December 25, 1878
By Andy Bolig
This past week, many folks greeted each other with smiles and the phrase, “Merry Christmas!” While the holiday merits itself as reason enough to be joyous, there is also another reason that many automotive enthusiasts will find a reason to be happy. On this 25th day of December, back in 1878, the namesake for one of GM’s most stalwart brands, Louis Chevrolet, was born in the village of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. In 1886, Chevrolet’s family left Switzerland to live in Beaune, in the Côte-d’Or département of France. He and his two brothers were raised on the family farm, and while his father was a farmer, he also enjoyed watchmaking and repairing old clocks. That is likely where Louis Chevrolet and his brothers got their mechanical acumen which would serve them well later in life.
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