automaker worked. franticly to make the car safer modifying the suspension and adding better drum brakes but it was too little too late. chris now says the corvair is fate was sealed in one nine hundred sixty five when consumer advocate and lawyer ralph nader published his book unsafe at any speed and it he called the core of their the most dangerous vehicle on the road home sales plummeted and in one nine hundred sixty nine production of the corvair ceased entirely christo thinks that s a real shame for him it s trend setting design and its status as the first turbo charged mass production model make the corvair monster spider a milestone and automotive history is that whole family s house by that definition . in one nine hundred sixty five the corvair range got a new body and the turbo charged engine was no longer offered quickly and quietly
so. the g.t. also offers wireless induction charging this requires having a charging pad permanently installed in the floor of the car s parking lot out he says the concept car is almost ready to go into serious production. product marketing she says the eternal g.t. will be sold globally that audi is particularly focused on the north american market as electric vehicles are really booming there china will be another focus. but customers will have to be patient for another two years. is due to go on sale at the start of twenty twenty one. b.m.w. has unveiled its seventh generation three series in contrast to its predecessor the model now has a larger grille and has grown in length and width but the proportions have remained
rear is also very much a practical feature but looks good too with the illuminated logo reducing air resistance also brings other advantages as audi s head of exterior design explains it will of course it s all about aero acoustics he says because an electric motor makes virtually no sound if the driver can hear other things that were never audible before so audi as worked to make the car extremely quiet all around. audi s head of interior design says the cabin of the eternal g.t. takes its cues from another audi sports car. but the cockpit character is reminiscent of the r eight he says he asked why they are it is closed in here there s a through. horizontal element that gives a sense of grip and space and this vehicle the control screen is completely integrated into the surrounding architecture and he calls it a tech layer when it s wet stuff it s basically invisible. out he says the
were impressed by where the engine was located the chevy corvair was the only american car of its day powered by a rear engine. christo says this exotic looking car was surprisingly successful more than two hundred fifty thousand rolled off the assembly lines in the first year alone and things got even better when chevy introduced the mons option with a floor shift bucket seats and larger hub caps and a bit more chrome it was named after the italian racing circuit for i mamma mckim classified nominate the stance taken. soon chevrolet was selling more modern size then standard models the only thing missing was a stronger engine but not for long as christophe explains so much that so nine hundred sixty two chevrolet presented and the dish and all option the spider and it was truly sensational the first series production car to feature
interior uses only v good materials there are no animal based products here at all whether it s the ceiling the trim or the steering wheel. and the floor mats are made of reclaimed fishing nets. out he says the concept car has a range of around four hundred kilometers according to the new w.l. keep the standard the car maker has worked hard to keep battery charging times to a minimum of fifty friends g t s project manager says the eight hundred volt battery system allows up to three hundred fifty kilowatt fast charging so you can charge the battery in just under twenty minutes. and he says the car also has an intelligent cooling strategy designed to chill the components that are likely to heat up most this means the car offers a very high performance that is also repeatable so it s not just the acceleration from eighty to one hundred twenty kilometers an hour or from zero to one hundred the driver can fully utilize the car s acceleration repeatedly in succession it s