There is no such thing as a 1913 Baby Grand.

The Motor 24 May 1914 carried a small item entitled “THE CHEVROLET CAR”, and published a photograph of “The Chevrolet Car”, and “The Chevrolet four-cylinder engine”. The car featured was in fact the Model H-4, 4-door Tourer.

The magazine stated that the Chevrolet car was a newcomer to the English market “from the other side of the ‘pond’”. The Chevrolet was being handled in the U.K. by The British Isles Motor Company Limited, 64 Carlton House, Regent Street, London W. A four-seater, fully equipped with electric lighting and starter, etc., was priced at £260, and a 2-seater [Model H-2], with a similar specification, was priced at £235..............

....An Advertisement also appeared in The Autocar, 30 May 1914 under the caption “Just what you want for your Summer Tour”!! [The Great War started 4 August 1914!]. The car illustrated in both references was a Model H-4 4-door Tourer. Prices were £260.0.0 for that car and £235.0.0. for the similarly-equipped Model H-2 which was on sale for £235.0.0. This included Speedometer, windscreen, electric starter and lights, but discounting the electric lighting/starter and generator and substituting Acetylene lamps saved £20.0.0. Also included were a full set of tools, a pump and a jack. Model H cars were built at the New York City plant, before the large car production was transferred over to Tarrytown. [TO CONFIRM: MODELS H, F, FA, AND D CAME FROM NEW YORK CITY PLANT, WITH ONLY THE MODEL 490 COMING FROM TARRYTOWN UNTIL New York City CLOSED IN LATE 1918]. The 1914 Model H was available in both left & right hand drive. Allowing for shipping delays, and handling possibly through L.E.P. Transport and Depository Limited, London, they may have been assembled in the Autumn of 1913. Further, a retrospective look at the four-cylinder Chevrolets in The Motor 1 November 1944 the only reference to Model types was made, with a photograph of a 1915 H-1 Roadster. As mentioned just now, the Great War started in August 1914, and was not, as was popularly thought, “over by Christmas”. In the Spring of 1915, the Government imposed a punitive 33.33% Import Duty on cars in order to pay for the War effor

The first known Canadian newspaper announcement was in an advertisement placed in The Toronto Star [though there may also have been on in the rival Globe] on Saturday 21 August 1915. The text stated:


“ANNOUNCEMENT”
This Car To Be “Made In Canada”
This model was placed on the American market on the first day of June, 1915. 47,611 cars were sold in 17 days. Mr. W.C. Durant, President of the Company, has purchased the Plant of the Dominion Carriage Co., Limited, West Toronto. His company take possession on October 1st, and hope to have cars ready for delivery in three months. The model 490 is a “Real Car” and may be seen in the Transportation Building at the Toronto Fair. Equipped with Speedometer, Electric Light and Starting System. Everything first-class and fully guaranteed. Price-$600.00 f.o.b. Toronto.
Address all correspondence, CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY OF CANADA, LIMITED, TORONTO


The same advert appeared in the TORONTO WORLD of the same date

In Australia: Adelaide Advertiser - Friday November 12, 1915
AN UP-TO-DATE CAR.
The Chevrolet Motor Co. of New York is about to establish a plant in the Dominion of Canada, probably in Toronto. This move on their part will make their already very popular car widely known and sought after throughout the British Dominions. For all-round excellence and dependability the Chevrolet has already made a name for itself. In a recent strenuous competition the Chevrolet, achieved great distinction by defeating the world famed Mercedes racing car twice in succession, an achievement never before accomplished by an American car, and in the same week won three out of four events at the Illinois Motor club meeting in road trim, although competing against stripped and racing cars. A few days later it completed a 500 miles three day petrol consumption test with a greater mileage per gallon than any other competitor and a perfect road score. These facts certainly stamp the car as being among the very best. They have huge factories in both New York and Flint, Michigan, and their rapid advance into public favor renders the establishment of the factory in Canada a necessity. Samples of the new 1916 models have been unpacked by May’s Motor Works, Ltd., at Victoria-square, the South Australian agents, and intending buyers will be well advised to make an inspection.

The magazine commented that amongst American cars upon the English market, a new arrival was the Chevrolet, the British agency for which was in the hands of the C.M.C. Company, Daimler House, Paradise Street, Birmingham. This company would not supply the public direct, but through local agents. Three models of the Chevrolet cars were made, two of these having identical chassis, and all had the same type of engine and gearbox plant. There was an inexpensive type, known as the Model A, which had a four-seated body, duplex quart-elliptic springs, and straight pinion steering gear, with a transverse push-and-pull rod; this car, complete with electric light and an engine starting outfit, hood, screen, and 30 x 3 ½ in. tyres on all wheels was sold at £220. [This was the Model 490 3-door Tourer].