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2 days ago · Louis Chevrolet (1878–1941), Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946) and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant (1861–1947) started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company.
4 days ago · Its journey began over a century ago — 1911 precisely — when Swiss race car driver Louis Chevrolet and General Motors founder William C. Durant teamed up to create a brand that was supposed to help Durant regain control of his company but ultimately embodied the spirit of American ingenuity.
1 day ago · Durant was a heavily recruited high school prospect widely regarded as the second-best player in his class. He played one season of college basketball for the Texas Longhorns, where he won numerous year-end awards and became the first freshman to be named Naismith College Player of the Year.
1 day ago · Ford's manufacturing—and those of automotive pioneers William C. Durant, Horace and John Dodge, James and William Packard, and Walter Chrysler—established Detroit's status in the early 20th century as the world's automotive capital.
3 days ago · The 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS Z16 is the rarest 1960s Chevelle with only 201 built. The Z16 was created as a response to Pontiac's GTO, featuring a 375-hp 396 engine and unique reinforcement components. Despite limited production, the 1965 Chevelle SS Z16 gained popularity and influenced the Chevelle SS 396, which saw 72,000 sales in 1966.
2 days ago · Hinter der Gründung von Chevrolet stand der US-Automobilunternehmer William C. Durant, der im Vorjahr die Kontrolle über den von ihm 1908 gegründeten Automobilkonzern General Motors Corporation aufgrund finanzieller Unregelmäßigkeiten verloren hatte.
5 days ago · Cross of Gold speech, classic of American political oratory that was delivered by William Jennings Bryan during the platform debate at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Bryan’s plea for the coinage of silver so electrified the convention that it made him the Democratic candidate for president.
