HISTORY ABOUT CHEVROLET
10 FACT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT CHEVROLET - On November 3, 1911, Swiss race auto driver and car engineer Louis Chevrolet helped to establish the Chevrolet Motor Company in Detroit with William C. Durant and speculation accomplices William Little (producer of the Little car) and Dr. Edwin R. Campbell (child in-law of Durant) and in 1912 R. S. McLaughlin CEO of General Motors in Canada.
Durant was thrown out from the administration of General Motors in 1910 for a long time. He assumed control over the Flint Wagon Works, joining the Mason and Little organizations. As head of Buick Motor Company preceding establishing GM, Durant had employed Louis Chevrolet to drive Buicks in limited time races.Durant wanted to utilize Chevrolet's notoriety for being a racer as the establishment for his new car organization.
10 Fact You Didn't Know About Chevrolet :
Fact 1 Chevrolet or the Chevy as it is popularly known was founded by Louis Chevrolet. The company has manufactured over 200 million trucks and cars since the year 1921.
Fact 2 In the United States the Chevrolet was the top selling car brand in 2011.
Fact 3 In 2010, 1 out of every 1,615 people across the globe bought a Chevrolet.
Fact 4 If all the Chevrolets that were purchased in 2010 were to be lined bumper-bumper, they would cover 51% of the earth’s circumference.
Fact 5 2/3rd of the world’s roads have Chevrolet’s.
Fact 6 In Europe the Chevrolet brand name is mainly used for cars that have been manufactured by General Motors in Korea.
Fact 7 In North America, the company manufactures and sells a large variety of vehicles including sub-compact cars to medium-duty commercial trucks.
Fact 8 Chevrolet was acquired by GM motors in 1918.
Fact 9 1913 was the year in which the famous bowtie Chevrolet emblem was first used. One of the oldest stories states that Durant picked up the idea from a wallpaper design that he had seen in France. Some others claim that is a stylized Swiss cross.
Fact 10 The Chevrolet V8 design was first launched in 1955 and has been produced uninterrupted ever since. The current-day models are updated versions of the original engine.