Model-year production soared from some 577,000 to nearly 765,000 as Chevrolet bested Ford by over 220,000 cars. By the time the government halted civilian car production in February 1942, Chevy's model-year total was over a quarter-million units, of which less than 50,000 were built in calendar '42. Despite that, Chevy regained production supremacy for model-year '38, מכשיר אידוי שמן קנאביס and until the '90s, at least, rarely surrendered it to Dearborn. A new top-line Special DeLuxe series had all these plus Chevy's first true convertible coupe, which was quite successful (nearly 12,000 model-year sales). Still, the Cadet is significant as the first application of engineer Earle S. MacPherson's simple, עט אידוי קנאביס בולדוג effective strut-type front suspension, טלגראס כיוונים חדרה today almost universal among small cars.