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The history of the Chevy truck and car brand

By jut1738

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    The Baseball Hot Dogs and Apple Pie Chevy ad campaign is born.

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    The 100 millionth Chevy a 1979 Monza is built.

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    Race car driver Louis Chevrolet and GM founder William C. Billy Durant co found the Chevrolet Motor Company in Detroit on Nov. 3.
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    Louis Chevrolet‘s $2,150 Series C Classic Six a luxurious high performance six cylinder model hits the streets of Detroit.

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    Louis Chevrolet parts company with Billy Durant leaving behind the rights to produce cars bearing his name. The Chevy bow tie logo designed under Durant's auspices appears for the first time in an ad.

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    The first car wearing the Chevy bow tie logo appears. Its the Royal Mail Roadster.

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    The Chevy Model 490 debuts as a 1916 model with a list price of $490. The first value-priced Chevy it puts Chevrolet in direct competition with Henry Fords Model T.

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    Billy Durant who had been forced out of General Motors in 1910 regains control of the company he founded.

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    Chevrolet introduces its first truck based on the Model 490 car chassis. Also this year Chevrolet becomes part of General Motors.

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    A Chevrolet plant is opened in Copenhagen Denmark it's the first Chevy plant outside the U.S.

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    Chevrolet overtakes Ford for the first time with sales of more than 1 million vehicles.

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    The Chevrolet Six debuts its called a six for the price of a four because major American competitors at the time offered only four cylinder engines at about the same price.

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    Chevy introduces the knee action independent front suspension on its 1935 model Master Series Its revolutionary engineering for a value priced car.

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    Chevrolet introduces the Suburban Carryall the original SUV It invents a new segment. Today the Suburban name is the longest running continual nameplate in the industry.

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    Production of civilian Chevrolets ceases due to the war effort Production of trucks for military use continues.

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    Chevrolets civilian car production resumes.

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    The all new Advance Design pickup trucks are introduced, Chevy's first all new truck since before World War II. This classic eventually would become the design inspiration for 2003-2006 Chevy ssr.

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    Corvette debuts with the industrys first regular production fiberglass body.

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    The 50 millionth General Motors car is a gold 1955 Chevrolet BelAir.

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    The Impala nameplate debuts.

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    Camaro debuts. Its Chevys answer to the Ford Mustang.

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    The Heartbeat of America ad campaign debuts.

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    The millionth Corvette is built.

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    The 638-hp Corvette ZR1 is the fastest and most powerful production car in GM history a distinction it retains today.