100 Years of Chevrolet Truck History

100 Years of Chevrolet Truck History

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The 1918 Chevrolet One-Ton was the first purpose-built Chevrolet truck. It was meant to be an affordable and flexible platform, able to be purchased as a cowl and chassiis or an express body with or without an eight-post curtain top. It had a whopping 36 hp and 3.67L OHV four-cylinder engine. This also marked the year Chevrolet merged with General Motors.

Compare this to today’s Chevrolet Colorado, which achieves 191 lb.-ft. of torque, an increase of 480% over 1918 figures. 

Think you know which truck was GM's most popular? It may surprise you to hear the 1971 C10 was the most popular Chevrolet truck offered, with more than 260,000 units built. Driving that popularity was the C10’s new Cheyenne interior trim package which brought a new level of comfort, convenience, and style to pickups. Four engines were offered, giving buyers the widest range of engine choices in the industry.