Chevrolet 400

Chevrolet 400
Overview
Manufacturer	Chevrolet (General Motors)
Production	1962–1974
Assembly	San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Body and chassis
Class	Executive car
Body style	sedan four doors
Layout	Front engine, rear-wheel drive
Related	Chevrolet Nova Chevrolet Chevy II / Nova
Chronology
Successor	Chevrolet Chevy Malibu

The Chevrolet 400 was a compact car made by Chevrolet in Argentina from 1962 to 1974. The "400" was General Motors's reply to Ford and Chrysler after those companies introduced the first compact cars to Argentina, the Ford Falcon and Valiant II respectively.

The "400" was based on the Chevrolet's model known in United States as Chevy II (and later "Chevrolet Nova"). Only the 4-door sedan version was manufactured in the country, although U.S. versions included a complete line of body styles, including a hardtop coupe, convertible coupe, 2-door sedan, and station wagon.

In the 1960s, the auto industry was revolutionized with the emergence of a new concept vehicle: the compact car. In Argentina, a radical change occurred in the structures of large factories, such that Chrysler began to manufacture the "Valiant II" while Ford produced the "Falcon".

General Motors's response was a car derived from the U.S. market, the Chevy II, traded as "Chevrolet 400" in Argentina. The first version of the 400 included round headlights on its front grille and was equipped with Chevrolet's ubiquitous overhead-valve, six-cylinder engine of 194 cubic inches or 3179 cc.

The first Chevrolet 400 was manufactured on March 21, 1962. As cited above the car was equipped with an engine named "194" which had a displacement of 194 cubic inches (or 3179 cc). The 400 was offered in two models: the "Special" which was a luxury sedan and the "Base", most of which were used as taxi. Its engine came equipped with a single-barrel Rochester BC carburetor, while the Special had a Holley. Both engines had 106 HP. The models came with a 3-speed manual transmission.

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