Chevrolet at least sounds nicer than Bendix. That was the name of a doll
Ramona had in "Beezus and
Ramona" named after the washing machine. (Do they still even have Bendix washers?) Anyway, Bendix met a grisly death when
Ramona decided to act out Hansel and
Gretel and put Bendix in the oven, in Beezus's birthday cake, to be exact.