Chevrolet history

[Sinister380]

Ford company was started by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. Louis Chevrolet was racing driver, born in 1978, of 25 days in La Chaux-de-Fonds in Switzerland. William Durant founder of General Motors was, who was forced to leave GM in 1910, he had wanted to use Louis Chevrolet design and rebuild their reputation in the automotive industry. As head of Buick Motor Company, before the establishment of GM, Durant hired Chevrolet to lenktyniautų with Buick cars.

1911 November 3 Day Chevrolet entered the automobile market as the Ford Model T competitor. A year later, was presented the "Classic Six". Classic Six was 5-seats sedan with 299 IN3 (4.9 l) 6-cylinder engine capable of 104 km / h (65 mph).

[racer]

based on performance and design chervrolet is placed on place 6 on the top 10 list
comfort being its negative point

[kill]

Well Chevrolet is with Gm (General Motors). I don't like Chevrolet cars. As the service provided by its company is very poor.
I will just give them 1/10 if I will ask to rate them

[vandy]

Chevrolet has a very interesting history.
I was glad to know about it.
As far as their service is concerned, I have never had any problems with them.

[PhilipRan]

Chevy was founded by Louis Chevrolet, a racecar driver and son of Cooper Chevrolet, William Little and Dr. Edwin R Campbell, William Durant's son-in-law. William Durant (founder of General Motors) had been forced from the management of GM in 1910. Durant took over the Flint Wagon Works, incorporating both the Mason and Little companies. Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was incorporated in November 1911. He wanted to use Chevrolet's name as a racer to rebuild his own reputation. As head of Buick Motor Company, prior to founding GM, Durant had hired Chevrolet to drive Buicks in promotional races.[2] Actual design work for the first Chevy, the costly Series C Classic Six was drawn up by Etienne Planche, following the instructions of his old friend Louis. The first C prototype was ready months before Chevrolet was actually incorporated.

Chevrolet first used its "Bowtie emblem"[3] logo in 1913. It is said to have been designed from wallpaper Durant once saw in a French hotel. More recent research by historian Ken Kaufmann presents a compelling case that the logo is based upon a logo for "Coalettes".[4] Others claim that the design was a stylized Swiss cross, in honor of the homeland of Chevrolet's parents.[5]
Chevrolet logo, ca. 1943

In control, Durant was in the process of setting up Chevrolet production facilities in Toronto, Canada. Later that year, during a luncheon meeting in New York with "Colonel Sam" McLaughlin, whose McLaughlin Motor Car Company manufactured McLaughlin-Buick cars, it was agreed that Chevrolets with McLaughlin-designed bodies would be added to the Canadian company's product line. Three years later, the two operations (Chevrolet was by then a part of GM in the United States) were bought by GM to become General Motors of Canada Ltd.[6]

By 1916, Chevrolet was profitable enough to allow Durant to buy a majority of shares in GM. After the deal was completed in 1917, Durant was president of General Motors, and Chevrolet was merged into GM, becoming a separate division. In the 1918 model year, Chevrolet introduced the Model D, a V8-powered model in four-passenger roadster and five-passenger tourer models. It also started production of an overhead valve in-line six. Most cars of the era had only low compression flat head engines. These cars had 288in3 55 hp (41 kW) engines with Zenith carburetors and three-speed transmissions.

Chevrolet continued into the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s competing with the Ford brand, and after the fairly new Chrysler Corporation formed Plymouth in 1928, Plymouth, Ford, and Chevrolet were known as the "Low-priced three"

Chevrolet had a great influence on the American automobile market during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, Chevy made their first fuel injected engine[citation needed]. In 1963, one out of every ten cars sold in the United States was a Chevrolet.[7]
Chevrolet Camaro 2010

The basic Chevrolet small-block V-8 design has remained in continuous production since its debut in 1955, longer than any other mass-produced engine in the world, although current versions share few if any parts interchangeable with the original. Descendants of the basic small-block OHV V-8 design platform in production today have been much modified with advances such as aluminium block and heads, electronic engine management and sequential port fuel injection, to name but a few. Descendants of the small-block V-8 in the form of the LT V-8s, and had influence in the design of the LS V-8s, both of which are still installed in Chevrolet vehicles. The original small-block design is simplistic compared to the overhead-cam V-8 that Ford Motor Company used and continues to use in its line of larger cars and light trucks. Depending on the vehicle type, Chevrolet V-8s are built in displacements from 4.3 to 9.4 litres with outputs ranging from 110 horsepower (82 kW) to 720 horsepower (540 kW) as installed at the factory. The engine design has also been used over the years in GM products built and sold under the Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Opel (Germany),Hummer and Holden (Australia) nameplates.

In 2010, General Motor replaced the ad agency Campbell-Ewald, which served Chevrolet for 91 years, with Publicis Worldwide. Campbell-Ewald of Interpublic Group of Companies had served Chevrolet since 1919.[8]

[PhilipRan]

Decision to drop "Chevy" from Wikipedia - additional info

On 8 June 2010, an official memo informed employees at General Motors' headquarters in Detroit to discontinue the use of the word "Chevy" in place of "Chevrolet." Employees are encouraged to no longer use "Chevy" when speaking with coworkers, dealers, customers and family and friends.[25] The extent to which this will affect official marketing campaigns and dealerships is unclear at this point.

[PhilipRan]

The Chevrolet S-10 is a compact pickup truck from the Chevrolet marque of General Motors. When it was first introduced in 1982, the GMC version was known as the S-15 and later renamed the GMC Sonoma. A high-performance version was released in 1991 and given the name of GMC Syclone. The pickup was also sold by Isuzu as the Hombre from 1996 through 2000. There was also an SUV version, the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer/GMC S-15 Jimmy. An electric version was leased as a fleet vehicle in 1997 and 1998. Together, these pickups are often referred to as the S-series.

In North America, the S-series was replaced by the Chevrolet Colorado, GMC Canyon, and Isuzu i-Series in 2004.

The current S-Series remains in production in Brazil.

In then history of Chevrolet or Chevy I might say, Chevy S10 a compact pickup truck has gone through generation and a marque of General Motors.On its generation parts from other GM chassis lines (primarily from the GM G-body intermediates) were incorporated to chevy s10 parts. during its first generation.

[Blueberries]

Employees are encouraged to no longer use "Chevy" when speaking with coworkers, dealers, customers and family and friends.[25] The extent to which this will affect official marketing campaigns and dealerships is unclear at this point.









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