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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.
Jun 2, 2024 · Louis Chevrolet, 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.
Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941) was a fearless automobile racer who displayed little concern for his own safety when the outcome of a race was in doubt. Chevrolet's driving skills attracted the attention of auto executive, William Durant.
Louis Joseph Chevrolet was a Swiss-American car racer who designed the first Chevrolet automobile and also founded the ‘Frontenac Motor Corporation’. He learned the basics of mechanics from his father, a watchmaker, and as a teenager used to build, repair, and race bicycles.
Dedicated to the First Family of Automobile Racing. Louis Chevrolet. Louie was a race car driver, an inventor, and an automotive pioneer. He raced in events all over the country (including Daytona Beach & Indianapolis), and was a dominant driver during the Golden Age of automobile racing.
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.
Jan 9, 2022 · Most recognize Chevrolet as one of the world’s best-selling automobile lines. Few, however, realize how tightly intertwined the beginnings of that iconic company were with racing. Louis Joseph Chevrolet, born in a rustic Swiss village on Christmas 1878, was a teenager when the bicycle craze erupted.
