Safety Brake

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If GM fixes the brakes on the 1.1 million cars, the cost could reach an estimated $170 million. Whatever the outcome of the suit, the greater cost has been to the reputation of the car. Although GM insists that it will keep the X-cars in production, they appear to be undergoing a slow phaseout. Only 237,000 have been built during the 1983 model year, down 41% from last year. As with another problem-plagued GM model from two decades ago, the Corvair, the poor public image of the X-cars is hastening their eclipse in the showroom.