Friday, May 4, 2012
May 2: General Motors buys Chevrolet amid a power struggle on this date in 1918
William Crapo Durant built the original General Motors from pieces of several other automakers, but his agressive acquisitions got him kicked out of his own company early in the 20th century. As revenge, Durant went out and started another automaker -- Chevrolet, named for the Swiss racing driver Louis Chevrolet, shown here parading Durant around [...]
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