Episode 8: Chevrolet - America's Heartbeat

Overview

Chevrolet — affectionately called "Chevy" by millions of Americans — is more than an automobile brand. It is woven into the cultural fabric of the United States in a way that few commercial products anywhere in the world can claim. Founded in 1911 by Swiss-American racing driver Louis Chevrolet and businessman William Durant, Chevrolet quickly rose to challenge Ford for dominance of the American market and has been a top-selling brand for most of the century since. Today it operates under the General Motors umbrella, but its identity remains fiercely its own...

Here's this episode's structure:

Today's episode includes an extended introduction to the subject, deeper contextual reading, a key facts reference table, an authentic tourist-local dialogue for language practice a ...