When William Durant teamed up with Swiss race driver Louis Chevrolet in 1911 to form a new auto manufacturer, they already had success working together at Buick. They gave their new enterprise Chevrolet’s name, and produced their first car, the Series C Classic Six, in 1913. That model topped out at 65 miles per hour, but the small-block V8 that Chevy introduced in 1955 produced 162 horsepower and established a new standard for automotive performance that led directly to
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