Whether you drive a Chevy Camaro or Equinox, Evan’s Auto Car
is the only place you need to bring your car in the Cincinnati area. For almost 50 years Blue Ash Chevy owners have depended on Evan’s for reliable auto repair. In the 60′s it was the Chevy Chevelle SS that graced our service bays, the 70′s brought in many Monte Carlo’s, the 80′s favorite was the Camaro, the 90′s the Astro Van and the 2000′s have brought many SUV’s like the Chevy Tahoe and Suburban.
Evan’s routinely performs factory service checkups and factory recalls on Chevrolet Cars, Trucks and SUV’s. It’s always a good conversation when a classic Chevy rolls into the garage, taking us back to when Benny was turning wrenches.
We service in model Chevrolet, we commonly repair: Corvette, Malibu, HHR, Impala, Cobalt, Suburban, Tahoe, Equinox, Colorado, Silverado, Avalanche, Blazer, Trail Blazer and Traverse
Chevy was founded by Louis Chevrolet, a racecar driver and son of Cooper Chevrolet, William Little and Dr. Edwin R Campbell, William Durant’s son-in-law. William Durant (founder of General Motors) had been forced from the management of GM in 1910. Durant took over the Flint Wagon Works, incorporating both the Mason and Little companies. Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was incorporated in November 1911. He wanted to use Chevrolet’s name as a racer to rebuild his own reputation. As head of Buick Motor Company, prior to founding GM, Durant had hired Chevrolet to drive Buicks in promotional races. Actual design work for the first Chevy, the costly Series C Classic Six was drawn up by Etienne Planche, following the instructions of his old friend Louis. The first C prototype was ready months before Chevrolet was actually incorporated.
Chevrolet first used its “Bowtie emblem” logo in 1913. It is said to have been designed from wallpaper Durant once saw in a French hotel. More recent research by historian Ken Kaufmann presents a compelling case that the logo is based upon a logo for “Coalettes”. Others claim that the design was a stylized Swiss cross, in honor of the homeland of Chevrolet’s parents.
In the 1918 model year, Chevrolet introduced the Model D, a V8-powered model in four-passenger roadster and five-passenger tourer models. It also started production of an overhead valve in-line six. Most cars of the era had only low compression flat head engines. These cars had 288in3 55 hp (41 kW) engines with Zenith carburetors and three-speed transmissions.
Chevrolet continued into the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s competing with the Ford brand, and after the fairly new Chrysler Corporation formed Plymouth in 1928, Plymouth, Ford, and Chevrolet were known as the “Low-priced three”
Chevrolet had a great influence on the American automobile market during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, Chevy made their first fuel injected engine. In 1963, one out of every ten cars sold in the United States was a Chevrolet.