个人，有人还记得丰田自动加速死了多少人吗？
3.
GM培训员工不要用JUDGEMENT WORDS，而且避免用一个有上百个词的LIST
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“Kevorkianesque,” “apocalyptic,” “Band-Aid,” “Challenger,” “C... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1102 | 6 Hardly a new concept . The Ferdinand Porsche designed Volkswagen beetle used
this design in the 1930s, as did the revolutionary Tucker automobile, as
well as the Chevrolet Corvair, although unlike the Subaru and Tucker, the
Volkswagen and Chevrolet designs were air cooled. Porsche had the design
perfected well before Fuji Heavy Industries even thought about producing the
Subaru. A very large version of these flat opposed engines powered buses
in the 1950s |
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B***o
发帖数: 369 | 7 不到一百万就rebuild过了
Mr. Gordon, 73, bought the car in 1966, after having bad experiences with
two Chevrolet Corvairs. The first decade he owned the Volvo, he drove the
car 500,000 miles. So far, he has driven his 1800S through every one of the
Lower 48 states, and even had it shipped to Europe once and drove it around
the continent. He’s done all that on the original engine, although Mr.
Gordon has had it overhauled twice, at the 680,000-mile mark and again at
nearly 2 million miles. Mr. Gordon has ... 阅读全帖 |
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