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34 unusual facts about Chevrolet


Bel Air Police Department

The Bel Air Police Department utilizes a patrol fleet of Chevrolet Impalas, Chevy Trailblazers and Chevy Tahoes.

Boilermaker Special

In the 1970s, the drive train was replaced with a carbureted General Motors/Chevrolet 350 cubic inch V-8 with a power steering pump and a three-speed automatic transmission.

Chevrolet/GMC B-Series

This design of truck was the predecessor of the 1978 GMC Brigadier and Chevrolet Bruin.

Chuck McMains

McMains' father-in-law, Wilson Lindsey Coit (1911-1999), was for many years the Chevrolet and John Deere dealer in Newellton.

Cooter Davenport

In the first season, he drove a brown 1969 Chevy C-10 tow truck; in the second season he drove a blue and white 1967 Ford F-350 Custom tow truck, and he also had a blue 1968 Chevy pickup; in the third season and first half of the fourth season, he drove a yellow 1978-79 Ford F-350 Custom tow truck; in the second half of the fourth season and rest of the series, he drove a blue and white 1968-72 GMC C-Series tow truck.

David Paetkau

Paetkau has also lent his voice to Canadian commercials for Chevrolet automobiles.

Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive-In

To bring attention to the restaurant, Delgadillo sliced the roof off of a 1936 Chevrolet hardtop, adorned the automobile with paint, horns and various automotive emblems and even an artificial Christmas tree in the rear of the car.

El chevrolé

The film is named based on the mispronounced name of an authentic Chevrolet car, transformed into a peddler car, which appears on the main scenes.

Graphic Artists Guild

In 1970, the Detroit chapter called a strike against Campbell-Ewald, the advertising agency that serviced Chevrolet.

Great Lakes Myth Society

In early 2011, Chevrolet used excerpts from their songs "Midwest Main Street" and "Debutante" on its Detroit metropolitan area commercials.

Green Energy Hub

People throughout Canada have been buying Toyota vehicles more often considering that their MPG rating is greater than Ford and Chevrolet vehicles.

Hamby Park

The park is named after the longtime Chevrolet dealership owner, whose family donated the land to the city in 1986.

Hersheypark

It is home to the Chevrolet Music Box Theater, the only fully enclosed entertainment venue in the park.

Huayra Pronello Ford

The Argentine Turismo Carretera racing series had been dominated by Ford and Chevrolet until the end of the 1960s.

Inyokern Airport

Other notable automotive television ads shot here include most spots from Saab's "Born from Jets" campaign, as well as spots for Volkswagen, Volvo, Cadillac, Nissan, Mazda, Toyota, Ford, and Chevrolet, just to name a few.

Joe Barzda

In 1958 and 1959, Barzda was noted for fielding a Chevrolet-powered sprint car at a time when nearly all competitive sprint cars had Offenhauser engines.

John C. Kilkenny

He has also worked as a freelance commercials producer (for clients Budweiser, Toyota, Chevrolet, and many others) and is even known for his work as a sportscaster at the NBC affiliate in El Paso, Texas.

Joubert and White Building

Empire Auto remained in business until 1935, dealing in such brands as Chevrolet, Cadillac, Essex, Hudson, and LaSalle automobiles, as well as GMC trucks.

After the closing of Empire Automobile Company, Comac Sales, Inc., a Chevrolet dealer, occupied the building until 1956 when it changed ownership and became Whiteman Chevrolet.

McGee Brothers

At the same sessions, the McGees recorded several tracks as a duo, including "Old Master's Runaway," which was based on the American Civil War folk song, "Year of Jubilo." Sam also recorded "Chevrolet Car", which he had learned from a mechanic in Nashville, and tried unsuccessfully to sell it to the Chevrolet Corporation.

Melvin Rees

The man had driven behind and around them in a blue, older-model Chevrolet, flashing his headlights and forcing them off the road.

Moraine, Ohio

The plant continued to manufacture SUVs from the General Motors product line (Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Buick) until 2008 when the plant closed.

NBA Countdown

Each season, the show has been sponsored by GMC, with exception of the Finals, where it is sponsored by Chevrolet.

Paul Mobley

Since then, Mobley has worked with a range of celebrity, corporate, advertising, and editorial clients, including American Express, Sony, Citigroup, Ford, Compaq, Gourmet, Max Factor, Chevrolet, and Microsoft.

Queen of Hip-Pop

Before the announcement of the album, the title track, "Queen of Hip-Pop" was used as a commercial jingle for Chevrolet Suzuki Cruze automobiles.

Roth Racing

The team ran a full Pro Series schedule with Roth finishing 8th in points in 2005 as well as the Indy 500 in conjunction with PDM Racing where Roth provided his chassis and funding and PDM provided their Chevrolet engine lease and technical expertise.

STAR Voice of India 2

As part of the winner's package, Ravi was awarded a brand new Chevrolet car along with a check for Rs. 2.5 million.

Tadek Marek

He raced, but had a serious accident in 1928, still winning with a Chevrolet Master sedan in the XII Rally Poland (1939) before moving to Great Britain in 1940 to join the Polish Army.

The First Game

The First Game is a painting by Arnold Friberg, and was commissioned in 1968 by Chevrolet Motor Division as one of four paintings to commemorate the then-upcoming centennial celebration of college football in the United States.

Wayne Lifestar

Prior to 1973, Wayne produced a rear-engined model (on a Chevrolet chassis that year), but after that time, production of transit-style models had been shifted to military and GSA (federal government) orders.

William Pagonis

Lacking a hotel room, he had slept two nights in the back of his rented Chevrolet near the port of Dammam.

Williamson Road

The other dealership being Berglund, originally a Chevrolet dealership that now sells several makes at locations across the Roanoke area, which maintains its original location near Orange Avenue.

WSNL

WTAC popularly stood for "WE THE AUTO CITY", referring to Chevrolet and Buick plants formerly located in Flint, but it actually stood for Trendle and Campbell.

Yarramalong Bus Lines

A Model-T Ford was the first motorised bus to be acquired and was followed by a Chevrolet in 1948.


1980 Australian Drivers' Championship

Didier Pironi (Elfin MR8 Chevrolet), who finished third in the Australian Grand Prix

1983 James Hardie 1000

BMW became the 6th manufacturer to appear in Hardies Heroes following Holden, Ford, Chevrolet, Mazda and Nissan.

1984 Australian Sports Car Championship

Queensland based owner/driver Bap Romano won the series driving his Romano WE84 Cosworth from 1982 champion Chris Clearihan (driving the Kaditcha-Chevrolet that Peter Hopwood used to win the 1983 Championship) and Andrew Roberts driving a self designed Roberts S2 Ford.

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco

Darryl O'Young swerved to avoid Huff's stricken Chevrolet and hit Bamboo Engineering teammate Harry Vaulkhard and then Scuderia Proteam Motorsport driver Hernández.

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

Tarquini took pole position in qualifying for the first race on Sunday, beating the Chevrolet of Robert Huff.

2010 FIA WTCC Race of UK

Robert Huff topped the opening practice session of his home event on Saturday morning, the Chevrolet driver beating the BMW pairing of Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus.

Blakroc

Damon Dash, co-founder of the project has endorsed BlakRoc Camaros, limited edition Chevrolet Camaro automobiles to promote the album and brand.

Casey Mears

For the 2007 season, Mears assumed driving duties for the #25 Hendrick Chevrolet, with co-primary sponsorship from the National Guard of the United States and GMAC.

Chance 2 Motorsports

Truex was expected to wage a spirited battle with Kyle Busch, who was racing his first full season since the Viceroy Rule had taken away his Truck Series ride at Roush Racing when he was 16, for the points championship; Busch was driving the #5 Lowe's Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, the team that had won the series points championship in 2003 with Brian Vickers driving.

Chevrolet straight-6 engine

Chevrolet/GMC trucks, which previously used the stovebolts (235 and 261), also used some members of this family from 1963 through 1984, as did Pontiac in 1964 and 1965.

Chevrolet Supercars ME Championship

The Chevrolet Supercars ME Championship is a Touring car series that implements Chevrolets' in competition on circuits in the Middle East.

Denny Hamlin

Hamlin ran the full season in 2005 after he replaced Mike Bliss in the #20 Rockwell Automation Chevrolet in the Busch Series.

Derek Vanlint

He worked on advertisements for such companies as British Airways, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Guinness, Kellogg's, Levi's, Maxwell House, Pepsi, and Visa.

Dodge Magnum

By the latter half of the 1978 season, Petty and Neil Bonnett (the two top Mopar teams) gave up on the cars inconsistent performance and switched to Chevrolets, leaving independent drivers Buddy Arrington (who bought a few of Petty's Magnums, along with some parts) and Frank Warren, and C&W singer Marty Robbins to soldier on without any substantial (Chrysler did provide sheet metal and some engine parts to teams driving Magnums) factory support.

Ford Galaxie

This model was Ford's response to Chevrolet's Super Sport option for the big Impala, which was introduced the previous year and saw a significant rise in sales for 1962.

Frank N. Ikard

Former Congressman Frank Ikard once wisecracked that Alan Greenspan is "the kind of person who knows how many thousands of flat-headed bolts were used in a Chevrolet and what it would do to the national economy if you took out three of them".

Gaston Chevrolet

Born near Beaune, in the Côte-d'Or department of France where his Swiss parents had emigrated to a few years earlier, he was the younger brother of Louis (1878–1941, founder of the Chevrolet car company) and Arthur Chevrolet (1884–1946).

Geo Metro

Partially because of the renewed interest in the Metro, the July 2009 issue of Car and Driver included a base model 1998 Chevrolet Metro 3-door hatchback among vehicles tested for fuel efficiency alongside two hybrid models: the redesigned Honda Insight and Toyota Prius models.

Germain Racing

The team formerly fielded Ford Fusions until 2014, when the team switched to Chevrolet, ending a two-year partnership with Ford, and will have a technical alliance with Richard Childress Racing.

GM2900 platform

The platform was intended to replace both division's J-cars, the Opel Ascona C and the Vauxhall Cavalier Mk.2, although the platform eventually branched out to Holden, Chevrolet's Latin American branch, and even Saab and Saturn.

Grupo Poma

Grupo Poma represents some of the leading companies in the automotive market, such as Toyota, BMW, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet, Ford and KIA.

Holden HK

161-cubic-inch (2.6-litre) and 186-cubic-inch (3.0-litre) inline six-cylinder engines were carried over from the HR series; however, a 307-cubic-inch (5.0-litre) Chevrolet V8 was now offered as an option on all models, this being the first time that any Holden had been available with a V8 engine.

Jason Keller

In 2008 Keller drove for CJM Racing in their #11 Chevrolet in the Nationwide Series full-time with sponsorship from America's Incredible Pizza Company.

Kurt Yaghjian

He has taken part in advertising campaigns for products such as Coca-Cola, Ford Motors, Domino's Pizza, Toyota, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Budweiser and Sprite.

Lakewood Assembly

Lakewood assembled Chevrolets, Pontiacs, Oldsmobiles and Buicks at various points in their history, and also began assembling Chevrolet and GMC trucks from 1929 through at least 1986.

Magnetorheological fluid

It made its debut in both Cadillac (Seville STS build date on or after 1/15/2002 with RPO F55) as "Magneride" (or "MR") and Chevrolet passenger vehicles (All Corvettes made since 2003 with the F55 option code) as part of the driver selectable "Magnetic Selective Ride Control (MSRC)" system in model year 2003.

Navajo Nation Police

There are over 200 vehicles in the Police Department's fleet ranging from SUVs including: 4x4 Chevrolet Tahoes, 2WD Pursuit Tahoes, 4x4 Chevrolet Blazers, 4x4 Chevrolet Suburban and 4x4 Jeep Libertys to Sedans: Chevrolet Impala and Ford Crown Victoria.

Pointe Coupee Parish Sheriff's Office

The main patrol vehicle utilized by this department is the Ford Crown Victoria "Police Interceptor." and the Chevrolet Impala.

Raúl daSilva

Starting as a writer in the animation department, Raúl moved to live action and became a director of several hundred short films for clients such as General Motors, Merck & Co., Chevrolet, and The Boy Scouts of America.

Richard E. Dauch

After a stint as Assistant Sales Manager in the Chevrolet Detroit Zone, he was appointed Plant Manager Chevrolet Gear and Axle (one of the five plants he later acquired to co-found American Axle and Manufacturing).

Roger Bowling

His best known songs included "Lucille" (co-written with Hal Bynum), and "Coward of the County" (co-written with Billy Ed Wheeler), both recorded by Kenny Rogers, and "Blanket on the Ground", "What I've Got In Mind", and "57 Chevrolet", recorded by Billie Jo Spears.

Rothmans International Series

Future (1983) 24 Hours of Le Mans winner Vern Schuppan, driving for Theodore Racing, won the 1976 Rothmans International Series in a Lola T332-Chevrolet with the final round at Surfers Paradise being washed out.

Russian Bears Motorsport

For 2009, the team attracted support from Lada, with the Russian company thus becoming the fourth manufacturer in the championship alongside SEAT, BMW and Chevrolet.

Self-competition

The big three automakers, Ford eventually discontinued Mercury, GM discontinued Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Saturn because models from these makes were largely redundant to Chevrolet and Buick.

Tony Angelo

Tony Angelo also does stunt work, having driven in ads for Audi, Nissan and Chevrolet.

Trans-Am Series

In 1970, all of the American pony car manufacturers were represented with a factory team and top driving talent: Chevrolet had the Chaparral Team Camaro Z28 driven by Jim Hall, Ed Leslie, and Vic Elford.

XLT

a High end trim for GMC vehicles (LT is the Chevrolet version of this trim)