CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Louis Chevrolet - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-sticky-header-enabled vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"fadac1df-c7d8-49f1-9b9f-e01252e972ae","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Louis_Chevrolet","wgTitle":"Louis Chevrolet","wgCurRevisionId":1266394895,"wgRevisionId":1266394895,"wgArticleId":349594,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["CS1 errors: generic name","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use mdy dates from January 2024","Wikipedia introduction cleanup from July 2024","All pages needing cleanup","Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from July 2024","All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify","Commons category link from Wikidata","1878 births","1941 deaths","Sportspeople from La Chaux-de-Fonds","Swiss emigrants to the United States", "American racing drivers","Indianapolis 500 drivers","American founders of automobile manufacturers","American automotive pioneers","International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees","National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees","AAA Championship Car drivers","20th-century American sportsmen","Burials at Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery","Automotive businesspeople","Chevrolet","General Motors people","American businesspeople","Mechanics (people)"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Louis_Chevrolet","wgRelevantArticleId":349594,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr", "pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q351372","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons": "ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.16"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg/1200px-1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1470"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg/800px-1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="980"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg/640px-1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="784"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Louis Chevrolet - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Louis_Chevrolet rootpage-Louis_Chevrolet skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" title="Main menu" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="n-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages"><span>Special pages</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Louis+Chevrolet" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Louis+Chevrolet" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Louis+Chevrolet" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Louis+Chevrolet" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Early_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Early life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Career</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Career-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Career subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Early_career" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Early_career"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Early career</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Early_career-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chevrolet_car_company" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chevrolet_car_company"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Chevrolet car company</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chevrolet_car_company-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Frontenac_and_American_car_companies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Frontenac_and_American_car_companies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Frontenac and American car companies</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Frontenac_and_American_car_companies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Auto_racing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Auto_racing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Auto racing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Auto_racing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Later_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Later_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Later life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Later_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personal_life" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personal_life"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Personal life</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Personal_life-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Awards_and_honors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards_and_honors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Awards and honors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards_and_honors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Motorsports_career_results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Motorsports_career_results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Motorsports career results</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Motorsports_career_results-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Motorsports career results subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Motorsports_career_results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Indianapolis_500_results" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indianapolis_500_results"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Indianapolis 500 results</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indianapolis_500_results-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Chevrolet</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 33 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-33" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">33 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87" title="لويس شيفروليه – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="لويس شيفروليه" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lui_%C5%9Eevrole" title="Lui Şevrole – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Lui Şevrole" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Луи Шевроле – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Луи Шевроле" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AA" title="لوئی شورولت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لوئی شورولت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%EC%9D%B4_%EC%85%B0%EB%B8%8C%EB%9F%B4%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4" title="루이 셰브럴레이 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="루이 셰브럴레이" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AB_%D5%87%D6%87%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A5" title="Լուի Շևրոլե – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լուի Շևրոլե" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94" title="לואי שברולה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לואי שברולה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87" title="لويس شيفروليه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لويس شيفروليه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%9C%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC" title="ルイ・シボレー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ルイ・シボレー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5,_%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8" title="Шевроле, Луи – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Шевроле, Луи" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="Louis Chevrolet – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Louis Chevrolet" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%97_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5" title="Луї Шевроле – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Луї Шевроле" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B7%AF%E6%98%93%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E9%9B%AA%E4%BD%9B%E5%85%B0" title="路易斯·雪佛兰 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="路易斯·雪佛兰" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q351372#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Louis_Chevrolet" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Louis_Chevrolet" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Louis_Chevrolet" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&oldid=1266394895" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Louis_Chevrolet&id=1266394895&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLouis_Chevrolet"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FLouis_Chevrolet"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Louis_Chevrolet&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-commons mw-list-item"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Louis_Chevrolet" hreflang="en"><span>Wikimedia Commons</span></a></li><li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q351372" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American racing driver (1878–1941)</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Lead_too_short plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-lead_too_short" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/60px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6c/Wiki_letter_w.svg/80px-Wiki_letter_w.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="44" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Length" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">lead section</a> <b>may be too short to adequately <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summarize</a> the key points</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please consider expanding the lead to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Provide_an_accessible_overview" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">provide an accessible overview</a> of all important aspects of the article.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">July 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width: 24em;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn" style="background-color: gainsboro">Louis Chevrolet</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg/220px-1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg/330px-1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg/440px-1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1486" data-file-height="1820" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Chevrolet at <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Speedway" title="Tacoma Speedway">Tacoma</a>, June 1919</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">Louis-Joseph Chevrolet<br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1878-12-25</span>)</span>December 25, 1878<br /><a href="/wiki/La_Chaux-de-Fonds" title="La Chaux-de-Fonds">La Chaux-de-Fonds</a>, <br /> <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel" title="Canton of Neuchâtel">Neuchâtel</a>, Switzerland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 6, 1941<span style="display:none">(1941-06-06)</span> (aged 62)<br /><a href="/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="mw-redirect" title="Detroit, Michigan">Detroit, Michigan</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: gainsboro"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><a href="/wiki/American_Championship_car_racing" class="mw-redirect" title="American Championship car racing">Champ Car</a> career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">54 races run over 9 years</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Best finish in the championship">Best finish</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data">2nd (<a href="/wiki/1905_AAA_Championship_Car_season" title="1905 AAA Championship Car season">1905</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First race</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1905_AAA_Championship_Car_season" title="1905 AAA Championship Car season">1905</a> <a href="/wiki/1905_Morris_Park_5" title="1905 Morris Park 5">Morris Park Race #1</a> <br /> (<a href="/wiki/Morris_Park_Racecourse" title="Morris Park Racecourse">Morris Park</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last race</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1920_AAA_Championship_Car_season" title="1920 AAA Championship Car season">1920</a> <a href="/wiki/1920_Indianapolis_500" title="1920 Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway">Indianapolis</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First win</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1905_AAA_Championship_Car_season" title="1905 AAA Championship Car season">1905</a> <a href="/wiki/1905_Morris_Park_5" title="1905 Morris Park 5">Morris Park Race #1</a> <br /> (<a href="/wiki/Morris_Park_Racecourse" title="Morris Park Racecourse">Morris Park</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Last win</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/1919_AAA_Championship_Car_season" title="1919 AAA Championship Car season">1919</a> 80-mile Race (<a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Speedway" title="Tacoma Speedway">Tacoma</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; background-color: inherit"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width: 33.3%; text-align: center; font-size: larger">Wins</th> <th style="width: 33.3%; text-align: center; font-size: larger">Podiums</th> <th style="width: 33.3%; text-align: center; font-size: larger"><a href="/wiki/Pole_position" title="Pole position">Poles</a></th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center; font-size: larger">14</td> <td style="text-align: center; font-size: larger">23</td> <td style="text-align: center; font-size: larger">3</td> </tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Louis-Joseph Chevrolet</b> (December 25, 1878 – June 6, 1941) was a Swiss-born American <a href="/wiki/Racing_driver" class="mw-redirect" title="Racing driver">racing driver</a>, mechanic and entrepreneur who co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet Motor Car Company</a> in 1911. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878, in <a href="/wiki/La_Chaux-de-Fonds" title="La Chaux-de-Fonds">La Chaux-de-Fonds</a>, a center of watchmaking in northwestern Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the second child of Joseph-Félicien Chevrolet, a <a href="/wiki/Watchmaker" title="Watchmaker">watchmaker</a>, and Marie-Anne Angéline Mahon.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His family was originally from <a href="/wiki/Bonfol" title="Bonfol">Bonfol</a>, now in the <a href="/wiki/Canton_of_Jura" title="Canton of Jura">canton of Jura</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1887, Chevrolet left Switzerland along with his father to settle in <a href="/wiki/Beaune" title="Beaune">Beaune</a>, France.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There, as a young man, he developed his mechanical skills and interest in bicycle racing. During this period, Chevrolet invented a wine pump, which he built from a defective one-cylinder motor mounted on a three-wheeled bicycle.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_career">Early career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chevrolet worked at the Roblin mechanics shop in Beaune from around 1889 to 1899.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then moved to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a>, where he worked at various mechanics shops, between 1899 and 1900,<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before emigrating to <a href="/wiki/Montreal" title="Montreal">Montreal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>, Canada in 1900 to work as a mechanic. The following year, he moved to <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, where he worked briefly for a fellow Swiss immigrant's engineering company, then moved to the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn" title="Brooklyn">Brooklyn</a> operations of the French car manufacturer <a href="/wiki/De_Dion-Bouton#Expansion" title="De Dion-Bouton">de Dion-Bouton</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1905, Chevrolet won his first race, racing a <a href="/wiki/Fiat" title="Fiat">Fiat</a> at <a href="/wiki/Morris_Park_Racecourse" title="Morris Park Racecourse">Morris Park</a>, the <a href="/wiki/1905_Morris_Park_5" title="1905 Morris Park 5">first-ever national championship race</a> sanctioned by the <a href="/wiki/American_Automobile_Association" title="American Automobile Association">American Automobile Association</a> (AAA) <a href="/wiki/AAA_Contest_Board" title="AAA Contest Board">Contest Board</a>, then known as the Racing Board.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1907 he was hired by the <a href="/wiki/Autocar_Company" title="Autocar Company">Autocar Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> probably for a secret project to develop a revolutionary <a href="/wiki/Front-wheel-drive" class="mw-redirect" title="Front-wheel-drive">front-wheel-drive</a> racing car. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg/220px-Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg/330px-Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg/440px-Louis_Chevrolet_in_a_Buick_s055205.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="398" /></a><figcaption>Chevrolet, racing a <a href="/wiki/Buick" title="Buick">Buick</a>, won the 1909 <a href="/wiki/Cobe_Trophy_Race" title="Cobe Trophy Race">Cobe Trophy Race</a>, held in <a href="/wiki/Crown_Point,_Indiana" title="Crown Point, Indiana">Crown Point, Indiana</a></figcaption></figure> <p>His racing career continued as he drove for <a href="/wiki/Buick" title="Buick">Buick</a>, becoming a friend and associate of Buick owner <a href="/wiki/William_C._Durant" title="William C. Durant">William C. Durant</a>, founder of <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="General Motors Corporation">General Motors</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He raced at the <a href="/wiki/Giants_Despair_Hillclimb" title="Giants Despair Hillclimb">Giants Despair Hillclimb</a> in 1909. With little in the way of formal education, Chevrolet learned car design while working for Buick and started designing his own engine for a new car in 1909. He built an <a href="/wiki/Overhead_valve" class="mw-redirect" title="Overhead valve">overhead valve</a> six-cylinder engine in his own <a href="/wiki/Machine_shop" title="Machine shop">machine shop</a> on <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_16_in_Michigan" title="U.S. Route 16 in Michigan">Grand River Boulevard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is credited as one of three co-designers of the 1910 <a href="/wiki/Buick_60_Special" title="Buick 60 Special">Buick 60 Special</a>, also known as the "Buick Bug".<sup id="cite_ref-lcsw-bio_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lcsw-bio-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dfp-jul1940_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dfp-jul1940-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chevrolet_car_company">Chevrolet car company</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Chevrolet car company"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg/220px-Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg/330px-Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg/440px-Louis-Chevrolet-1911-full.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2314" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Chevrolet in 1911</figcaption></figure> <p>On November 3, 1911, Chevrolet co-founded the <a href="/wiki/Chevrolet" title="Chevrolet">Chevrolet Motor Car Company</a> with his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant, and investment partners William Little (maker of the <a href="/wiki/Little_(automobile)" title="Little (automobile)">Little automobile</a>) and Dr. Edwin R. Campbell, son-in-law of Durant and friend of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_McLaughlin" title="Samuel McLaughlin">Samuel McLaughlin</a> of the <a href="/wiki/McLaughlin_automobile" class="mw-redirect" title="McLaughlin automobile">McLaughlin Car Company of Canada</a> Ltd. The company was established in Detroit. One story tells the choosing of the company's logo as a modified <a href="/wiki/Swiss_cross" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss cross">Swiss cross</a>, to honor Chevrolet's homeland.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another story tells of the Chevrolet logo as a design taken from the wallpaper of a Paris hotel room where Louis once stayed. </p><p>Chevrolet had differences with Durant over the car's design, and in 1915 sold Durant his share in the company and started McLaughlin's Company in Canada building Chevrolets. By 1916 the trading of Chevrolet stock for GM Holding stock enabled Durant to repurchase a controlling stake in <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a>, and by 1917 the Chevrolet company that Louis had co-founded was merged as a company into General Motors after the outstanding Chevrolet stocks were purchased from McLaughlin in 1918. The McLaughlin Car Company then merged with his Chevrolet Motor Company of Canada Ltd. to become <a href="/wiki/General_Motors_Canada" title="General Motors Canada">General Motors of Canada Ltd.</a> in 1918, prior to the incorporation of the General Motors Corporation in the United States when General Motors Company of New Jersey dissolved. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Frontenac_and_American_car_companies">Frontenac and American car companies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Frontenac and American car companies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg/220px-Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg/330px-Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg/440px-Louis_Chevrolet_in_Buick_ca_1900.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1433" data-file-height="806" /></a><figcaption>Chevrolet in a <a href="/wiki/Frontenac_Motor_Corporation" title="Frontenac Motor Corporation">Frontenac</a> he designed, circa 1914</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png/220px-American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png/330px-American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png/440px-American_Motors_Corporation_advert_in_Horseless_Age_v44_n4_1918-05-15_p7.png 2x" data-file-width="1808" data-file-height="2540" /></a><figcaption>American Motors Corporation advertisement in the journal <i>The Horseless Age</i>, May 15, 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1916, Louis Chevrolet and his brothers founded the <a href="/wiki/Frontenac_Motor_Corporation" title="Frontenac Motor Corporation">Frontenac Motor Corporation</a> to make racing parts for <a href="/wiki/Ford_Model_T" title="Ford Model T">Ford Model Ts</a>. </p><p>Also in 1916, American Motors Corporation (unrelated to the later <a href="/wiki/American_Motors" class="mw-redirect" title="American Motors">American Motors</a> created by the 1954 merger of <a href="/wiki/Nash-Kelvinator_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Nash-Kelvinator Corporation">Nash-Kelvinator Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hudson_Motor_Car_Company" title="Hudson Motor Car Company">Hudson Motor Car Company</a>) was formed in <a href="/wiki/Newark,_New_Jersey" title="Newark, New Jersey">Newark, New Jersey</a>, with Louis Chevrolet as vice president and chief engineer.<sup id="cite_ref-Automobile_Trade_Journal_1916-03-01_p108_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Automobile_Trade_Journal_1916-03-01_p108-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1918 it was producing cars in a plant at <a href="/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey" title="Plainfield, New Jersey">Plainfield, New Jersey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Horseless_Age_1918-05-15_p7_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Horseless_Age_1918-05-15_p7-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1923 it merged with the Bessemer Motor Truck Company of Pennsylvania into Bessemer-American Motors Corporation, which lasted less than a year before merging with the <a href="/wiki/Winther_(automobile)" title="Winther (automobile)">Winther</a> and Northway companies into Amalgamated Motors. The latter company apparently ceased soon after. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Auto_racing">Auto racing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Auto racing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By the mid-1910s, Chevrolet had shifted into the car racing industry, partnering with Howard E. Blood of <a href="/wiki/Allegan,_Michigan" title="Allegan, Michigan">Allegan, Michigan</a>, to create the <a href="/wiki/Cornelian_automobile" title="Cornelian automobile">Cornelian</a> racing car, which he used to place 20th in the 1915 <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a> automobile race. In 1916, he and his younger brothers <a href="/wiki/Gaston_Chevrolet" title="Gaston Chevrolet">Gaston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Chevrolet" title="Arthur Chevrolet">Arthur Chevrolet</a> started <a href="/wiki/Frontenac_Motor_Corporation" title="Frontenac Motor Corporation">Frontenac Motor Corporation</a>, designing and producing a line of racing cars. They became well known for, among other things, their Fronty-Ford racers. </p><p>Chevrolet drove in the Indianapolis 500 four times, with a best finish of 7th in 1919. Both Louis and Gaston competed successfully with racing <a href="/wiki/Grand_Prix_Sunbeams_1921,_1922_TT" title="Grand Prix Sunbeams 1921, 1922 TT">Sunbeams</a>, achieving a number of third places in 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-healbook_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-healbook-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arthur competed twice, and Gaston won the Indianapolis 500 in 1920 in one of their Frontenacs, going on to win the 1920 <a href="/wiki/American_Championship_Car_Racing#National_champions" class="mw-redirect" title="American Championship Car Racing">AAA National Championship</a>. He also raced for the Buick racing team.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_life">Later life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Later life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/220px-Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/330px-Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg/440px-Chevrolet_grave_-_June_2022_-_Sarah_Stierch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>The gravesite of the Chevrolet brothers, including Louis, at Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1927, Chevrolet launched the <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_engine" title="Aircraft engine">aircraft engine</a> construction company Chevrolair, which failed three years later as a result of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. He returned to Chevrolet to work as mechanic in the Detroit factories.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chevrolet died on June 6, 1941, in Detroit due to a heart attack. His atherosclerosis had previously led to a leg amputation. He is buried in the Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis,_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="Indianapolis, Indiana">Indianapolis, Indiana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1905, Chevrolet married Suzanne Treyvoux (1888-1966), daughter of Louis Treyvoux and Marie Burlat.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had two sons and a daughter, Clara. </p><p>He became a naturalized <a href="/wiki/American_citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="American citizen">American citizen</a> in 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-HDS_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chevrolet has been inducted into the following halls of fame: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Automotive_Hall_of_Fame" title="Automotive Hall of Fame">Automotive Hall of Fame</a> (1969)<sup id="cite_ref-AHF-Chevrolet_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHF-Chevrolet-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Sprint_Car_Hall_of_Fame_%26_Museum" title="National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum">National Sprint Car Hall of Fame</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Motorsports Hall of Fame">International Motorsports Hall of Fame</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame_of_America" title="Motorsports Hall of Fame of America">Motorsports Hall of Fame of America</a> (1995)<sup id="cite_ref-MSHoF_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSHoF-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition, the <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis_Motor_Speedway_Museum" title="Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum">Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Speedway,_Indiana" title="Speedway, Indiana">Speedway, Indiana</a>, features a memorial at the entrance to the building dedicated to the accomplishments of Chevrolet. The memorial, designed by Fred Wellman and sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Adolph_Wolter" title="Adolph Wolter">Adolph Wolter</a>, was created during 1968–1970 and installed in the spring of 1975. The centerpiece of the memorial is a <a href="/wiki/Bronze" title="Bronze">bronze</a> <a href="/wiki/Bust_(sculpture)" title="Bust (sculpture)">bust</a> of Chevrolet wearing a racing cap and goggles; it rests on a <a href="/wiki/Marble" title="Marble">marble</a> and <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granite</a> square base. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg/220px-RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg/330px-RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg/440px-RABDe2_500_030_ICN_%22Louis%22_Chevrolet%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2562" /></a><figcaption> SBB RABdE2 ICN is named after Chevrolet.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Swiss national train company, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Federal_Railways" title="Swiss Federal Railways">SBB</a>, has named one of its long distance ICN-Trains after Louis Chevrolet. The train family operates primarily on the East-West axis, also serving Chevrolet's home town, La Chaux-de-Fonds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Motorsports_career_results">Motorsports career results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Motorsports career results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indianapolis_500_results">Indianapolis 500 results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Indianapolis 500 results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation" style="width: auto;"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Car </th> <th>Start </th> <th>Qual </th> <th>Rank </th> <th>Finish </th> <th>Laps </th> <th>Led </th> <th>Retired </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1915_Indianapolis_500" title="1915 Indianapolis 500">1915</a> </th> <td>27 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>81.010 </td> <td>23 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>76 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Valve </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1916_Indianapolis_500" title="1916 Indianapolis 500">1916</a> </th> <td>8 </td> <td>21 </td> <td>87.690 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>82 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Rod </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1919_Indianapolis_500" title="1919 Indianapolis 500">1919</a> </th> <td>7 </td> <td>12 </td> <td>103.100 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>7 </td> <td>200 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>Running </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1920_Indianapolis_500" title="1920 Indianapolis 500">1920</a> </th> <td>3 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>96.300 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>18 </td> <td>94 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>Steering </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"><b>Totals</b> </td> <td>452 </td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break" style="padding-left: 1em;"> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Starts </th> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Poles </th> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Front Row </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Wins </th> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Top 5 </th> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Top 10 </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th>Retired </th> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Commons-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></a></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Louis_Chevrolet" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Louis Chevrolet">Louis Chevrolet</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/28px-P_vip.svg.png" decoding="async" width="28" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/41px-P_vip.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/69/P_vip.svg/55px-P_vip.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1911" data-file-height="1944" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Biography" title="Portal:Biography">Biography portal</a></span></li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Louis-Chevrolet">"Louis Chevrolet | Biography & Facts"</a>. <i>Encyclopedia Britannica</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 7,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Encyclopedia+Britannica&rft.atitle=Louis+Chevrolet+%7C+Biography+%26+Facts&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fbiography%2FLouis-Chevrolet&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HDS-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HDS_2-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Louis Chevrolet</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D30301.php"><span title="Louis Chevrolet in German">German</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F30301.php"><span title="Louis Chevrolet in French">French</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I30301.php"><span title="Louis Chevrolet in Italian">Italian</span></a> in the online <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland" title="Historical Dictionary of Switzerland">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchelbert2014" class="citation book cs1">Schelbert, Leo (2014). <i>Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</i> (2nd ed.). Lasnham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 73. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4422-3352-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4422-3352-2"><bdi>978-1-4422-3352-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Historical+Dictionary+of+Switzerland&rft.place=Lasnham%2C+MD&rft.pages=73&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Rowman+%26+Littlefield&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-4422-3352-2&rft.aulast=Schelbert&rft.aufirst=Leo&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Automobile, January 17, 1907, p. 174</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Page from General Motors website. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20070619104623/http://media.gm.com/me/chevrolet/en/corporate/c_history/index.html">"GM Media Online Chevrolet Middle East : English"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.gm.com/me/chevrolet/en/corporate/c_history/index.html">the original</a> on June 19, 2007<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 29,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=GM+Media+Online+Chevrolet+Middle+East+%3A+English&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gm.com%2Fme%2Fchevrolet%2Fen%2Fcorporate%2Fc_history%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Clymer, Floyd. <i>Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925</i> (New York: Bonanza Books, 1950), p.179.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-lcsw-bio-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-lcsw-bio_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://louischevrolet.com/en/content/10-theman">"Louis Chevrolet, the man"</a>. <i>Louis Chevrolet Swiss Watches</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Louis+Chevrolet+Swiss+Watches&rft.atitle=Louis+Chevrolet%2C+the+man&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flouischevrolet.com%2Fen%2Fcontent%2F10-theman&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dfp-jul1940-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dfp-jul1940_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7462642/40buick-bug-to-ny-auto-show-after/">"Motor Festival Brings Buick Bug from Retirement"</a>. <i>Detroit Free Press</i>. Detroit, Michigan. July 28, 1940. p. 39.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Detroit+Free+Press&rft.atitle=Motor+Festival+Brings+Buick+Bug+from+Retirement&rft.pages=39&rft.date=1940-07-28&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newspapers.com%2Fclip%2F7462642%2F40buick-bug-to-ny-auto-show-after%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/John_McPhee" title="John McPhee">McPhee, John</a> <i>La Place de la Concorde Suisse</i>. New York: Noonday Press (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), 1984</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Automobile_Trade_Journal_1916-03-01_p108-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Automobile_Trade_Journal_1916-03-01_p108_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEditorial_staff_and_correspondents1916" class="citation cs2">Editorial staff and correspondents (March 1, 1916), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zqgyAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA108">"American Motors Corporation formed"</a>, <i>Automobile Trade Journal</i>, <b>20</b> (9): 108.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Automobile+Trade+Journal&rft.atitle=American+Motors+Corporation+formed&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=9&rft.pages=108&rft.date=1916-03-01&rft.au=Editorial+staff+and+correspondents&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DzqgyAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DRA2-PA108&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Citation" title="Template:Citation">citation</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">|author=</code> has generic name (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Horseless_Age_1918-05-15_p7-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Horseless_Age_1918-05-15_p7_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAmerican_Motors_Corporation1918" class="citation cs2">American Motors Corporation (May 15, 1918), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JFbmAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA10-PA41">"Advertisement"</a>, <i>Horseless Age</i>, <b>44</b> (4): 7.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Horseless+Age&rft.atitle=Advertisement&rft.volume=44&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=7&rft.date=1918-05-15&rft.au=American+Motors+Corporation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJFbmAAAAMAAJ%26pg%3DRA10-PA41&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-healbook-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-healbook_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHeal1989" class="citation book cs1">Heal, Anthony S. (March 1, 1989). <i>Sunbeam Racing Cars, 1910-30</i>. G T Foulis & Co Ltd. p. 332. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0854297733" title="Special:BookSources/978-0854297733"><bdi>978-0854297733</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sunbeam+Racing+Cars%2C+1910-30&rft.pages=332&rft.pub=G+T+Foulis+%26+Co+Ltd&rft.date=1989-03-01&rft.isbn=978-0854297733&rft.aulast=Heal&rft.aufirst=Anthony+S.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://media.gm.com/media/me/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/me/en/0000/Chevrolet/00_00_Louis_Chevrolet.html">"Louis Chevrolet (1878-1941)"</a>. <i>media.gm.com</i>. January 1, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 6,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=media.gm.com&rft.atitle=Louis+Chevrolet+%281878-1941%29&rft.date=2009-01-01&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.gm.com%2Fmedia%2Fme%2Fen%2Fchevrolet%2Fnews.detail.html%2Fcontent%2FPages%2Fnews%2Fme%2Fen%2F0000%2FChevrolet%2F00_00_Louis_Chevrolet.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geneseehistory.org/louis-chevrolet.html">"Louis Chevrolet"</a>. <i>Genesee County Historical Society</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">October 6,</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Genesee+County+Historical+Society&rft.atitle=Louis+Chevrolet&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geneseehistory.org%2Flouis-chevrolet.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.autonews.com/article/20080914/OEM02/309149918/gifted-race-car-driver-inventor-died-penniless-and-forgotten">"Gifted race car driver, inventor died penniless and forgotten"</a>. <i>Auto News</i>. September 14, 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">June 2,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Auto+News&rft.atitle=Gifted+race+car+driver%2C+inventor+died+penniless+and+forgotten&rft.date=2008-09-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.autonews.com%2Farticle%2F20080914%2FOEM02%2F309149918%2Fgifted-race-car-driver-inventor-died-penniless-and-forgotten&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150402110014/http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/driving/story.html?id=b55d77f3-0a69-4694-b212-89665ae3e0d2">"Chevrolet brother's grave finally gets a tombstone"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Edmonton_Journal" title="Edmonton Journal">Edmonton Journal</a></i>. November 11, 2011. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/driving/story.html?id=b55d77f3-0a69-4694-b212-89665ae3e0d2">the original</a> on April 2, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 31,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Edmonton+Journal&rft.atitle=Chevrolet+brother%27s+grave+finally+gets+a+tombstone&rft.date=2011-11-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.canada.com%2Fedmontonjournal%2Fnews%2Fdriving%2Fstory.html%3Fid%3Db55d77f3-0a69-4694-b212-89665ae3e0d2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190706013524/http://cdm16317.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16317coll1/id/1526951/rec/1">"Certificate of Death"</a>. <i>Seeking Michigan</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdm16317.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p16317coll1/id/1526951/rec/1">the original</a> on July 6, 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 6,</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Seeking+Michigan&rft.atitle=Certificate+of+Death&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fcdm16317.contentdm.oclc.org%2Fcdm%2Fsingleitem%2Fcollection%2Fp16317coll1%2Fid%2F1526951%2Frec%2F1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AHF-Chevrolet-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AHF-Chevrolet_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160308035752/http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/louis-chevrolet/23/">"Louis Chevrolet"</a>. <i>Hall of Fame Inductees</i>. Automotive Hall of Fame. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.automotivehalloffame.org/inductee/louis-chevrolet/23/">the original</a> on March 8, 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 4,</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Hall+of+Fame+Inductees&rft.atitle=Louis+Chevrolet&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.automotivehalloffame.org%2Finductee%2Flouis-chevrolet%2F23%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ALouis+Chevrolet" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MSHoF-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MSHoF_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mshf.com/hall-of-fame/inductees/louis-chevrolet.html">Louis Chevrolet</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame_of_America" title="Motorsports Hall of Fame of America">Motorsports Hall of Fame of America</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li>Clymer, Floyd. <i>Treasury of Early American Automobiles, 1877–1925</i>. New York: Bonanza Books, 1950.</li> <li><i>Louis Chevrolet</i> in <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D30301.php"><span title="Louis Chevrolet in German">German</span></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F30301.php"><span title="Louis Chevrolet in French">French</span></a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/i/I30301.php"><span title="Louis Chevrolet in Italian">Italian</span></a> in the online <i><a href="/wiki/Historical_Dictionary_of_Switzerland" title="Historical Dictionary of Switzerland">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></i>.</li> <li>Sinzig, Martin. <i>Louis Chevrolet, der Mann, der dem Chevy seinen Namen gab"</i>. Frauenfeld. Verlag Huber, 2011. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-7193-1566-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-7193-1566-5">978-3-7193-1566-5</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.racing-reference.info/driver/Louis_Chevrolet">Louis Chevrolet</a> driver statistics at Racing-Reference</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/index.php/drivers/driver/chevrolet">Louis Chevrolet</a> at VanderbiltCupRaces.com</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XC_yEt711JE"><span class="plainlinks">Footage of Louis Chevrolet Racing in 1919 includes his accident</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.chevroletbrothers.com/">Louis Chevrolet</a> at ChevroletBrothers.com</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-labelledby="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351372#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata1579" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Authority_control_databases_frameless&#124;text-top&#124;10px&#124;alt=Edit_this_at_Wikidata&#124;link=https&#58;//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351372#identifiers&#124;class=noprint&#124;Edit_this_at_Wikidata1579" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a> <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q351372#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://isni.org/isni/0000000071469018">ISNI</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://viaf.org/viaf/33075893">VIAF</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://id.worldcat.org/fast/318308/">FAST</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdCr4cTm8TR64xyqC4g8C">WorldCat</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://d-nb.info/gnd/129401196">Germany</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n93022673">United States</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16147865g">France</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16147865g">BnF data</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://aleph.nkp.cz/F/?func=find-c&local_base=aut&ccl_term=ica=uzp2009504234&CON_LNG=ENG">Czech Republic</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p088050556">Netherlands</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutsche-digitale-bibliothek.de/person/gnd/129401196">DDB</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/fr/articles/030301">Historical Dictionary of Switzerland</a></span></li><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6j684sv">SNAC</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&oldid=1266394895">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&oldid=1266394895</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1878_births" title="Category:1878 births">1878 births</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1941_deaths" title="Category:1941 deaths">1941 deaths</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Sportspeople_from_La_Chaux-de-Fonds" title="Category:Sportspeople from La Chaux-de-Fonds">Sportspeople from La Chaux-de-Fonds</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Swiss_emigrants_to_the_United_States" title="Category:Swiss emigrants to the United States">Swiss emigrants to the United States</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_racing_drivers" title="Category:American racing drivers">American racing drivers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indianapolis_500_drivers" title="Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers">Indianapolis 500 drivers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_founders_of_automobile_manufacturers" title="Category:American founders of automobile manufacturers">American founders of automobile manufacturers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_automotive_pioneers" title="Category:American automotive pioneers">American automotive pioneers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:International_Motorsports_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="Category:International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees">International Motorsports Hall of Fame inductees</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:National_Sprint_Car_Hall_of_Fame_inductees" title="Category:National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees">National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductees</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:AAA_Championship_Car_drivers" title="Category:AAA Championship Car drivers">AAA Championship Car drivers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:20th-century_American_sportsmen" title="Category:20th-century American sportsmen">20th-century American sportsmen</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Burials_at_Holy_Cross_and_Saint_Joseph_Cemetery" title="Category:Burials at Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery">Burials at Holy Cross and Saint Joseph Cemetery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Automotive_businesspeople" title="Category:Automotive businesspeople">Automotive businesspeople</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Chevrolet" title="Category:Chevrolet">Chevrolet</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:General_Motors_people" title="Category:General Motors people">General Motors people</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:American_businesspeople" title="Category:American businesspeople">American businesspeople</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mechanics_(people)" title="Category:Mechanics (people)">Mechanics (people)</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_errors:_generic_name" title="Category:CS1 errors: generic name">CS1 errors: generic name</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_January_2024" title="Category:Use mdy dates from January 2024">Use mdy dates from January 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_introduction_cleanup_from_July_2024" title="Category:Wikipedia introduction cleanup from July 2024">Wikipedia introduction cleanup from July 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_pages_needing_cleanup" title="Category:All pages needing cleanup">All pages needing cleanup</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_covered_by_WikiProject_Wikify_from_July_2024" title="Category:Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from July 2024">Articles covered by WikiProject Wikify from July 2024</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_articles_covered_by_WikiProject_Wikify" title="Category:All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify">All articles covered by WikiProject Wikify</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Commons_category_link_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Commons category link from Wikidata">Commons category link from Wikidata</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 31 December 2024, at 11:16<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Louis_Chevrolet&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" lang="en" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><picture><source media="(min-width: 500px)" srcset="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" width="88" height="31"><img src="/w/resources/assets/mediawiki_compact.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="25" height="25" loading="lazy"></picture></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-header-container vector-sticky-header-container"> <div id="vector-sticky-header" class="vector-sticky-header"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-start"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-start vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" aria-hidden="true"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-sticky-header-search-toggle" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.vector-sticky-search-form.icon"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </button> </div> <div role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box"> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="vector-sticky-search-form" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia"> <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-sticky-header-toc vector-sticky-header-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-sticky-header-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-sticky-header-toc-label" for="vector-sticky-header-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-sticky-header-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="vector-sticky-header-context-bar-primary" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="mw-page-title-main">Louis Chevrolet</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-end" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icons"> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-talk-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="talk-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbles mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbles"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-subject-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="subject-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-article mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-article"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-history-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="history-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-history mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-history"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only mw-watchlink" id="ca-watchstar-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="watch-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-star mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-star"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="wikitext-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikiText mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-wikiText"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-ve-edit-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-edit mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-edit"></span> <span></span> </a> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only" id="ca-viewsource-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ve-edit-protected-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-editLock mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-editLock"></span> <span></span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-buttons"> <button class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet mw-interlanguage-selector" id="p-lang-btn-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-wikimedia-language"></span> <span>33 languages</span> </button> <a href="#" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive" id="ca-addsection-sticky-header" tabindex="-1" data-event-name="addsection-sticky-header"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-speechBubbleAdd-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-speechBubbleAdd-progressive"></span> <span>Add topic</span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-header-icon-end"> <div class="vector-user-links"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-b766959bd-vwnk5","wgBackendResponseTime":155,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.558","walltime":"0.865","ppvisitednodes":{"value":3159,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":66789,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":6138,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":18,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":5,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":68153,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 669.130 1 -total"," 30.92% 206.862 3 Template:Infobox"," 26.02% 174.114 1 Template:Reflist"," 20.21% 135.213 1 Template:Infobox_racing_driver"," 14.55% 97.388 8 Template:Cite_web"," 11.38% 76.133 1 Template:Short_description"," 11.17% 74.773 1 Template:Authority_control"," 8.44% 56.487 4 Template:Br_separated_entries"," 7.97% 53.332 1 Template:Commons_category"," 7.09% 47.426 1 Template:Sister_project"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.328","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":8352319,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-7878cd4448-tkr8r","timestamp":"20250211200749","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Louis Chevrolet","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Louis_Chevrolet","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q351372","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q351372","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2003-10-25T19:10:38Z","dateModified":"2024-12-31T11:16:08Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/8\/8a\/1919_Tacoma_Speedway_Louis_Chevrolet_Marvin_D_Boland_Collection_BOLANDB2009.jpg","headline":"Swiss motor company founder and racecar driver (1878-1941)"}</script> </body> </html>