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Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was an American racing driver, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911.
6 days ago · Louis Chevrolet (born December 25, 1878, La Chaux de Fonds, Neuchâtel, Switzerland—died June 6, 1941, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.) was an automobile designer and racer whose name is borne by the Chevrolet Division of General Motors, an enterprise from which he derived little profit and of which he was a minor employee in the last years of his life.
Jun 10, 2015 · Louis Chevrolet was a Swiss-born auto engineer and race car driver who started one of America's most endearing automotive legacies with the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. The Chevrolet Motor Car Company of Michigan was organized on Nov. 3, 1911.
Swiss-born racing driver Louis Chevrolet immigrated to the United States in 1900. Chevrolet built an impressive career, competing four times each in the Vanderbilt Cup and the Indianapolis 500. But he is best remembered for co-founding Chevrolet Motor Company with Billy Durant in 1911.
LOUIS CHEVROLET, born in Switzerland in 1878 and raised in France, beat Barney Oldfield and Walter Christie in a three-mile sprint with a Fiat soon after his arrival in the United States in 1905.
Louis Chevrolet, whose motto was “never give up;’ took his last laps at Indy in 1926 as the official pace car driver. Learn more about Louis Chevrolet, a Member of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in Talladega, AL.
Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss born American race car driver of French descent and co-founder of the Chevrolet Motor Car Company with William C. Durant. Chevrolet had differences with Durant in 1915 and sold his share of the company to him.
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