The target of the book was the Corvair, an economy car first produced by the Chevrolet ision of the General Motors Corporation in 1960.
这本书的抨击对象是阔威尔牌轿车，这是一种经济型轿车，最初是由通用汽车公司的雪佛莱分公司于1960年生产的。
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.
拉尔夫·内德称科维尔是“一辆车的车祸”，因为它的摆动轴悬挂容易向下方变形，导致司机失去控制。
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.
阔威尔车于1969年停产，但在此之前的一段时间，通用汽车公司雇佣了私人侦探跟踪内德，想挖掘出能够诋毁他的材料。
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.
有人暗示，丰田“无可指责”的行为可能类似福特和通用汽车公司过去掩盖其平托和考威尔车的问题时的举动，这样的暗示对丰田极为不利。
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.
有人暗示，丰田“无可指责”的行为可能类似福特和通用汽车公司过去掩盖其平托和考威尔车的问题时的举动，这样的暗示对丰田极为不利。
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