IMPORTANT DATES IN CHEVY history

  • The Company Chevrolet was created

    The Company Chevrolet was created
    The Company was formed Detroit, Mishigan and it was created by William C durant and the race car driver and automoblie enginner Louis Chevrolet.
  • Classic C six

    Classic C six
    Chevy Classic C six went market. The original price was $2, 150 and it was expensive back then.
  • Bowtie Logo

    Bowtie Logo
    Louis Chevrolet left Detroit to go to Indianapolis, but he allows Durant to keep producing cars in his name.
  • First Chevy Truck Produced

    First Chevy Truck Produced
    The first Chevy trucks are produced.
  • Chevy Brand becomes part of the Genaral Motors

    Chevy Brand becomes part of the Genaral Motors
    Brand formally becomes part of Genaral Motors Corp. Under founder Durant.
  • Chevy in Power

    Chevy in Power
    Chevy overtakes Ford in sales for the first time, with sales of more than 1 million cars.
  • First Chevy Suburban

    First Chevy Suburban
    Suburban Carryall, a truck- based station wagon and a forerunner to the modern SUV, is introduced.
  • First low-priced American car

    First low-priced American car
    Chevy becomes the first low-priced American car to offer an automatic transmission, with Powerglide introduced as an option on 1950 models.
  • The first Corvette

    The first Corvette
    The first Corvette is introduced.
  • The Impala

    The Impala
    The impala is the best selling car with 13 million impalas were sold.
  • The first Camaro

    The first Camaro
    The first Camaro is introduced and serves as a pace car at the Indianapolis 500.