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Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of watchmaking in northwestern Switzerland. [1] He was the second child of Joseph-Félicien Chevrolet, a watchmaker, and Marie-Anne Angéline Mahon. [2]
William Crapo Durant (December 8, 1861 – March 18, 1947) was a leading pioneer of the United States automobile industry, founder of General Motors and co-founder of Chevrolet.
Chevrolet Tahoe: 2014: teenager who demands more money after the mother takes her home in the family's new 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe and believes that they are worth more after she sees the features. Hy Finn: Chevron (Standard Oil of California) debuted 1958: voiced by Paul Ford: the Chevron Cars: 1995–present The Chick-fil-A cows: Chick-fil-A ...
Shakespeare famously wrote that a rose called any other name would still smell as sweet. But some top brass at General Motors apparently don't think "Chevy" has all the fragrance of "Chevrolet ...
On November 8, 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Company was incorporated. [6] It was founded by Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet with his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant and investment partners William Little (maker of the Little automobile), former Buick owner James H. Whiting, [7] Edwin R. Campbell (son-in-law of Durant) and in 1912 R. S. McLaughlin CEO ...
The marque was named after the Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto, who led the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi) and was the first documented European to have crossed the Mississippi River. The DeSoto logo featured a stylized image of the explorer.
After a 47-year career at GM, ... The man behind Chevrolet's iconic machine, the Corvette, is retiring. ... MotorTrend named the Z06 the Performance Car of the Year.
Edward Nicholas Cole (September 17, 1909 – May 2, 1977) was an American inventor, automotive engineer and executive, widely known for leading critical projects for General Motors, including development of the Chevrolet Corvair and Chevrolet Vega; developing GM's Small Block V8 and its rotary engine, championing the catalytic converter to migrate cars from leaded gasoline, and advocating for ...