The simple mechanical strain of overweight, says New York's Dr. Norman Jolliffe, can overburden and damage the heart `` for much the same reason that a Chevrolet engine in a Cadillac body would wear out sooner than if it were in a body for which it was built ''.

As well as motor dealerships from Ford ( Greyhound ), Vauxhall & Chevrolet ( Accrington Garages ), the town was home to a Arnold Clark car dealer which closed down in 2010.

* Steve Park, driver of the No. 1 DEI Pennzoil Chevrolet Monte Carlo, was one of the drivers involved in the crash on lap 173.

In the end, the design was based on a previously rejected post-war Chevrolet proposal.

The H3 was built in Shreveport, LA alongside the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups, with which it shared the GMT-355 platform ( modified and designated GMT-345 ).

In 2004, the Chevrolet Viva, a four-door version of the Opel Astra G, was introduced.

Unlike their European counterparts, manual transmissions have disappeared due to lack of demand ; 1995 was the last year for a manual transmission in the Ford Aerostar and Chrysler minivans while GM had previously discontinued the manual transmission in the Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari.

The Chevrolet Astro, the last surviving rear-wheel-drive mid-size van, was popular for towing applications because of its available 4. 3-liter V6, and some owners even installed their own V8 engines.

The Forester was sold in India as a Chevrolet alongside other unique Chevrolet models sold there.

The popular culture surrounding the Trabant was referenced by the performance artist Liz Cohen in her Bodywork project, which transformed an East German 1987 Trabant into a 1973 Chevrolet El Camino.

Chevrolet was founded by Louis Chevrolet and ousted GM founder William C. Durant on November 3, 1911, and later acquired by General Motors in 1918.

Chevrolet was positioned by Alfred Sloan to sell a lineup of mainstream vehicles to directly compete against Henry Ford's Model T in the 1920s, with " Chevrolet " or " Chevy " being at times synonymous with GM.

The first C prototype was ready months before Chevrolet was actually incorporated.

By 1916, Chevrolet was profitable enough with successful sales of the cheaper Series 490 to allow Durant to repurchase a controlling interest in General Motors.

After the deal was completed in 1917, Durant became president of General Motors, and Chevrolet was merged into GM as a separate division.

In 1933 Chevrolet launched the Standard Six, which was advertised in the United States as the cheapest six-cylinder car on sale.

In 1963 one out of every ten cars sold in the United States was a Chevrolet.

In late 2010 General Motors began production of the plug-in electric Chevrolet Volt ( and related Opel / Vauxhall Ampera ), which later was announced as the 2012 North American Car of the Year, European Car of the Year and World Green Car of the Year.

Based on the Dodge Dart platform and using its proven six-cylinder or V8 engines, the A-series was a strong competitor for both its domestic rivals ( from Ford and Chevrolet / GMC ) and the diminutive Volkswagen Transporter line.

Offering the then-popular open body style and Dodge's powerful V8 engines, the Ramcharger was a strong competitor for trucks like the Ford Bronco, Chevrolet Blazer and International Harvester Scout II.

The Earnhardt team car, the RCR number 29 Chevrolet driven by Kevin Harvick, still always displays the Earnhardt stylized number 3 on the " B " posts ( metal portion on each side of the car to the rear of the front windows ) above the number 29.

Otto meets a girl named Leila ( Olivia Barash ), who tells him that a 1964 Chevrolet Malibu from New Mexico contains four dead but still dangerous space-aliens in its trunk.

It is interesting to note that the similarly styled Chevrolet still used the radically different " X " frame in the early 1960s.

He soon founded the Henna Motor Company and became the youngest person in Chevrolet history to own a car dealership when he negotiated to become a Chevy dealer, a dealership that is still owned and operated by the family today, seven decades later, as Henna Chevrolet.

Driving a Chevrolet instead of his previous Pontiac ( Gibbs switched manufacturers ), Stewart actually had his worst Cup season ( until the 2006 season ), but it was still good enough for seventh in the points.

It is longer than its competitors ( such as the Chevrolet Impala and Toyota Avalon ) but still a foot shorter than the rear-wheel drive V8 Crown Victoria.

The Chevrolet Monte Carlo used the same basic G-body as the GP but with a two-inch shorter wheelbase ( 116 vs. the GP's 118 ) and a long hood, though still a bit shorter than the Grand Prix's, but still considered an upscale vehicle for GM's lowest-priced division.

The car still featured its Oldsmobile badges even though sold under the Chevrolet brand.

The S-Series ended production in Brazil in 2012, being replaced by the thai Chevrolet Colorado, but still with the name S-10.

While it still shared a platform with the Chevrolet TrailBlazer, the exterior styling is different.

However Chevrolet still uses the CK and the CC in their current model codes.

Car and Driver in a 1977 Astre road test, said, " The Astre is the Vega-polished and refined and significantly improved, but still a Vega in perhaps its ultimate state of development .. It remained for Pontiac to do what Chevrolet probably should have done in the first place: the substitution of the marvelous old Chevy II cast-iron four-cylinder econo-motor for the much-troubled aluminum-block Vega engine.

In Mexico, the Nissan Tsuru is still the best-selling car in its category, as it is much bigger and cheaper in maintenance than its direct competitors: the Volkswagen Pointer and the Chevrolet Chevy C2.

Some of these designs were bell-shaped ( Buick, Chevrolet, and Pontiac ), split and slightly folded ( Silver Arrow, Mercury, 1946 Oldsmobile ), cross-shaped ( pre-war Studebaker Champion models, 1941 Cadillac, 1942 Ford ), while some including Packard, Rolls-Royce, and MG-TC models still followed the older arch-shaped design.

Magnussen is still an active driver, now in the Danish Touring Car Championship ( DTC ) and in a Chevrolet Corvette C6. R in the American Le Mans Series with Oliver Gavin as team mate – and of course in the 24 hours of Le Mans.

Oakland's part in this plan was the 1926 Pontiac, a shorter wheelbase " light six " priced to sell at a 4 cylinder car's price point, but still above Chevrolet.

Although production ceased, the second generation body style was still being produced in Brazil until 2011, with the introduction of the Chevrolet Traverse, or Grand Blazer in Latin America.

The 2005 and onwards Grand Vitara is sold in Ecuador by Chevrolet, yet it still retains its Suzuki badges.

From 2000 until 2004, the V200 was marketed as Daewoo Evanda in Western Europe, and Chevrolet Evanda in many Eastern European countries where GM did not use the Daewoo brand, as locally-manufactured versions of old Daewoo models were still sold under that marque.

Although this concept car does not wear a Chevrolet badge, it is still a part of the Chevrolet's worldwide electric vehicle stragety.

The production of the famous Checker Cab had stopped and although there were still many in operation, the Chevrolet Caprice and Ford Crown Victoria became the industry top choices.

It is now the only Brazilian-built car in the Mexican Chevrolet lineup still available.