AUTONAUT // AUTO / CLASSICS // car / moto / news / info / T-shirts » T-shirts http://www.autonaut.com AUTO / CLASSICS // car / moto / news / info / T-shirts Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:08:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Chevrolet http://www.autonaut.com/36/chevrolet/ http://www.autonaut.com/36/chevrolet/#comments Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:01:24 +0000 Autonaut http://www.autonaut.com/?p=36 Chevrolet was founded by Louis Chevrolet (Swiss-French) and William C. Durant (American). 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.
Chevrolet first used its “bowtie” logo in 1913. It is said to have been designed from wallpaper Durant once saw in a French hotel. Another theory is that it is a stylized version either of the shape of Switzerland or the cross on the flag of Switzerland, Louis Chevrolet’s birthplace.

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