Ralph Nader dubbed the Corvair "the one-car accident" because its swing axle suspension had a tendency to tuck under, causing the driver to lose control.
The suggestion that squeaky-clean Toyota's behaviour may have resembled that of Ford and GM, which in the distant past covered up problems with the Pinto and the Corvair, is especially wounding.
The Corvair was discontinued in 1969, but meanwhile GM had hired private detectives to tail Nader in an attempt to dig up information that might discredit him.
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