Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). It is the top
selling GM marque and the best known brand of GM worldwide[citation needed],
with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM.
Chevrolet
offers over 20 vehicles and many different enhanced versions in its home market.
The brand's vehicles range from subcompact cars to medium duty commercial
trucks. Its number one sellers in the United States include the Silverado pickup,
which is currently the 2nd best-selling vehicle in the United States behind
the Ford F-Series and the Impala, which is the number one selling car with a
domestic nameplate in the United States.
Chevrolet was co-founded by
Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. Louis Chevrolet was a race-car driver,
and William Durant, founder of General Motors, had been forced out of GM in 1910;
he wanted to use Chevrolet's designs to rebuild his own reputation as a force
in the automobile industry. As head of Buick Motor Company, prior to founding
GM, Durant had hired Chevrolet to drive Buicks in promotional races. |
