page_title: Chevrolet 400
section_title: The Beginning
hierarchical_section_title: Chevrolet 400 / History / The Beginning
caption_attribution_description: Español: Chivo 400
context_page_description: 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 model known in United States as Chevy II. 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.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: 1962 Chevrolet 400
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