For the 1970 model year, General Motors revised the oh-so-pretty Chevelle with Coke-bottle styling and a nicer interior. Performance-oriented customers were offered two engine options: the big-block 402 marketed as the 396 and the almighty 454 that generates either 360 or 450 horsepower.
Louisiana native Aaron Hill arrived as the first Black engineer at Delco Remy Division of General Motors in Anderson in 1962 after studying electrical engineering at Purdue University.