Chevrolet Cars and Autos

The Chevrolet motor car company
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Founding of the Chevrolet motor car company
The Chevrolet Company was founded on November 8th 1911 by Louis Chevrolet and former GM founder William C Durant. Alfred Sloan positioned Chevrolet to sell a line of mainstream vehicles, these were to compete against Henry Ford's Model T in the 1920's. Chevrolet is now a brand owned by the General Motors Company who acquired Chevrolet in 1917. Chevrolet is General Motor's highest selling brand. Today Chevrolet offer a full range of vehicles from small subcompact cars to medium duty trucks.

History of Chevrolet motor car company

The following company information and history timeline details the dates of major events which influenced the growth of the business.

1911:  Chevrolet named after a Swiss Louis Joseph Chevrolet raised in France.

1913:  Chevrolet uses its bowtie logo for the first time. Durant was also in the process of setting up facilities in Toronto, Canada for producing Chevrolet's. During a luncheon meting with Colonel Sam McLaughlin in New York who manufactured McLaughlin Buick cars, McLaughlin agreed to design bodies for Chevrolet to be produced in his  Canadian production line.

1916:  Chevrolet became profitable enough for Durant to be able to buy a majority of shares in GM.

1917:  Durant became president of General Motors and Chevrolet merged into GM and became a separate division.

1918:  Chevrolet introduces the Model D. Australia builds Chevrolet bodies in local assembly plants.

1920:  Chevrolet's were marketed and sold in Trinidad and Tobago.

1924:  Argentina import Chevrolet Double Phaeton models.

1925:  To reduce costs in the Argentine market, General Motors decides to manufacture in Argentina.

1926:  Newly created General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd was established producing Chevrolets.

1931:  General Motors (Australia) Pty Ltd merges with Holden Motor Body Builders creating General Motors Holden's with production of various GM products including Chevrolet.

1942:  Last Chevrolet built in Argentina. 

1946:  Production recommenced post war.

1948:  Chevrolet produces trucks in Venezuela in Caracas.

1949:  Australian Chevrolets assembled from parts imported from Chevrolet in Canada.

1957:  Chevrolet designs and builds it's first fuel injected engine.

1959:  Argentina manufacturing plats are enlarged and build cars, pick up's and trucks.

1960: In Argentina the first Chevrolet pick up is introduced on the 25th January.

1962:  Chevrolet production in Chile began.

1963:  1 in 10 cars sold in the United States was a Chevrolet.

1964:  Vauxhall Motors and Holden derivatives were being built under the Chevrolet name in South Africa.

1968:  Last full year of Chevrolet production in Australia. 

1974:  Neal and Massey give up GM franchise in Trinidad and Tobago so Chevrolet brand is dropped.

1979:  Production from Caracas moves to a plant in Valencia purchased from Chrysler.

1980:  Chevrolets built by Colombian Automotive Factory SA in Colombia.

1982:  Chevrolet brand name dropped in South Africa in favour of Opel.

1986:  GM decides to leave South Africa, a local South African group buys out GM's South African operations and renames the company Delta Motor Corporation.

2001:  GM decide to re-enter South Africa buying the whole of Delta and bring back Chevrolet. 

2005:  In Europe mainstream models from GM Daewoo were re branded as Chevrolets.
 
What models and types of cars and automobiles does the Chevrolet motor car company produce?
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