Chevrolet models

Chevrolet: an American brand built around breadth

Chevrolet began in Detroit in 1911, founded by racing driver Louis Chevrolet and businessman William C. “Billy” Durant. The partnership joined Chevrolet’s name and competition experience with Durant’s ambition to build a major car company. Chevrolet became part of General Motors in 1918.

Cars for very different jobs

Chevrolet developed into one of GM’s broadest marques rather than a specialist in one kind of vehicle. Its history encompasses affordable family cars, large utility vehicles, pickups and performance models. Names such as Corvette, Suburban and Silverado speak to very different buyers, but together they explain why Chevrolet has remained familiar in both everyday motoring and enthusiast culture.

Trucks are a particularly durable part of that identity. Across successive generations, Chevrolet moved from straightforward working vehicles to pickups that can also serve as family transport. Changes in body design, engines and equipment followed the changing expectations placed on a pickup.

Evolving familiar names

More recently, Chevrolet has expanded from petrol and diesel vehicles into battery-electric cars and trucks. Rather than placing every EV under an unfamiliar sub-brand, it has carried established names into the transition. Equinox now identifies both a combustion crossover and a separate electric model, while the start of 2024 Silverado EV production moved a traditional pickup name into an electric counterpart. That approach keeps the new vehicles connected to product families buyers already recognise, even though their engineering and proportions can be quite different.

The Chevrolet models on DriveSize offer a concise view of that change. Start with the 2022 Equinox, move to the 2024 Equinox EV, or explore the truck side of the marque through the 2024 Silverado EV. Our guide to electric and combustion car sizes places that transition in a wider context.