Chevrolet was founded by Louis Chevrolet and William Durant in 1911, and seven years later, Durant has combined it with his other business of General Motors company. Since then, under the Chevrolet brand, a number of religious models and not less unusual and rare models – writes “Popular Mechanics”.
Chevrolet Biscayne (1955). Three years later the Park went into production, but in a completely different design. This concept car, 1955, designed by designer Chuck Jordan, had a number of features, is possible only in custom-made car. For example, zagrebelnyi doors and no Central b-pillars. The car was shown at the Motorama show in 1955 and has miraculously survived — in the 1950s, GM built the concepts of hundreds, and often destroyed them immediately after the show.
Chevrolet Corvette SS XP-64 (1956). Most of the concepts the engineers have built on the base Corvette. This, for example, designed by a team under the supervision of Zora Arkus-Duntov as a light sports car — its weight is just 840 kg, with a 307-horsepower engine allowed to accelerate to grown-up speeds. The car started on race “the 12 hours of Sebring,” but to compete with the “Jaguars”, “Maserati” and “Ferrari” could not. But beautiful.
Chevrolet Engineering Research Vehicle I (1959). another sports work of Zora Arkus-Duntov, the first of a series research Chevrolet built exclusively for scientific purposes and not for series or show. 726-kg car CERV-I was meant for the study of steering and braking (and fiberglass body weighed only 36 kg). It was subsequently built four more machines of the series CERV, the last in 1997.
Chevrolet Corvair Sebring Spyder XP-737 (1961). Development designer bill Mitchell, is built in two copies, different length of the base. Interestingly, the first version was never shown to the public, although originally intended for the auto show. The car was first design experiment in 1966, both copies were disposed of.
Chevrolet Corvair Testudo (1963). The collaboration with Chevrolet bodywork Studio Bertone. And designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro, still very young and founded his own Studio, ItalDesign. Door the machine does not have up up the entire canopy. Lights are not hidden, but POPs up while you are riding and fall into niches during Parking.
Chevrolet Sidewinder (1964). 9 out of 10 concept cars Chevrolet those years was on the base Corvette or Corvair. The Sidewinder is radically different from all the cars — it was a jointed breakable amphibian, curving in vertical and horizontal planes. The car was equipped with Buick V8 engine and the tires had low pressure. He didn’t have a separate water propulsion — afloat he spun the wheels and writhed like a snake, starting from the water like with a fish tail.
Chevrolet Turbo Titan III (1966). Gas turbine tractor was the cosmic appearance and design, but still a priority of the developers was testing the engine of the GT-309 with a capacity of 280 HP and its opportunities for use on semi trucks.
Chevrolet Astro Vette (1968). Fantasy on the theme of “Corvette”, designed to obtain the lowest possible aerodynamic drag. The car is not prepared for any particular dealership, but repeatedly demonstrated during local exhibitions Chevrolet and therefore altered several times. In 1992 specifically for the Museum the car was returned to its original appearance.
Chevrolet Corvette Ramarro (1984). And another fantasy-based “Corvette”, and later the work of Bertone. The most unusual feature of the car was sliding forward doors. The work has received a number of prestigious design awards.
Chevrolet Express (1986). Futuristic gas-turbine concept car was created as a vision of the car of the XXI century. No wonder that a couple of years later, he starred in the movie “Back to the future II” — Express can be seen in the future by the year 2015, where Marty McFly.
