1962 Chevrolet Corvair and Corvette Ideal for Two-Car Household

The General's Chevrolet Division introduced the innovative Corvair compact for the 1960 model year, and sales were strong for the first few years. Then the more "traditional" front-engined Chevy II came along and, well, you know the rest of the Corvair story. Here's a full-page magazine advertisement for the 1962 Corvair Monza, touting its off-road abilities and such standard features as a heater, seat belts, and dual sun visors.

Perhaps because GM's marketers feared that the sportier versions of the Corvair— which got an optional turbocharged engine later in the model year—might steal sales from the more profitable Corvette, the two-seater and its brand-new 327-cube V8 gets a shout-out at the bottom of this advertisement: Try a Corvette and a Corvair and you're sure to end up a two-car man.