Q 01/05

In what year was the Chevrolet Motor Car Company founded?

A) 1911

B) 1915

C) 1919

D) 1923

Answer · why

A) 1911

Louis and Arthur Chevrolet started it with William C. Durant on November 3, 1911; Durant had founded General Motors in 1908 and been forced out in 191...

Q 02/05

In which country was Louis Chevrolet born?

A) Canada

B) Switzerland

C) France

D) Belgium

Answer · why

B) Switzerland

He was born on Christmas Day 1878 in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a watchmaking town in French-speaking Switzerland, and moved to France as a boy.

Q 03/05

What was Louis Chevrolet's profession before lending his name to the company?

A) Watchmaker

B) Bank clerk

C) Racing driver

D) Bicycle salesman

Answer · why

C) Racing driver

Durant had hired him to race Buicks and planned to build the new brand on his reputation; Chevrolet drove the Indianapolis 500 four times.

Q 04/05

How did William C. Durant use the Chevrolet company in 1918?

A) To buy Ford's Model T patents

B) To build tanks for the U.S. Army

C) To merge with Chrysler

D) To regain control of General Motors

Answer · why

D) To regain control of General Motors

Profits from the cheap Series 490 let Durant buy GM stock; after a reverse merger on May 2, 1918, he was GM president again — briefly.

Q 05/05

In which Michigan city was Chevrolet's first factory located?

A) Pontiac

B) Lansing

C) Flint

D) Detroit

Answer · why

C) Flint

The site at Wilcox and Kearsley streets is now 'Chevy Commons'; Durant's Buick and carriage businesses were also Flint-based.