The Corvair 95 series also included the Loadside and Rampside pickup trucks, featuring a mid-body ramp on the right side.

Chevrolet introduced the Corvair lineup for the 1960 model year as the first of a series of generations of passenger compact cars.

The air-cooled horizontally opposed Chevrolet Turbo-Air 6 engine was located in the rear of the vehicle under a slightly raised cargo floor.

Engine size was increased to 164 cu in (2,683 cc) for the 1964 model year, raising output to 95 hp (71 kW).

These included a bed that covered the rear-mounted engine as well as various kitchen, cabinet, and table layouts that changed by model year.

The Loadside was a pickup truck with a standard tailgate for accessing the cargo bed from the rear over the engine compartment.

[6] Rubber trim on the edge helped avoid scratching the paint when the ramp was lowered for loading and unloading cargo.

As these became successful, General Motors responded with its design, which placed the Chevy II sourced engine in a "doghouse" between and behind the front seats.

The forward engine design allowed a flat floor with lower deck in the rear of the vehicle for loading and unloading cargo.

Eventually, Chevrolet and Volkswagen would abandon rear-engined vans in favor of conventional or front-wheel-drive water-cooled engines.