Category:Chevrolet Motor Division dealerships in Allentown, Pennsylvania

The Chevrolet Motor Division is an automobile division of the American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM). Founded by Louis Chevrolet and William Durant in 1908 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918. The current Chevrolet franchise dealers in the Allentown area are Outten Chevrolet (1979), located at 17th and Tilghman Streets in Allentown and Sands Chevrolet (2007), located at 1211 Hanover Ave in Allentown. Chevrolets have been sold in Allentown since 1917 by the following authorized dealers:

• Krause Auto Company 1917-1925
• Lehigh Valley Chevrolet 1926-1932
• Town Auto Company 1933-1959
• Jack Dankel Chevrolet 1933-1979
• Don Allen Chevrolet 1959-1960
• Ed Newman Chevrolet 1960-1968
• Boody Chevrolet 1968-1980
• Bennett Chevrolet 1980-2007
• Outten Chevrolet, 1979-Present
• Sands Chevrolet 2007-Present

The Chevrolet dealership in Allentown began in 1917 when the Krause Auto Company obtained the dealership rights from the Chevrolet Motor Corporation. In 1926, Lehigh Valley Chevrolet took over the franchise when Krause went out of business. In 1933, the second Chevrolet dealership opened with the Town Motor Company. Since 1933, Allentown has had two Chevrolet new car franchises, currently being Outten Chevrolet and Sands Chevrolet; Outten being a descendant franchise of the Krause dealership, and Sands being a descendant franchise of the Town dealership.

Outten Chevrolet was established on December 7th 1979, after Jack Dankel retired at the age of 76 and his business was purchased by Willie Outten, a Philadelphia native who had owned a Chrysler-Plymouth agency in Willlingboro, New Jersey. The dealership was renamed as Outten Chevrolet. In the nearly 40 years since Outten Chevrolet has been in Allentown, it has grown and expanded. Today it is one of the largest Chevrolet dealerships in the nation.

Outten moved the dealership to the former Kelly Ford location at 1701 Tilghman (Seventeenth and Tilghman Streets) in October 1985. Outten, however did retain the former Dankel's used car lot on the southwest corner of Nineteenth and Tilghman and sells used cars there currently. He also retained the Dankel auto body shop located on Green Street, 1/2 block from the Dealership.