ChevroletĀ commonly referred to asĀ ChevyĀ is an American car manufacturer and aĀ division of General MotorsĀ (GM).
On November 8, 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Company was incorporated.Ā It was founded by Swiss race car driver and automotive engineerĀ Louis ChevroletĀ with his brotherĀ Arthur Chevrolet andĀ William C. Durant. With their sloganĀ "a car for every purse and purpose", the Chevrolet brand would become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete withĀ Henry Ford'sĀ Model TĀ in 1919 and overtakingĀ FordĀ as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929 with theĀ Chevrolet International.
Chevrolet International
Beginning 1919,Ā GMCĀ commercial grade trucks were rebranded as Chevrolet, using the same chassis as Chevrolet passenger cars and light-duty trucks, with an almost identical appearance to GMC products.
Chevrolet continued into the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s competing with Ford, and after theĀ Chrysler CorporationĀ formedĀ PlymouthĀ in 1928, Plymouth, Ford, and Chevrolet were known as the "Low-priced three".Ā In 1929 Chevy introduced the famous "Stovebolt" overhead-valve inline six-cylinder engine, giving Chevrolet a marketing edge over Ford, which was still offering a lone flathead four ("A Six at the price of a Four"). In 1933 Chevrolet launched theĀ Standard Six, which was advertised in the United States as the cheapest six-cylinder car on sale. During the Great DepressionĀ theĀ Chevrolet MasterĀ introduced a streamlined appearance, showingĀ Art DecoĀ influences and before and after the World War II era, theĀ Chevrolet DeluxeĀ andĀ Chevrolet FleetlineĀ found many buyers.
One of the technical advancements Chevrolet benefited from the very beginning was the implementation of anĀ overhead valveĀ engine, as the company was developed by the former owner ofĀ Buick, which had patented the overhead valve and cross-flow cylinder design as being more efficient than the conventional use of theĀ flathead engine. The basicĀ Chevrolet small-block V8Ā was introduced with the 1955 Corvette. In all, over 100,000,000 small-blocks have been built.
Corvette V-8
Chevrolet had a great influence on the American automobile market during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1953 it produced theĀ Corvette, a two-seater sports car with a fiberglass body. In 1957 Chevy introduced its first fuel injected engine, an option on Corvette andĀ Chevrolet Bel AirĀ passenger cars.Ā In 1960 Chevrolet joined the newly popular "compact car" market by introducing theĀ Corvair, with a rear-mounted air-cooled engine. In 1963 one out of every ten cars sold in the United States was a Chevrolet.
Chevrolet Corvair
During the 1960s and early 1970s, the standard Chevrolet, particularly the deluxeĀ Chevrolet ImpalaĀ series, became one of the United States' best-selling lines of automobiles in history. During that era, the mid-sizedĀ Chevrolet ChevelleĀ which was used to introduce theĀ Chevrolet Monte Carlo, and the economically pricedĀ Chevrolet Nova, which was the basis for theĀ Chevrolet Camaro, all were commercially successful and included family sedans, practical station wagons, and sporty coupes and convertibles
Chevrolet Nova
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