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The General Motors Company, forby kent as GM, is a Unitit States-based automaker wi its headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. The company manufactures caurs an larries in 34 kintras, recently employed 244,500 fowk aroond the warld, an sells an services vehicles in some 140 kintras.[5] Bi sales, GM rankt as the lairgest U.S. automakker an the warld's seicont-lairgest for 2008,[5] haein the third-heichest 2008 global revenues amang automakers on the Fortune Global 500.[6]

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Buists

Current buists

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Discontinued buists

  • United States Welch (19031911)
  • United States Rainier (19051911)
  • United States Welch-Marquette (see Marquette)
  • United States Cartercar (19051915)
  • United States Elmore (19091912)
  • United States Rapid Truck (19091912)
  • United States Reliance Truck (19091912)
  • United States Welch-Detroit (19101911)
  • United States Marquette (1912)
  • United States Peninsular (1912) (see Marquette)
  • United States Samson Tractor (19171922)
  • United States Scripps-Booth (19171923)
  • United States Marquette (1930)
  • United States Oakland (19091931)
  • United States Viking (19291931)
  • United States LaSalle (19271940)
 
  • Canadae McLaughlin (19181942)
  • United States Yellow Coach (19251943)
  • Canadae Beaumont (19661969)
  • Canadae Envoy (19601970)
  • Canadae Acadian (19621971)
  • Sooth Africae Ranger (19681976)
  • Ingland Bedford Vehicles (19291987)
  • United States General Motors Diesel Division (19381987)
  • Canadae Passport (19881991)
  • Canadae Asüna (1993-1995)
  • United States Geo (19891997)
  • United States Oldsmobile (18972004)
  • United States Pontiac (19262010)
  • United States Saturn (19852010)
  • United States Hummer (19982010)

Sauld buists

  • Ingland Vauxhall (1925-2017), sauld tae French manufacturer Groupe PSA
  • Ingland Lotus (1986-1993), sauld tae Luxembourg-based A.C.B.N. Holdings S.A.
  • United States Frigidaire (1919-1979), sauld tae Ohio-based White Consolidated Industries
  • Swaden Saab (1989-2010), sauld tae Dutch supercaur manufacturer Spyker Cars NV
  • Germany Opel (1929-2017), sauld tae French manufacturer Groupe PSA

Umwhile affiliates

  • Italy Fiat (2000–2005), GM awned 20 percent at ane time wi put option[7]
  • Japan Fuji Heavy Industries, manufacturer o Subaru (19992006), GM awned 20 percent at ane time[8]
  • Japan Isuzu (19712006), GM awned 49 percent at ane time[9]
  • Japan Suzuki (19812008), GM awned ower 20 percent at ane time[10]

Spin-affs

  • GM Defense 19502003 wis ance pairt o General Motors Diesel Division an as General Dynamics Land Systems division o General Dynamics
  • Electro Motive Division of General Motors wis awso ance pairt o General Motors Diesel Division an nou kent as Electro-Motive Diesel
  • Detroit Diesel sauld tae Penske Corporation; braken up an portion sauld to the umshile Daimler-Chrysler AG (nou Daimler AG); nou pairt o Daimler AG
  • Transit division wis sauld tae Motor Coach Industries and Transportation Manufacturing Corporation
    • RTS an Classic bus richts owned bi MCI And TMC wur sauld aff tae Nova Bus; nou produced bi Millennium Transit Services
  • Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada Limited spun aff an later acquired bi General Motors Canada as Diesel Division o General Motors of Canada Limited
  • EDS – Electronic Data Systems
  • Hughes Electronics (Nou The DirecTV Group)
  • 1999 GM spun aff its pairts makin operations as Delphi
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