"ISO 3166-2:CH ISO 3166-2:CH is the entry for Switzerland in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1. The abbreviation is derived from Latin name for Switzerland, """" (English: Helvetic Confederation). Currently for Switzerland, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 26 cantons. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code of Switzerland. The second part is two letters, currently"
"Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting in 1919, Alfred Sloan, with his maxim ""a car for every"
"China, Croatia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macau, Malaysia, Mauritius, the Netherlands, New Zealand (restricted licence only), Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia (as of April 2014), Saudi Arabia (as of March 2012), Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Vietnam, United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom. A conventional manual transmission is frequently the base equipment in a car, with the option being an automated transmission such as a conventional automatic, semi-automatic, or CVT. Unexpected gear changes can affect"
"Chrysler Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler; ) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes. FCA US is one of the ""Big Three"" American automobile manufacturers. FCA US has its headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan and sells vehicles worldwide under its flagship Chrysler brand, as well as Dodge, Jeep, and Ram Trucks. Other major divisions include Mopar, its automotive parts and accessories division, and SRT, its performance automobile division. Walter Chrysler founded Chrysler Corporation in 1925 from the"
"Vehicle registration plates of Chile Chile requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates called ""patentes"". Formerly, it consisted of two letters followed by four numbers in the format AB*12•34, but combinations were exhausted in September 2007. The system adopted to replace the old one consists of four letters followed by two numbers in the format AB•CD*12. Vowels are not used in order to prevent profanity, and the letter Q is not used because of confusion with the number 0. The same coding system is used in the Netherlands. In Chile the plate no longer"
"Maggiora, Moretti UK: Brocklebank, Invicta, Jappic, McEvoy, MG USA: Empire Steam Car, Ajax, Diana France: Alma, Arzac, Chaigneau-Brasier, Constantinesco, Lambert, Ratier, SAFAF, Sensaud de Lavaud, Tracta Germany: Daimler-Benz, Gutbrod, Mercedes-Benz UK: Arab, HP, Marendaz, Swallow USA: Ansted, Divco, Dodgeson France: Rosengart, Silva-Coroner UK: Arrol-Aster, Avro, Streamline (Burney Car) USA: Falcon-Knight, Graham-Paige, LaSalle Sweden: Volvo Germany: BMW, DKW UK: Ascot, Vincent USA: DeSoto, Plymouth France: Alphi, Michel Irat Germany: Borgward Italy: Ferrari Soviet Union. Motorcycle: Izh Spain: National Pescara UK: Alta USA: American Austin, Blackhawk, Cord, Roosevelt, Ruxton, Viking, Windsor Belgium: Astra France: AER, Virus Germany: Ardie-Ganz Soviet Union: KIM Germany:"
"Chris Horton in the December 2010 and January 2011 editions of Porsche Post (Magazine of the Porsche Club Great Britain). Porsche VIN numbers The ISO standard VIN was introduced for the Porsche model year 1981. VINs consist of 17 characters and for Porsche can be decoded as follows:- VIN has been implemented differently in two regions, they consist of the following countries:- USA etc. = USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Switzerland. RoW = Rest of world. (i.e. everywhere except USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Switzerland.) Vehicle Specification for ""USA etc"" is a 3 character code giving details of the body"
"Motors fully acquired GM Daewoo in 2011 to create GM Korea, the last usage of the Daewoo automotive brand was discontinued in its native South Korea and succeeded by Chevrolet. In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks. Due to the prominence and name recognition of Chevrolet as one of General Motors' global marques, Chevrolet, Chevy or Chev is used at times as a synonym for General Motors or its products, one example being the GM LS1 engine, commonly known by the name or a variant thereof of its"
"Only the Chery (passenger cars) and the Karry brand (for commercial vehicles) are to remain. Chery makes cars, minivans, and SUVs. The parts used in their manufacture may be foreign designed, and some may be imported; Chery has cooperative agreements with many foreign component firms, including the American ArvinMeritor, American Autoliv, American Delphi Automotive, the Australian company Futuris, German Robert Bosch GmbH, American PPG Industries, German Siemens VDO, French Valeo, and the American Visteon. Some have helped Chery establish a local supply chain. The company makes and has exported engines under the brands ACTECO and CAC. Chery engines have been"
"and marketing Chery cars from China folded in mid- to late 2006 when Bricklin could not come up with the investment required to fund United States-specification vehicles from Chery. United States sales by calendar year: Zastava Cars Limited (GB) set up its headquarters at Basingstoke Road Reading, Berkshire, in 1981, and the first cars seen by British motorists were the 1100/1300 series in the autumn of that year, badged as Zastava ZLC (five-door) and Zastava ZLM (three-door). These cars were based upon the Fiat 128 which had been voted European car of the year in 1969. The Kragujevac factory produced"
"of Chevrolet Europe in the 21st century. It had production facilities in Denmark, Poland and Switzerland, which existed until 1968. In the latter half of the 20th century, Chevrolet grew as a niche European brand with imports of the two flagship models, Corvette and Camaro, as well as other Chevrolet vehicles. At the 2004 Paris Motor Show, Chevrolet announced that it was relaunching the brand across Europe, basing its headquarters in Zürich, the largest city of founder Louis Chevrolet's native country of Switzerland. By 2010 sales had risen from 295,000 units in 2005 to 500,000. This level of growth was"
"Vauxhall Chevette The Vauxhall Chevette supermini or compact car was manufactured by Vauxhall in the United Kingdom from 1975 to 1984. It was Vauxhall's version of the ""T-Car"" small car family from Vauxhall's parent General Motors (GM). The family included the Opel Kadett in Germany, the Isuzu Gemini in Japan, the Holden Gemini in Australia, the Chevrolet Chevette in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Argentina, and in the U.S. and Canada was re-badged as Pontiac Acadian/Pontiac T1000. The Chevette, as its name implies, was intended to be a small ('baby') Chevrolet. At the same time as the"
"Mason Truck, Sheridan, Standard Steam Car, Stanwood Canada: Brock Six, London Six France: Amilcar, Ballot, Bernardet, Coadou et Fleury, Colda, Le Favori, Georges Irat, Hinstin, Janoir, Madoz, Quo Vadis, Le Roitelet, Solanet Germany: Alfi, Arimofa, Atlantic, Pawi, Rumpler Tropfenwagen, Zündapp Italy: Ansaldo, Aurea, IENA Japan: Ales UK: Amazon, Barnard, Scott Sociable, Skeoch USA. Steam: Coats, Davis, internal combustion: Adria, Aero Car, Ajax, Automatic, Birmingham, Colonial, Davis Totem, Durant, Earl, Handley-Knight, Jacquet Flyer, Kessler, Wills Sainte Claire Canada: Colonial France: Astra, Bucciali, Induco, JG, Vaillant Germany: Juho, Komet UK: Abbey, Abingdon, Albatros, Alberford, Aster, Atomette, Autogear, Baby Blake, Bean, Bow-V-Car, Christchurch-Campbell,"
"of General Motors' Chevrolet and Geo divisions. In 1992 Cherry became Vice President of Design for General Motors worldwide, the fifth head of design in General Motors' history. While Cherry was Vice President of Design, he oversaw the designs of the Pontiac Solstice, Cadillac Sixteen concept car, Hummer H2, Chevrolet SSR and many other vehicles, including the Cadillac CTS introduced in 2002. Cherry retired from General Motors on January 1, 2004. Automobiles designed as GM President of Design: The 1993 Opel Corsa received 20 international design awards. In 1999, the Global Automotive Elections Foundation nominated Cherry to a group of"
"Chevrolet Sail and SRV. In September 2006, Chile became the first country outside China to receive the Chinese assembled Sail; it is called the Chevrolet Corsa Plus there, available as a four door saloon with a 1.6 L engine. The Corsa Plus includes dual front airbags, anti lock brakes, air conditioning, electric windows and central locking as standard equipment. In India, the hatchback, saloon and estate car versions were sold as the Corsa Sail, Corsa (or Corsa Joy) and Corsa Swing respectively until the end of 2005. The hatchback model was still being produced, and extensively marketed in South Africa"
"purse and purpose"", would pick the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929. Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in most automotive markets worldwide. In Oceania, Chevrolet is represented by its Australian subsidiary, Holden, having returned to the region in 2018 after a 50-year absence with the launching of the Camaro and Silverado pickup truck. In 2005, Chevrolet was relaunched in Europe, primarily selling vehicles built by GM Daewoo of South Korea"
"provides information of where the vehicle was registered. Vehicle registration plates of Chile Chile requires its residents to register their motor vehicles and display vehicle registration plates called ""patentes"". Formerly, it consisted of two letters followed by four numbers in the format AB*12•34, but combinations were exhausted in September 2007. The system adopted to replace the old one consists of four letters followed by two numbers in the format AB•CD*12. Vowels are not used in order to prevent profanity, and the letter Q is not used because of confusion with the number 0. The same coding system is used in"
"Maikäfer Soviet Union: ZIS Japan: Datsun UK: Squire USA: De Vaux, Hoffman (Detroit automobile) Italy: Nardi Poland: Polski Fiat Soviet Union: GAZ UK: Vale Special USA: Allied, De Vaux Continental, Jaeger France: Tracford Germany: Standard Superior UK: André, Railton USA: Continental France: Simca Germany: Auto Union, Bungartz Butz Japan: Ohta Jidosha UK: Aveling-Barford, British Salmson, Rytecraft France: Talbot-Lago Germany: Henschel UK: Autovia, Batten, Jensen, Reliant USA: Stout Scarab France: Darl'mat, Monocar UK: Allard, HRG, Lammas, Lloyd, Skirrow France: Ardex, Danvignes Germany: Volkswagen UK: Atalanta France: DB, Rolux UK: Nuffield Soviet Union: SMZ USA: Albatross, Crosley, truck: Peterbilt UK: DMW Soviet"
"Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (abbreviated as FCA) is an Italian and American multinational corporation and is the world’s eighth largest auto maker. The group was established in late 2014 by merging Fiat and Chrysler into a new holding company. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' main headquarters are located in the Netherlands and the financial headquarters are in London for tax purposes. The holding company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana in Milan. Exor N.V., an Italian investment group controlled by the Agnelli family, owns 29.19% of FCA and controls 44.31% through a loyalty voting"
"automatic, manually wound and quartz models, equipped with ETA and Ronda movements. The Louis Chevrolet Frontenac watches, manufactured in Porrentruy, the Swiss Jura region, feature the styling cues suggested by the Chevrolet cars. The collection was developed while applying the same materials as used in the car industry. Pearled appliques on the Chevrolet watches' dials remind the metal forms of the old dashboards. The number ""8"", Chevrolet's racing number, is sported on the case back. Chevrolet Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the"
"a manufacturer, or both. For example, within 1G (assigned to General Motors in the United States), 1G1 represents Chevrolet passenger cars; 1G2, Pontiac passenger cars; and 1GC, Chevrolet trucks. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) in the U.S. assigns WMIs to countries and manufacturers. The first character of the WMI is the region in which the manufacturer is located. In practice, each is assigned to a country of manufacture, although in Europe the country where the continental headquarters is located can assign the WMI to all vehicles produced in that region (Example: Opel/Vauxhall cars whether produced in Germany, Spain, the"
"The ""LLnnnn"" system deliberately reserved plates starting with the combinations ""CC"", ""DC"" and ""FC"" for diplomatic vehicles,DC plates are registered to vehicles owned by foreign embassies and high commissions in Wellington, CC plates are registered to vehicles owned by foreign consulates in Auckland and Christchurch,FC plates are registered to vehicles owned by foreign ambassadors and their family members. Mayoral and ministerial vehicles used the prefix ""CR"" (CRown). The Prime Minister receives plate CR1 while the plate DC1 is reserved for the British High Commissioner to New Zealand. As the official representative of the Monarch in New Zealand, the Governor General's"
"Chevrolet Europe Chevrolet Europe GmbH was a subsidiary company of GM Korea (itself a subsidiary of U.S.-based automaker General Motors), founded in 2005, with headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland. It provided Chevrolet brand automobiles most of which was made in South Korea to the European market. In 2013 General Motors announced that it was to withdraw the Chevrolet brand, with the exception of the Corvette and Camaro, from Europe except Russia and CIS member nations, in order to concentrate on its Opel/Vauxhall brand in this market, beginning in 2016. Chevrolet has a history in the European market prior to the establishment"
"France: Automobiles René Bonnet Soviet Union: AvtoKuban Japan. Motorcycle: Kawasaki USA: Apollo Italy: ATS, Scuderia Serenissima, Lamborghini UK: Bond, Gordon-Keeble USA: Exner Revival Cars; trucks: Marmon Italy: ASA Soviet Union: ErAZ USA: Fiberfab France: Matra India: Heavy Vehicles Factory Italy: Ferves Soviet Union: IzhAvto Spain: IPV UK: Jago, Peel Bulgaria: Bulgarrenault Italy: Bizzarrini Soviet Union: Lada; trucks: MoAZ Romania: Dacia UK: Norton-Villiers, Trident, Unipower TATA MOTORS Italy: Autozodiaco, LMX Sirex Turkey: Tofaş UK: Piper USA: Savage GT Soviet Union. Trucks: Kamaz UK: Enfield Timeline of motor vehicle brands This is a chronological index for the start year for motor vehicle"
"""AX"" as its official code. Regular, non-vanity plates also have some more limitations: Export registration licence plates contain one letter and a (maximum) four-digit number. A diplomatic number plate has a blue background and white reflective lettering. The letters are either ""C"" or ""CD"", for French """"Corps Diplomatique"""". CD plates are with maximum of four numbers and C maximum of five numbers. Museum registered cars have black plates which have two or three letters and maximum of three numbers with white colour. Size on the plate is 118 mm x 338 mm. Museum registered motorcycles have black plates which have"
"engineers, and is available only as a four-door saloon. It is exported to markets such as Chile, Philippines, Peru, Mexico (sold as Aveo), and Myanmar Chevrolet Sail The Chevrolet Sail is a supermini car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Shanghai General Motors. Launched in 2001, it was sold as the Buick Sail, both in sedan and wagon form which were both based on Opel Corsa B. Since 2005, as the brand Chevrolet was officially introduced in China, the car received a facelift and its name was changed to Chevrolet Sail and Sail SRV. In 2010, the new Sail was completely"
"Chery Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., trading as Chery and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, ""Qirui"" (奇瑞), is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China. It was founded by the Government of China in 1997 and is a state-owned corporation. Chery's principal products are passenger cars, minivans, and SUVs; it sells passenger cars under the Chery marque and commercial vehicles under the Karry brand. Chery is the tenth-largest China-based automaker measured by 2012 output (around 590,000 units). Chery began the production of automobiles in 1999 and their export from China in 2001. It"
"These vehicles retained the Chevrolet badge and nameplate, and converted to RHD in Australia. In addition to the announced relaunch, Holden Special Vehicles confirmed in December 2017 that it will add the Camaro and Silverado to their performance lineup. In South Africa, Chevrolet was GM's main brand name until 1982, with a number of Vauxhall Motors and Holden derivatives being built under the Chevy name from 1965. In the 1970s, the advertising jingle ""braaivleis, rugby, sunny skies and Chevrolet"" (adapted from the US ""Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pies and Chevrolet"") came to epitomise the ideal lifestyle of white male South"
"Italy. Racing car: Brixia-Zust; motorcycle: Della Ferrera Netherlands. Internal-combustion: Entrop UK. Internal-combustion: Pilot USA. Internal-combustion: Abbott-Detroit, Anhut, Black Crow, Crow-Elkhart, Cutting, EMF, Everitt, Fuller, GJG, Hupmobile, Inter-State, Lion, Pilot; touring car: Crawford, Fal-Car, Piggins, Standard Six; roadster: Coyote, Hudson, Kauffman; runabout: Brush; small car: Herreshoff, Hitchcock, KRIT; light car: Courier; buggy: Paterson; raceabout: Mercer; racing car: McFarlan; truck: Chase, Sanford-Herbert Canada. Internal-combustion: Gareau France. Internal-combustion: Ageron, Damaizin & Pujos, Margaria, Mathis, Plasson; light car: Simplicia; cyclecar: Bédélia Germany. Internal-combustion: Ansbach, Apollo, Audi Italy. Internal-combustion: Alfa Romeo, Chiribiri UK. Steam: AMC; internal-combustion: Morgan, Siddeley-Deasy; cyclecar: GN USA. Electric: Grinnell; internal-combustion: Alpena,"
"of proceedings at Delaware Chancery Court. Chrysler Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler; ) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes. FCA US is one of the ""Big Three"" American automobile manufacturers. FCA US has its headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan and sells vehicles worldwide under its flagship Chrysler brand, as well as Dodge, Jeep, and Ram Trucks. Other major divisions include Mopar, its automotive parts and accessories division, and SRT, its performance automobile division. Walter Chrysler founded"
"Alva, Rougier; cyclecar: Jouvie Spain. Cyclecar: David UK. Internal-combustion: Morris, Perry, Woodrow, WW; light car: Ace, Lucar; cyclecar: Armstrong, Athmac, Baker & Dale, Bantam, BPD, Britannia, Broadway, Carlette, Dallison, Dewcar, LAD, Lester Solus, Vee Gee, Warne, Wilbrook, Wrigley; motocycle: Montgomery USA. Electric: American Electric; internal-combustion: Allen (Ohio), Allen (Philadelphia), Chandler, Flyer, Grant, Lyons-Knight, Monarch; cyclecar: Car-Nation, Coey, Detroit Cyclecar, Downing-Detroit, Dudly Bug, Gadabout, JPL, Little Detroit Speedster, Little Princess, Twombly; touring car: Keeton; roadster: Saxon, Scripps-Booth; sports car: Duesenberg; motocycle: Bi-Autogo France. Internal-combustion: Ascot, Donnet-Zedel; light car: Nardini Japan. Internal-combustion: DAT Italy. Maserati UK. Internal-combustion: Trojan, Utopian; light car: Bifort,"
"after the incorporation of the Chevrolet Motor Co. One other explanation attributes the design to a stylized version of the cross of the Swiss flag. Louis Chevrolet was born in Switzerland at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Canton of Neuchâtel, to French parents, on Christmas Day 1878. An October 2, 1913, edition of ""The Washington Post"" seems, so far, to be the earliest known example of the symbol being used to advertise the brand. The first bowtie logo without embedded text first appeared in 1985, as part of the Heartbeat of America ad campaign. In 2004, Chevrolet began to phase-in the gold bowtie"
"Chevrolet Sail The Chevrolet Sail is a supermini car produced by the Chinese manufacturer Shanghai General Motors. Launched in 2001, it was sold as the Buick Sail, both in sedan and wagon form which were both based on Opel Corsa B. Since 2005, as the brand Chevrolet was officially introduced in China, the car received a facelift and its name was changed to Chevrolet Sail and Sail SRV. In 2010, the new Sail was completely redesigned. The new model offers sedan and hatchback variations. The latest Chevrolet Sail has been exported to Chile, Peru, also has been produced in Ecuador,"