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The Company was formed Detroit, Mishigan and it was created by William C durant and the race car driver and automoblie enginner Louis Chevrolet.
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Chevy Classic C six went market. The original price was $2, 150 and it was expensive back then.
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Louis Chevrolet left Detroit to go to Indianapolis, but he allows Durant to keep producing cars in his name.
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The first Chevy trucks are produced.
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Brand formally becomes part of Genaral Motors Corp. Under founder Durant.
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Chevy overtakes Ford in sales for the first time, with sales of more than 1 million cars.
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Suburban Carryall, a truck- based station wagon and a forerunner to the modern SUV, is introduced.
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Chevy becomes the first low-priced American car to offer an automatic transmission, with Powerglide introduced as an option on 1950 models.
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The first Corvette is introduced.
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The impala is the best selling car with 13 million impalas were sold.
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The first Camaro is introduced and serves as a pace car at the Indianapolis 500.