First I have heard of this:
http://www.androidauthority.com/motorola-corvair-leaked-shows-6-inch-android-based...
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Dec. 7, 2011 11:12 a.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director
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Dec. 7, 2011 11:21 a.m. 1988RedT2 SuperDork
Dang. And here you got my hopes up for a rear-engined air-cooled flat six by GM.
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Dec. 7, 2011 11:22 a.m. fastEddie SuperDork
They so need to do commercials featuring Ralph Nader as their spokesman.
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Dec. 7, 2011 11:22 a.m. Ranger50 Dork
I was thinking dropped wing aircraft...
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Dec. 7, 2011 11:47 a.m. aircooled SuperDork
Very strange name choice. From what I know the name was entirely manufactured by GM.
Maybe there needs to be a TV series about a rag tag group of reject marines that drive around Corvairs and try to stop the invasion of Japanese imports.
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Dec. 7, 2011 1:12 p.m. erohslc HalfDork
Corvair, Corsair, 220, 221, whatever... ;)
Caution, if you try to swich channels too quickly, the device may suddenly flip over in your hand.
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Dec. 7, 2011 2:07 p.m. jrw1621 SuperDork
I predict that it will not be launched in the US with that name, elsewhere maybe. It is not uncommon in electronics to give models development names where the name is not intended to be the production name.
One example that I was involved in was a revolutionary offer that was internally called project CoolJ. The reasoning was, "don't call it a come back.."
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Dec. 7, 2011 2:10 p.m. Tyler H Dork
Motorola Monza!
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Dec. 7, 2011 2:15 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid Dork
Wow, I think GM still has the licensing on the name Corvair.
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Dec. 7, 2011 2:27 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork
Teh Googles say there is no definition for the word 'corvair' so I guess it's something GM cobbled together.
But there's two different definitions of the word 'corvette'.
- A fast, lightly armed warship, smaller than a destroyer, often armed for antisubmarine operations.
- An obsolete sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, usually armed with one tier of guns.
Hmmm...
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Dec. 7, 2011 4:50 p.m. Canute New Reader
A modern Corvair. Wouldn't that be like a Boxster/Cayman?
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Dec. 7, 2011 5:19 p.m. SyntheticBlinkerFluid Dork
Canute wrote:
A modern Corvair. Wouldn't that be like a Boxster/Cayman?
No because those are mid engined like a 914. A Corvair was rear engined.
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Dec. 7, 2011 5:32 p.m. GTwannaB Reader
Ralph Nader says that phone has unsafe radiation at any spectrum.
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Dec. 7, 2011 5:37 p.m. ransom Dork
The Integra's an auto-trans scooter.
The Corvair's a phone.
Next up, the new Mangusta food processor.
Grr.
