Editing Chevrolet (section)

=== Europe ===
{{main|Chevrolet Europe}}

Until 2005, [[Chevrolet Europe]] sold a few models, mostly [[United States domestic market]] (USDM) models modified to suit European regulations. Among them were the Chevrolet Alero (which was a rebadged [[Oldsmobile Alero]]) and the Chevrolet Trans Sport (which was a [[Chevrolet Venture]] with the front end of the [[Pontiac Trans Sport]]). Among other models sold were the [[Chevrolet Camaro|Camaro]], the [[Chevrolet Corsica|Corsica]]/[[Chevrolet Beretta|Beretta]], the [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]], the Blazer, and the [[Chevrolet Trailblazer (SUV)|TrailBlazer]]. North American–built Chevrolet Impala V8 sedans have also been available in Europe in recent years, marketed as both large family sedans and more economically priced alternatives as high-performance executive cars.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

From 2005 all models from [[GM Daewoo]] were rebranded as Chevrolet in Europe. In the rest of the world, most Daewoo models have worn the Chevrolet badge since 2003.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Exceptions include the use of the [[Suzuki]] badge in the United States and Canada, the [[Pontiac (automobile)|Pontiac]] badge in Canada, the [[Holden]] badge in Australia and New Zealand, and the [[Buick]] badge in China.

During the mid-2000s, the [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]] and [[Cadillac]] range were marketed in Europe through a separate distribution channel operated by Netherlands-based Kroymans Corporation Group<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kroymanscorporation.com |title=Kroymanscorporation |publisher=Kroymanscorporation.com |access-date=April 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090425214311/http://www.kroymanscorporation.com/ |archive-date=April 25, 2009 }}</ref> but following its bankruptcy in 2010,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100301/RETAIL03/303019959|title=Caddy in Europe? Heard it before -- it won't happen|website=Autonews.com|date=March 2010|access-date=October 7, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> General Motors established a new Swiss based subsidiary to relaunch Chevrolet in Europe and add the Corvette, Camaro and Malibu models to the European range.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2011/CHEVROLET/09_06_chevrolet_IAA_teaser3 |title=Chevrolet press release 6 September 2011 |publisher=Media.gm.com |date=September 6, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002085038/http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2011/CHEVROLET/09_06_chevrolet_IAA_teaser3 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

From the beginning of 2016, General Motors reduced its presence in Europe only to its [[Chevrolet Europe#Iconic models|iconic models]], such as the [[Chevrolet Corvette|Corvette]], in order to strengthen its [[Opel]] and [[Vauxhall Motors|Vauxhall]] brands. Although announcing that they will maintain a broad presence in Russia and the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]],<ref>{{cite web|title=GM Strengthens its European Brand Strategy|url=http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/emergency_news/05-12-gm-european-brand-strategy.html|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208075219/http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/emergency_news/05-12-gm-european-brand-strategy.html|archive-date=December 8, 2013 |access-date=December 8, 2013|date=December 5, 2013}}</ref> General Motors later reduced their line-up to the iconic models in Russia, and more, the Opel division also exited the Russian market in 2015, while also abandoning production at their [[Saint Petersburg]] plant.<ref>{{cite news|title=GM's Opel to exit Russia, Chevy to reduce lineup to 'iconic' models|url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20150318/OEM01/150319851/gms-opel-to-exit-russia-chevy-to-reduce-lineup-to-iconic-models|newspaper=Automotive News|access-date=March 17, 2016|date=March 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316152626/http://www.chevrolet.ru/|archive-date=March 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> As of March 2016, only the US-built [[Chevrolet Corvette (C7)|Corvette Stingray]] and [[Chevrolet Tahoe|Tahoe]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet|url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20150318/OEM01/150319851/gms-opel-to-exit-russia-chevy-to-reduce-lineup-to-iconic-models|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316152626/http://www.chevrolet.ru/|archive-date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=March 17, 2016|date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> as well as the Russian-built [[Chevrolet Niva|Niva]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet NIVA|url=http://www.autonews.com/article/20150318/OEM01/150319851/gms-opel-to-exit-russia-chevy-to-reduce-lineup-to-iconic-models | date=March 18, 2015}}</ref> were being offered on the Russian market.

Chevrolet sales in Western and Central Europe{{refn|Including Southeastern Europe, Turkey and Iceland,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet achieves 4th consecutive year of market share growth in Europe|url=http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/press_kits.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2013/chevrolet/01_15_market_share_growth.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208093438/http://media.gm.com/media/intl/en/chevrolet/press_kits.detail.html/content/Pages/news/intl/en/2013/chevrolet/01_15_market_share_growth.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2013|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=January 15, 2013}}</ref> excluding Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet Europe Fast Facts|url=http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/company_chev/about_chevrolet.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208093448/http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/company_chev/about_chevrolet.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2013|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=July 17, 2013}}</ref>|group="nb"}} ranged around 200,000 units per year since 2005, peaking at 216,160 units in 2007, while the market share achieved its highest of 1.28 percent in 2012.<ref name="highlights">{{cite web|title=Sales Highlights|url=http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/company_chev/sales_and_production_highlights.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131208093442/http://media.gm.com/content/media/intl/en/chevrolet/company_chev/sales_and_production_highlights.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 8, 2013|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013}}</ref> In Russia, sales grew constantly over the same period, from 67,000 units in 2005 to 205,040 units in 2012,<ref>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet with Record Sales in Europe in 2005|url=http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_21900_pr.html|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=January 10, 2006|archive-date=October 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026100749/http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_21900_pr.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Chevrolet holding a market share of 6.84 percent and being the top import car brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chevrolet achieves 4th consecutive year of market share growth in Europe|url=http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_21900_pr.html|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=January 15, 2013|archive-date=October 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026100749/http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_21900_pr.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, the top markets for Chevrolet in Europe, by the number of registrations, were Italy (31,150), Germany (29,694), France (24,613), Turkey (18,492) and Spain (15,165).<ref name="highlights"/> The best selling model during the same year was the [[Chevrolet Aveo|Aveo]] (54,800), followed by the [[Chevrolet Spark|Spark]] (47,600) and the [[Chevrolet Cruze|Cruze]] (40,500).<ref name="highlights"/>

Currently, as of 2022, only the Corvette Stingray is available in most countries in Europe.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} In the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]] countries where Chevrolet vehicles are officially sold, the vehicles are mostly or wholly sourced from Uzbekistan-based [[UzAuto Motors]], a former General Motors-Uzbekistan joint venture.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} UzAuto Motors is now a [[state-owned enterprise]] with a license to assemble and sell Chevrolet-branded vehicles in several CIS member nations.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Chevrolet vehicles are also assembled in Kazakhstan from [[Knock-down kit|semi-knocked-down kits]] supplied by UzAuto Motors{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}.

==== Poland ====
[[File:MWP Kubus 3.JPG|thumb|right|upright|[[Kubuś]] – insurgent armored car in [[Warsaw Uprising]] on the chassis of a civilian Chevrolet 157 truck]]

During World War II in Poland, the [[Home Army]] of the Polish resistance movement built an improvised [[Armored car (military)|armoured car]] – [[Kubuś]] which was based on the chassis of a civilian [[Chevrolet 157]] truck, license-built in pre-war Poland by the [[Lilpop, Rau i Loewenstein]] company. The car was used against the German army in [[Warsaw]] during the [[Warsaw Uprising]] in 1944.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achtungpanzer.com/polish-armor-1939-improvised-armored-car-kubus.htm |title=Polish Armor 1939 – Improvised Armored Car Kubus |publisher=Achtungpanzer.com |date=January 27, 2009 |access-date=March 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226150620/http://www.achtungpanzer.com/polish-armor-1939-improvised-armored-car-kubus.htm |archive-date=February 26, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The damaged Kubuś survived the war and in 1945 was towed to the [[Polish Army Museum]] where it is currently on exhibition.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} A full-scale operational replica was created in 2004 by [[Juliusz Siudziński]] and is, as of 2009, on exhibition at the [[Warsaw Uprising Museum]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Between the autumn of 2007 and the beginning of 2011, the [[Chevrolet Aveo]] was produced at the [[Fabryka Samochodów Osobowych|FSO]] plant in [[Warsaw]], in collaboration with the Ukrainian company [[UkrAVTO]], in both hatchback and sedan body styles.<ref>{{cite web|title=GM and UkrAVTO begin Chevrolet production in Poland|url=http://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_41009_pr.html|publisher=Chevrolet Europe|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=November 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306121017/https://archives.media.gm.com/archive/documents/domain_520/docId_41009_pr.html|archive-date=March 6, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2005 and 2014 GM sold some 60,000 cars under Chevrolet brand that represented 0.5–1% market share compere to Opel's 7% market share each year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auto-swiat.pl/wiadomosci/aktualnosci/chevrolet-wyrzucony-z-europy-opel-ma-dosc-wewnetrznej-konkurencji/yb6h5jp|title=Chevrolet wyrzucony z Europy. Opel ma dość wewnętrznej konkurencji?|date=December 6, 2013|website=www.auto-swiat.pl}}</ref>

==== Russia ====
[[GM-AvtoVAZ]] was a joint venture between GM and the Russian company [[AvtoVAZ]] established in 2001, which produced the [[Chevrolet Niva]], an SUV especially designed for the Russian market and conditions. The venture ended in December 2019, after AvtoVAZ acquired all General Motors' stake in it.<ref name=Russiaend/>

General Motors also operated the [[GM Avto]] factory, located in [[Saint Petersburg]] and opened in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=General Motors Enters New Era in Russia|url=http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Jun/0622_russia.html|publisher=GM News|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=June 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212072146/http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/Jun/0622_russia.html|archive-date=December 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was upgraded in 2012 and has produced the [[Opel Antara]] and [[Chevrolet Captiva]] SUVs, the [[Chevrolet Cruze]] from late 2009,<ref>{{cite web|title=GM opens USD300 million assembly plant in Russia|url=http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/11/07/224691.html|publisher=The Auto Channel|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=November 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213060236/http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2008/11/07/224691.html|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Chevrolet Trailblazer (SUV)|TrailBlazer]] from semi-knocked down kits.<ref>{{cite web|title=GM Launches Chevrolet Trailblazer Assembly in Russia|url=http://wardsauto.com/plants-amp-production/gm-launches-chevrolet-trailblazer-assembly-russia|publisher=WardsAuto|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=April 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217192636/http://wardsauto.com/plants-amp-production/gm-launches-chevrolet-trailblazer-assembly-russia|archive-date=December 17, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> It ceased production in July 2015,<ref>{{cite web|title=GM car assembly plant in Petersburg ceases production|url=http://in.rbth.com/news/2015/07/01/gm_car_assembly_plant_in_petersburg_ceases_production_43987|publisher=Russia & India Report|access-date=March 17, 2016|date=July 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170407045512/http://in.rbth.com/news/2015/07/01/gm_car_assembly_plant_in_petersburg_ceases_production_43987|archive-date=April 7, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> before Chevrolet's exit from the Russian market at the end of the year.

In collaboration with the Russian company [[GAZ]], the second generation [[Chevrolet Aveo]] was produced at the plant in [[Nizhny Novgorod]] for the Russian market, starting from the beginning of 2013,<ref>{{cite web|title=First Chevrolet Aveo Comes Off Assembly Line at GAZ Auto Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia|url=http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/first-chevrolet-aveo-comes-off-assembly-line-at-gaz-auto-plant-in-nizhny-novgorod-russia/|publisher=Automotive World|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=February 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212171142/http://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/first-chevrolet-aveo-comes-off-assembly-line-at-gaz-auto-plant-in-nizhny-novgorod-russia/|archive-date=December 12, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> until 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=GM pulls assembly out of troubled Russian market; VW cuts back in Kaluga|url=http://automotivelogistics.media/news/gm-pulls-assembly-out-of-troubled-russian-market-vw-cuts-back-in-kaluga|publisher=Automotive Logistics|access-date=March 17, 2016|date=March 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324125205/http://automotivelogistics.media/news/gm-pulls-assembly-out-of-troubled-russian-market-vw-cuts-back-in-kaluga|archive-date=March 24, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Chevrolet vehicles were also produced at the [[Avtotor]] plant, located in [[Kaliningrad]]. The models produced here were the [[Chevrolet Lacetti|Lacetti]], [[Chevrolet Aveo|Aveo]], [[Chevrolet Epica|Epica]], [[Chevrolet Captiva|Captiva]], [[Chevrolet Orlando|Orlando]] and [[Chevrolet Tahoe|Tahoe]].<ref>{{cite web|title=ОБЗОР МОДЕЛИ|url=http://www.avtotor.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259&Itemid=635|publisher=Автотор|access-date=December 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213050559/http://www.avtotor.ru/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259&Itemid=635|archive-date=December 13, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

As of December 2017, the [[Chevrolet Tahoe]], [[Chevrolet Camaro]], [[Chevrolet Corvette]], and [[Chevrolet Niva]] were officially available for sale in Russia.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In the first quarter of 2022, there were two distinct sales channels in Russia for Chevrolet vehicles. The first, operated by General Motors, sold the Tahoe and the Trailblazer. The second sales channel sold economical mass-market Chevrolet-branded vehicles assembled by [[UzAuto Motors]] in Uzbekistan.{{citation needed|date=August 2022}} Both sales channels stopped selling Chevrolet vehicles in Russia in April 2022 due to U.S. and South Korean sanctions resulting from the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]].{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}