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l can see it now!
Chevy could revive the Corvair (lots of traction, no radiator) and call the top-line model the Crevasse.
Then there’s the Ford Fiord, the Mercedes Meltwater, the Buick Baffin Bay.
The cars would be cheap (no need for cold a/c).
A home market start-up model – something like a Smartcar with skis up front and tracks on the rear – could be called AC (where have we heard that before?) and made by Artic Circle Motors!
Stewdi, we kid but wouldn’t it be something if five years from now there actually was a Ford Fiord?