Article: Every 16thcar onthe planetis aChevy; (And here's how a man called Louis and a man called Crapo set it all in motion.(Features)

Byline: By MIKE TORPEY

SOMEWHERE in the world, a Chevrolet is built every seven seconds - and that means every 16th car on the planet is now a Chevy We all know the name - it features in more rock and pop songs than any other marque - but few are aware of its origins.

Louis Chevrolet was nicknamed the daredevil Frenchman, even though he was a Swiss clockmaker's son who started work in a cycle repair shop aged 11.

He moved to the USA, ...

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