Chevrolet, the 100th anniversary Thursday

The 1936 Chevrolet Suburban Carryall truck was a pioneer in the SUV market. (General Motors)

Anniversary celebration of Chevrolet-100 Thursday. Century three-month anniversary of his November 2011. The iconic American brand was born 3 November 1911, in Detroit.

The driver automatically founder Louis Chevrolet Motor Co., with William C. Durant in 1911, with a view to the creation of the dream car racer. Series C Classic Six prime vehicle in 1912, and sold for $ 2,150. Louis left the automotive manufacturing business in 1913 to focus on racing, but Durant given the right to continue using the name Chevrolet in future models.

The rest is history. Chevrolet and Ford will battle for the next hundred years and made a number of the most iconic American cars ever built: 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air, Corvette Stingray, 1963, and 1968 Camaro.
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General Motors vice president of design, Ed Welburn, will never forget the first moment he saw a Chevy. He was about six, walking along the street clad leaves with her mother in the suburbs of Philadelphia. A '55 Corvette whipped around the corner, kicking the fallen leaves of autumn, and just as quickly came the lost.

For most of his life, Chevy fender able to lead the competition by presenting innovation like all steel body, shifted automatic, electric light and power steering for normal people with a low cost.

By 1927, Ford beats Chevy briefly as an industry leader selling. Ironically, Louis Chevrolet was selling stock to Durant in just three years after the product.

Chevrolet Suburban bag the first time not only change the Chevy lineup, this will affect the overall design of the car industry. In 1936, Suburban was the first crossover vehicle with different shades of passenger cars and truck space. Suburban is a pioneer in the SUV market.

As the Chevy brand continues to grow in global and national level, the company places a strong emphasis on fuel efficiency and alternative energy.

Chevy Volt debut in 2007, with an electric drive system and a rechargeable gas tank proposal. Chevy expects will help direct power through the next 100 years. Chevrolet Volt, a plug-in electric technology is the most efficient vehicle fuel sold in the United States