It Has Been Said Of Chevrolet That Everyone Owned One Once. Fans Of Archrival Ford Might Disagree, But No One Disputes That Chevrolet Is One Of The Most Beloved And Influential Automotive Brands Ever. And Even Die-heard Ford Fans Will Find Chevrolet: Yesterday & Today Fascinating And Informative Reading. The Story Began Almost A Century Ago With Louis Chevrolet And William C. "billy" Durant. Chevrolet Was Part Of An Immigrant Family Of Talented Engineers, Mechanics And Drivers. Durant Was A Wily Wheeler-dealer Who Felt Chevrolet's Driving Exploits And Catchy Surname Could Spell Gold For General Motors?and It Did, Also Earning Durant A Return In 1915 To The Top Job At Gm, The Company He Had Organized In 1908. Chevrolet, Like All Of Detroit's Famous Brands, Has Taken Its Lumps In Recent Years. But For Millions Upon Millions Of Drivers, It's Quite Simply The Family Car?sport-utility Vehicle, Or Pickup. How It Got To Be That Way?and How It Plans To Stay That Way?is Covered In 160 Pages Of Stunning Original Photographs And Diagrams And Incisive Histories Of Every Model Of Chevy Ever Made. You Will Read About: ?family Haulers, The Sedans And Station Wagons Generations Grew Up With, Like The Two-ten Townsman And The Biscayne. ?sunshine Specials, Luxurious Convertibles Ranging From The 1932 Confederate To The 2000 Cavalier (with Impalas, Chevelles And Caprices In Between). ?budget Beauties, Like The Monza, Vega, Nova And Corvair, Some Solid Successes And Others Notable Failures. ?fiberglass Flyers, Namely Chevrolet's Iconic Corvette, Which Offers A Complete History Of Detroit Car Design In One Nameplate. Chevrolet: Yesterday & Today Is A Riveting Look At The "heartbeat Of America" Cars And Trucks Beloved Like Baseball, Hot Dogs And Apple Pie, As The Famous Chevy Tagline Goes. Fans Of Chevrolet And Of American Automobiles Will Enjoy Every Page.

Publisher: Publicationas International

Status: Out of Print (No Stock)

Number of pages: 160

Colour images: 300

Binding: HDB

Language: English

Origin: CHN