Happy Birthday Chevrolet!!!

[BaylorCamaro]

100 years to the day!



http://www.youtube.com/chevrolet?x=u...et_|_chevrolet

[Pureyoo]

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[Blue Maro Demon]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHEVROLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THE BEST & GREATEST AMERICAN CAR COMPANY OR CAR COMPANY PERIOD IN THE WORLD TODAY- CHEVROLET

BASEBALL, HOTDOGS, APPLE PIE & CHEVROLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEY GO TOGETHER IN THE GOOD OLE USA BASEBALL, HOTDOGS APPLE PIE & CHEVROLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHEVROLET- THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CAMARO & CORVETTE- GREATEST AMERICAN SPORTS CARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KEEP IT UP CHEVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CANT WAIT FOR ANOTHER 100 YEARS OF CAMARO! & CORVETTE!!!! AND ALL YOUR OTHER AWARD WINNING TRUCKS & VEHICLES! WE CAN ALL PROUDLY SAY THAT -CHEVROLET RUNS DEEP!!!!!:chevy :

[MY2012RS]

Happy Birthday Chevrolet!!!

Does anybody remember a commercial. I believe it was the the 96 Z28 if i'm not mistaken. Two boys are in a house and one of them is looking outside the window, while the other one is telling him what kind of cars are driving by without looking just by the sound of their engines. Around the corner comes a red 96 Z28 and the boy not looking says "280hp 1996 Chevrolet Z28 Camaro" and the kid looking at the window says "yeah but what color?"
For some reason that commercial has always stuck in my mind. I thought it was a great commercial back then

[The Blue Angel]

Happy Birthday Chevrolet!!

Here is a great tribute to celebrate:

[The Blue Angel]

Originally Posted by MY2012RS

Happy Birthday Chevrolet!!!

Does anybody remember a commercial. I believe it was the the 96 Z28 if i'm not mistaken. Two boys are in a house and one of them is looking outside the window, while the other one is telling him what kind of cars are driving by without looking just by the sound of their engines. Around the corner comes a red 96 Z28 and the boy not looking says "280hp 1996 Chevrolet Z28 Camaro" and the kid looking at the window says "yeah but what color?"
For some reason that commercial has always stuck in my mind. I thought it was a great commercial back then

Found it!! Here you go:

[Viffer]

Had a 1986 Camaro ... so thought I would share this with everyone.

Scarey

[MY2012RS]

Thx redevil11..I was a little off on the exact wording but I love the look on the boy's face when his friend says "yeah but what color?"..LOL

[Caspers2SSRS]

Happy 100th and thank you Chevrolet for the great memories, past, present and future ..............let the heartbeat live long.

[panther2469]

Happy Birthday

[King T]

Happy birthday Chevy!!

And here's to 100 more years!

I thought this was an interesting article from Motor Trend
The Secret History of Chevrolet:
What if Durant had bought Ford?

William Crapo Durant's greatest failure led to the creation of Chevrolet. A year after he incorporated General Motors, he went after Henry Ford's third, and most successful, car company. Ford, according to Lawrence R. Gustin's biography of Durant, was concerned about Selden's patent suit claiming invention of the automobile, and was amenable to selling to GM if he could retain the rights for motorized farm implements.

GM was to pay Ford $2 million cash, plus $4 million at 5 percent interest over three years. On October 26, 1909, GM's board "gave Durant authority to purchase Ford if financing could be arranged," Gustin writes in "Billy Durant, Creator of General Motors."

Banks were nervous about the nascent, fly-by-night auto industry, and refused Durant a $2 million loan for the downpayment. During a financial panic in 1910, GM's board kicked Durant out and let bankers take over his company.

Durant began work on his comeback and set up retired Buick race driver Louis Chevrolet with his own Detroit shop in early 1911. Durant returned to Flint, Michigan, where he had seeded GM in the early 1900s, and bought the assets of the failing Flint Wagon Works. He then got former Buick engine builder Arthur C. Mason to set up a new operation, while Durant organized the Little Motor Car Company.

Durant incorporated the Chevrolet Motor Company on November 3, 1911. Louis Chevrolet was not an officer, but he experimented with large luxury cars while Chevrolet Motor Company's Little brand sold lower-priced cars against Ford. The first "production" Chevrolet was the big, $2500 Classic Six of 1912, but the first Chevys, as we know them, were the 1914 Royal Mail roadster ($750) and Baby Grand touring car ($875-$1475). Louis Chevrolet left his namesake company to return to racing.

The 1916 Chevrolet Four-Ninety ($490) was Durant's direct shot at the Ford Model T. By now, Chevy was thriving with factories in places like Flint and New York City. Its success gave Durant the footing to buy up GM stock, with help from the DuPont family and a New York bank president, Louis J. Kaufman. Durant staged a coup d'etat, and on September 16, 1915, GM's seventh anniversary, took control of GM again.

On December 23, 1915, Chevrolet stockholders increased capitalization from $20 million to $80 million, Gustin writes, and used the $60 million to buy up GM stock. Chevrolet bought GM. It wasn't the other way around.

Panics, recessions, and depressions swung wilder and were frequent then. By late 1920, amid another severe downturn, GM ousted Durant for the last time.

[daveagogo1]

Today is my birthday also. Woohoo. Happy birthday chevy.

[DwRed1LTV6]

Happy birthday Chevy!!

[CamaroSkooter]

Happy celebration of your birth, Chevrolet!