Thursday 20th July 1972
The results of the National Highway Traffic Administration’s two-year study were released. The study concluded that 1960-63 Chevrolet Corvair models were at least as safe as comparable models of other cars sold in the same period, directly contradicting charges made by the leading consumer advocate Ralph Nader, contradicting his claim in his book “Unsafe at Any Speed, The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile”. Nader’s book is often blamed for the demise of the Corvair because it caused sales of the model to drop.