Months before Pearl Harbor, Chevrolet manufacturing had already been transitioning to be ready for the impending war. The power glide, the first automatic transmission, was also introduced in the low-price category.
However, the biggest news for Chevrolet during the s was the introduction of the two-seater Corvette sports car at the Motorama Show. Many Americans thoroughly enjoyed new Corvette and its styling when the first production models became available in June Only units were manufactured that first year.
On November 23, , before a large crowd of visiting GM and government officials saw the millionth Chevrolet come off the line, a Bel Air Sport. The s introduced names like Super Sport with cubic inch engines and the popular Chevy II and Chevelle models, which were all great looking designs.
The Chevrolet Camaro became very popular and served as the and Pace cars for the Indianapolis Both pace cars had engines. The last photograph of this story above illustrates Chevrolet employees assembling the new Monte Carlo models. Today, many of the Chevrolet models have become very rare and collectible.
In conclusion, Chevrolet will always be a part of our American automotive history and a chapter in our history books. General Motors. Chevrolet skips model year and releases the fourth-generation Corvette as a model. The sports car is redesigned from the ground up and welcomes additional ground clearance but a lower center of gravity. A hp cubic-inch V-8 is the only engine offered and mates to either a four-speed automatic transmission or Chevrolet's four-plus-three manual gearbox, which offers an available overdrive for gears two, three, and four.
We find the automatic car is capable of scooting the low-slung coupe to 60 mph in 6. In spite of our love for manual transmissions, we call the self-shifting gearbox "quite a capable tool for generating performance statistics. Chevrolet makes a handful of tweaks to the Corvette for , and we subsequently name the model to our third annual 10BestCars list, calling it an "American car that will run with the best in the world—at a fraction of their price.
The convertible returns to the Corvette lineup for In celebration, Chevrolet drafts the droptop Corvette to pace the Indianapolis Chevrolet produces 84 Corvette ZR-1s in , none of which are sold to the public. The ZR-1 finally reaches dealerships in and is sold through model year The model boasts a dual-overhead-cam 5. With horsepower on tap and a ZF-built six-speed manual putting that power to the ground, we push a ZR-1 to 60 mph in a blistering 4.
To fit its massive inch-wide rear wheels, the ZR-1 wears model-specific doors and rear body panels. We put the mightiest Corvette up against a Porsche Turbo in and award gold to the American sports car, declaring that the " ZR-1 triumphed over the Turbo for one simple reason: it goes fast better.
Chevrolet lightly revises the Corvette's exterior in New front and rear fascias and revised side louvers give the car a more modern appearance. A new 5. Dubbed LT1, the engine produces a comfortable horsepower—50 horses more than the prior L98 engine—and lb-ft of torque. Traction control is standard across the Corvette line.
As an ode to the original Corvette, the millionth model is a white convertible with a red interior. Model year sees the introduction of the one-year-only LT4 engine. The optional 5. A special Grand Sport model arrives in as well. The model harks back to the Corvette Grand Sport race cars of the s.
Available strictly in Admiral Blue with the more powerful LT4 engine, the Grand Sport is offered as both a coupe and a convertible. The convertible, however, does without the coupe's flared rear fenders. The fifth-generation Corvette arrives in Although it evolves the style of its predecessor, the latest Corvette is a completely new animal.
Power comes courtesy of Chevy's new LS1 engine. Power now sits at horses, and that output is routed through a four-speed automatic or six-speed manual transmission. Unlike past Corvettes, the fifth-generation model places its transmission at the rear of the car, up against the rear differential. With a nearly eight-inch-longer wheelbase and a 4. It's also lighter than the old car by about 80 pounds. A convertible is introduced in , and the entire Corvette model line reclaims its place on our 10Best Cars list after an absence of almost a decade.
Chevrolet introduces the Corvette fixed-roof coupe in The body style complements the targa-topped hatchback and convertible Corvette models. The fixed-roof coupe is approximately 12 percent stiffer than its targa sibling and almost 80 pounds lighter. It's also the least expensive Corvette option and helps the car maintain its spot on our 10Best Cars list, where we declare all three forms of the model "refined, practical sports car[s] with performance that simply can't be matched at the price.
The Corvette fixed-roof coupe begets the high-performance Corvette Z Introduced in with horses pouring out of its V-8 engine, the Z06 cribs its name from the famed race-ready option package that Chevy first offered on the Corvette.
Alongside its added power, the Z06 trims its weight relative to the standard Corvette, courtesy of thinner front and rear glass and a set of titanium mufflers. At pounds, the first Corvette Z06 we test weighs 54 pounds less than the last Corvette fixed-roof coupe to come to our office. The Z06's improved power-to-weight ratio allows it to travel to 60 mph in a mere 4. Chevy outdoes itself the following year and bumps the power of the Z06 to a whopping horses.
The addition of the Z06 puts the Corvette back on the 10Best Cars map after a two-year hiatus. New Cars. Buyer's Guide. In , the basic Little platform was remade as the Chevrolet Model L and later that year, the Model H was introduced.
The refocused Chevrolet line was immediately successful, thanks to a value-driven price and a tough four-cylinder engine that proved very durable. The success enabled Durant to buy a controlling interest in General Motors in By , Durant was back at the helm of GM and Chevrolet was a division of it.
Durant left General Motors in He established another car company and became a prominent Wall Street investor. The stock market crash of proved fatal for both endeavors.
He was bankrupt by Louis Chevrolet also lost his fortune during the Great Depression. He returned to his vocational skills and worked as a mechanic at a Chevrolet factory in Detroit.
He died in and was buried in Indianapolis, near the famous speedway where he forged his reputation as a fearless racer and innovator. The electrically driven Volt leads Chevrolet into its second century and redefines what a car means. That means Volt provides the benefits of an electric vehicle without the range limitations associated with other electric vehicles in the market — expanding the boundaries of performance and efficiency. The forward-looking philosophy that nurtured Volt from concept to production is also responsible for products such as the Equinox and Cruze, whose value stories are validated by critical praise, third-party recommendations and the growing numbers of customers who are new to Chevrolet.
Similarly, the Camaro and Corvette continue a six-decade heritage of offering high-performance values, bringing advanced technology to affordable sports cars. On the truck side, Silverado delivers the greatest capability in the long history of Chevy trucks, with greater capability and efficiency on the horizon.
This year, Chevrolet launches the all-new Sonic in North America. Next year, the Spark comes to America, bringing the Chevrolet spirit to a new and growing segment of smaller, highly efficient and fun-to-drive cars. Chevrolet is also exploring a range of concepts and new-product segments, building on the momentum generated by recent successful product launches to put Chevys in the driveways of a wider and more diverse range of customers.
Shared development procedures with engineering and design centers around the globe also help deliver better-performing, safer and more efficient vehicles.
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