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Originally Posted by hendan
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I guess I could mention that Breer had hoped to do a coupe with rear engine,which would allow the plan taper of the body to begin 'sooner'.
They encountered unacceptable oversteer and defaulted to the front engine layout.
Walter Chrysler insisted on a 6-passenger car and the Airflow ended up with virtually zero body camber in plan view,requiring the 44-inch tail to get any significant taper there,unlike Kamm's K-cars which started coming within a few years of the Airflow.
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A side note: it has been reported that Tatras,commandeered by the German forces in WWII demonstrated such significant oversteer,that officers were ordered to hold speed to no more than about 35-mph in curves to prevent crashes.
