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The 1955's top trim offering was the Bel Air, which had more chrome than the 150 and 210. The Bel Air, 210, and 150 models could be bought as a four-door, or as a two-door with a post between the front and rear passenger windows, known as the two-door sedan. The 210 and Bel Air models could also be with a two-door hardtop, which was marketed as ...
In 1955, Americans purchased 7.1 million new automobiles, including 1.7 million Chevrolets, giving the company fully 44% of the low-price market [7] and surpassing Ford in total unit sales by 250,000. [8] The Bel Air was an instant hit with consumers, with a minimally equipped One-Fifty models starting under $1600 and featuring a six cylinder ...
The V8 cost $110 more than the Six and weighed 5 lb (2.3 kg) less. The Bel Air 2-door sedan used squared-off roof styling and large wrap-around rear window as opposed to the hardtop's swept-back design. The Bel Air 4-door Sport Hardtop still used a different roof line than did the 4-door sedan.
It was actually the best-selling Chevrolet model during 1953 and 54, offering a balance of style and luxury appointments unavailable in the base 150 series, but was less costly than the glitzy Bel Air. Two-Tens offered the widest choice of body styles for 1953, including a convertible, Sport Coupe hardtop, two- and four-door sedans, and four ...
A silver 405, described as a 1955 Bristol, is driven by the character Jack Kerruish (played by Kevin Whately) in the first three series of Peak Practice, set in the early 1990s in the Peak District. A maroon 405 is featured prominently in the 2009 independent film An Education , directed by Lone Scherfig , which is a period film set in 1961 in ...
Body style choices were also limited to sedans, Handyman wagons (four-door in 1953–1954, two-door in 1955–1957) and (until 1955) the club coupe. The only body styles specific to the One-Fifty were decidedly fleet oriented — the sedan delivery (a 2-door wagon without rear windows and the rear seat removed) and the business sedan — a 2 ...
The Chevrolet Biscayne was a series of full-size cars produced by the American manufacturer General Motors through its Chevrolet division between 1958 and 1975. Named after a show car displayed at the 1955 General Motors Motorama, the Biscayne was the least expensive model in the Chevrolet full-size car range (except the 1958-only Chevrolet Delray).
Chevrolet Station wagons offered a wide variety of engines rated from the 140 bhp (100 kW) 6-cylinder to the 225 hp (168 kW) V8. One base engine Chevrolet offered in 1956 was a 235.5-cubic-inch (3,859 cc) 6-cylinder engine with a cast-iron block and a compression ratio of 8.0:1. It was carbureted, with