• Vehicle financing • Vehicle insurance • Vehicle repairs • Vehicle sales • Vehicle maintenance Owner Website Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer (GM). Luxonix Gravity S Vsti 1 4 H20 here. And ousted General Motors founder started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting in 1919,, with his 'a car for every purse and purpose,' would pick the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929. Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in most automotive markets worldwide, with the notable exception of, where GM is represented by its subsidiary,; Chevrolet announced a return to the region beginning in 2018 after a 50-year absence. In 2005,, primarily selling vehicles built by of South Korea with the tagline 'Daewoo has grown up enough to become Chevrolet', a move rooted in General Motors' attempt to build a global brand around Chevrolet.