Chevrolet Model History

United States · founded 1911

GM's high-volume American brand, founded in 1911 by Louis Chevrolet and William Durant — maker of the Corvette, Camaro, and Silverado.

Models

Corvette

America's sports car since 1953 — eight generations from the hand-built C1 to the mid-engine C8.

Sports car · 1953–present
74 model years
Camaro

Chevrolet's pony car — launched in 1967 to fight the Mustang, across six generations to 2024.

Pony car · 1967–2024
SSR

A retro convertible pickup with a retractable hardtop — a 2000s curiosity blending hot-rod styling and a truck bed.

Retro roadster pickup · 2003–2006
SS

A rear-drive V8 sport sedan, imported from Australia (a rebadged Holden Commodore).

Sport sedan · 2014–2017
Bel Air

Chevrolet's full-size car of the 1950s — the chrome-laden 1955–1957 'Tri-Five' models are American icons.

Full-size car · 1950–1981
Impala

Chevrolet's full-size flagship — once America's best-selling car, later revived as the LT1-powered Impala SS.

Full-size car · 1958–2020
Caprice

Chevrolet's full-size near-luxury sedan, later the definitive body-on-frame police and taxi car.

Full-size car · 1965–1996
Chevelle

Chevrolet's intermediate and a muscle-car legend — home of the SS 396 and the 1970 SS 454 LS6.

Mid-size car · 1964–1977
Malibu

Long a Chevelle trim, the Malibu became Chevrolet's core mid-size sedan from 1978 to 2024.

Mid-size car · 1964–2024
Monte Carlo

Chevrolet's personal-luxury coupe and a NASCAR mainstay across four decades.

Personal luxury / coupe · 1970–2007
Nova

Chevrolet's compact — launched as the Chevy II, later a budget muscle car with the SS 396.

Compact car · 1962–1979
Corvair

Chevrolet's rear-engine, air-cooled compact — innovative, then infamous after 'Unsafe at Any Speed'.

Compact car · 1960–1969
Cavalier

Chevrolet's high-volume J-body compact of the 1980s–2000s — for years one of America's best-sellers.

Compact car · 1982–2005
Cobalt

The Cavalier's compact successor — including the turbocharged Cobalt SS performance models.

Compact car · 2005–2010
Cruze

Chevrolet's global compact of the 2010s, offered with an available diesel and a hatchback.

Compact car · 2011–2019
Sonic

Chevrolet's subcompact sedan and hatchback, with an available turbocharged engine.

Subcompact car · 2012–2020
Spark

Chevrolet's smallest North American car — a minicar offered briefly as the Spark EV.

City car · 2013–2022
HHR

A retro 'Heritage High Roof' wagon evoking the 1949 Suburban, with a hot turbocharged SS.

Retro wagon / crossover · 2006–2011
Volt

Chevrolet's pioneering plug-in hybrid — an extended-range EV that runs on battery, then a gas generator.

Plug-in hybrid compact · 2011–2019
Bolt EV

Chevrolet's affordable long-range EV — a roughly 238–259-mile electric hatchback, later joined by the Bolt EUV.

Electric subcompact · 2017–2023
Silverado

Chevrolet's full-size pickup since 1999 — successor to the C/K, named after the C/K's top trim.

Full-size pickup truck · 1999–present
C/K

Chevrolet's full-size truck line for four decades — 'C' for 2WD and 'K' for 4WD — replaced by the Silverado.

Full-size pickup truck · 1960–2002
Colorado

Chevrolet's mid-size pickup — successor to the S-10, including the off-road ZR2.

Mid-size pickup truck · 2004–present
S-10

Chevrolet's compact pickup of the 1980s–2000s, including the V8 S-10 Xtreme and the GMC Syclone's cousin.

Compact pickup truck · 1982–2004
El Camino

The car-based pickup — a coupe utility with a cargo bed, including the SS 454 muscle-truck.

Coupe utility (ute) · 1959–1987
Avalanche

A full-size SUV-pickup hybrid with a fold-down 'midgate' between cab and bed.

Full-size pickup truck · 2002–2013
Suburban

The world's longest-running automobile nameplate — a full-size, extended-length SUV built since the 1930s.

Full-size SUV · 1935–present
Tahoe

Chevrolet's full-size SUV — the Silverado-based successor to the full-size Blazer, beneath the longer Suburban.

Full-size SUV · 1995–present
Blazer (K5)

The original full-size K5 Blazer — a short-wheelbase, removable-top 4x4 built on the C/K truck chassis.

Full-size SUV · 1969–1994
S-10 Blazer

The compact, S-10-based Blazer — a mainstay of the 1990s SUV boom (later just 'Blazer').

Compact SUV · 1983–2005
Blazer

The revived modern Blazer — a unibody mid-size crossover unrelated to the classic K5, plus the Blazer EV.

Mid-size crossover SUV · 2019–present
TrailBlazer

Two distinct vehicles: a 2002–2009 mid-size body-on-frame SUV, and a 2021-on subcompact crossover.

SUV / subcompact crossover · 2002–present
Equinox

Chevrolet's high-volume compact crossover, a perennial best-seller, now with an Equinox EV.

Compact crossover SUV · 2005–present
Traverse

Chevrolet's three-row family crossover, slotting between the Blazer and full-size SUVs.

Mid-size crossover SUV · 2009–present
Astro

A rear-drive, body-on-frame van — more truck than minivan, popular for towing and conversions.

Minivan / van · 1985–2005

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