Chevrolet Brought Plenty Of Cars To Lawrenceburg

Brothers Louis and Arthur Chevrolet, along with General Motors founder William C. Durant who had been booted out of the company he stated, created the Chevrolet Motor Car Company in 1911. The Chevrolet company rode the success of its Series 490, a less expensive car for the times, and by 1914 Durant was able to buy back a controlling share of GM. He, of course, brought Chevy with him. For much of the run leading up to World War II, Chevy was GM's top selling brand and was often battling with Ford, and losing, for sales supremacy. But after the war Chevy really took off, riding the heels of the trendy Bel Air line up, Chevy became the biggest selling car company in America. That's one reason you will see so many cars wearing the "bow tie" logo at car events around the country. The 8th Cruisin' To a Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg saw its share of Chevy cars and trucks among the over 1000 vehicles on hand. Among them was a restomod Chevy II, a 1964 Nova station wagon, a 1972 Nova coupe, an Impala, a Chevy II, an Impala, a 1959 Impala convertible, and a Chevette.