Louis Chevrolet

Louis Chevrolet never found his talents, skills and experience to make money. His name is one of the most famous names in the automotive industry, life than men because of its romantic sound.

"Chevrolet" name is a corruption of the French "goat's milk." Louis Chevrolet was born on Christmas 1878 in the Swiss Jurassic, the French dairy industry center. The son of a watchmaker, Chevrolet showed similar mechanical aptitude at an early age. However, he showed no interest in school, and his parents are pleased to encourage the pursuit of his wages.

Chevrolet in bicycle repair began his career the fast muscle six feet of youth racing bikes. In his first three years, he won 28 events. He established the bike, until he found the car. In the the pioneering French automobile industry, Chevrolet become an auto mechanic. He jumped from job to job, and has gained valuable experience in 1900 to Montreal before.

Chevrolet as a driver to work in Canada for six months to come to New York, his final destination. The driver turned to hard, and the rough ride racing requires a lot of muscle at the turn of the century. Bulky Frenchman is well suited to this pursuit. Slowly, he founded the business, his reputation as a mechanic and a racer, won his first road race on a cinder track in Morris Park, New York, May 20, 1905.

His brother, Arthur, and Gaston Chevrolet brought to the United States, in Flint, Michigan, to promote WC leave Durant, founder of GM (General Motors). Chevrolet driving a Buick car in the first Indiana Indianapolis 500 in 1911, but a broken camshaft his exit as early game. Durant from General Motors Corp. and private hire Chevrolet division, to make his dream car. Chevrolet is a consulting engineer, rather than an official, in the Chevrolet Motor Company.

Production reached in 1912 when the Chevrolet Classic Six other car manufacturers in the United States 275. Chevrolet cars for the rich, it will become the best-selling U.S. car envisaged. Classic Six is ​​big, powerful, expensive. With it stickers 2150 dollars of coverage, but the wealthy.

Durant realized that he needed the cheaper competition car, he can bulk sales. Chevrolet believe his name belongs only to a large, impressive car, and resigned in October 1913. He sold his shares, securities, so that he became a millionaire many times over, when he left.

Durant will miss him forever. Rough, uneducated, is not suitable for a Chevrolet dealer in the conference room with the polishing wheel car in the early days of the automobile industry. Durant hate the man, but the name of love. He will soon be the Chevrolet name, many of his brand of car. At the same time, the restructuring of the General Motors Chevrolet became a division of labor with its leading.

His name is not even a car company Chevrolet Frontenac. 1917, he has a new and very advanced racing machines, complete aluminum engine block, but not the production system. Looking for a fixed income, he signed on as a new company called the American Motors Corporation vice president and chief engineer. He helped develop developed their "American Beauty", but when he was regarded as consumption.

The Monroe company hired to build racing Chevrolet. He updated the Frontenac racer, with his brother, Gaston, control, and won the 1920 Indianapolis 500. Unfortunately Gaston will die boardwalk raceway in Beverly Hills, California, before the end of the year in the fiery crash.

With the prestige obtained his Indianapolis victory Chevrolet supporter Tina motor built-in, but still with the bankruptcy of his company's automotive design table. Another car company failed in 1924, Chevrolet steering Rowing Regatta in 1925 to win the Miami. But the victory did not translate into a wide range of success.

In 1929, Louis and Arthur Chevrolet left the business completely the formation of a new engine, the design of the Chevrolet Brothers Aircraft Company, but lost the business Glen · L. Martin. Finally, in 1934, the charities and the moral responsibility of the people to their best-selling car, its name, Louis Chevrolet General Motors wages.

The disease forced to Chevrolet retirement in 1938. He and his wife live in a small apartment in Florida, but the wet weather has accelerated the state of his health declined and one leg in early 1941, he returned to Detroit. Complications forced to complete amputation from the Chevrolet never recovered. He died on June 6, 1941, at the age of 63. He was buried at Indianapolis, scene of his greatest racing victory