General Motors

General Motors Company
Public
Treddit as
IndustrieAutomotive
PredecessorGeneral Motors Corporation (1908–2009)
Foondit16 September 1908; 116 years ago (1908-09-16)
Foonder
  • William C. Durant
  • Charles Stewart Mott
  • Frederic L. Smith
HeidquartersDetroit, Michigan, Unitit States
Nummer o locations
396 facilities on sax continents[1]
Area served
Warldwide
Key fowk
Tim Solso, (Chairman)
Mary Barra, (CEO)
Dan Ammann, (President)
Products
Production ootpit
Increase 9,714,652 vehicles (2013)[2]
Services
  • Vehicle financin
RevenueIncrease US$166.3 billion (2016)[3]
Operatin income
Increase US$9.545 billion (2016)[3]
Net income
Increase US$9.427 billion (2016)[3]
Tot assetsIncrease US$221.6 billion (2016)[3]
Tot equityIncrease US$43.83 billion (2016)[3]
Nummer o employees
215,000 (2016)[1]
DiveesionsBuick
Chevrolet
Cadillac
GMC
Subsidiaries
Wabsteidgm.com
Footnotes / references
[4]

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]

Buists

Current buists

Marque Years used Mercats
United States Buick syne 1908 North Americae, Cheenae, Israel, Taiwan
United States Cadillac syne 1909 Global (except Sooth Americae, Indie, SE Asie, Australie)
United States GMC syne 1912 North Americae, Middle East
United States Chevrolet syne 1917 Global (except Australie, New Zealand, Sooth Korea, Vietnam)
Australie Holden syne 1948 Australie, New Zealand
Sooth Korea Daewoo syne 2002 Sooth Korea, Vietnam

Discontinued buists

  • United States Welch (1903–1911)
  • United States Rainier (1905–1911)
  • United States Welch-Marquette (see Marquette)
  • United States Cartercar (1905–1915)
  • United States Elmore (1909–1912)
  • United States Rapid Truck (1909–1912)
  • United States Reliance Truck (1909–1912)
  • United States Welch-Detroit (1910–1911)
  • United States Marquette (1912)
  • United States Peninsular (1912) (see Marquette)
  • United States Samson Tractor (1917–1922)
  • United States Scripps-Booth (1917–1923)
  • United States Marquette (1930)
  • United States Oakland (1909–1931)
  • United States Viking (1929–1931)
  • United States LaSalle (1927–1940)
  
  • Canadae McLaughlin (1918–1942)
  • United States Yellow Coach (1925–1943)
  • Canadae Beaumont (1966–1969)
  • Canadae Envoy (1960–1970)
  • Canadae Acadian (1962–1971)
  • Sooth Africae Ranger (1968–1976)
  • Ingland Bedford Vehicles (1929–1987)
  • United States General Motors Diesel Division (1938–1987)
  • Canadae Passport (1988–1991)
  • Canadae Asüna (1993-1995)
  • United States Geo (1989–1997)
  • United States Oldsmobile (1897–2004)
  • United States Pontiac (1926–2010)
  • United States Saturn (1985–2010)
  • United States Hummer (1998–2010)

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 (1999–2006), GM awned 20 percent at ane time[8]
  • Japan Isuzu (1971–2006), GM awned 49 percent at ane time[9]
  • Japan Suzuki (1981–2008), GM awned ower 20 percent at ane time[10]

Spin-affs

  • GM Defense 1950–2003 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

References

  1. ↑ a b "Our Company". General Motors. 2014. Archived frae the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2014. Our 212,000 plus employees work in 396 facilities touching six continents, they speak more than 50 languages and touch 23 time zones.
  2. ↑ GM Delivered 9.7 Million Vehicles Globally in 2013 Retrieved January 15, 2014
  3. ↑ a b c d e "GM 2016 Q4 Chart set , General Motors Company" (PDF). General Motors. 3 Februar 2017. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 8 Februar 2017. Retrieved 9 Julie 2017.
  4. ↑ "Form 10-K Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2012 Commission File Number 001-34960 General Motors Company" (PDF). General Motors. General Motors Company. 15 Februar 2013. Archived frae the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 6 August 2013. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  5. ↑ a b Strott, Elizabeth (January, 21 2009). "Toyota Takes Sales Crown from GM". MSN. Archived frae the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved June 1, 2009. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ "Global 500 2009". CNN. 20 Julie 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ↑ "Italy: Hapless Fiat Wants To Force GM Hand". United Press International. Retrieved 1 Juin 2009. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  8. ↑ "GM to Sell Its Stake in Fuji Heavy Industries". Los Angeles Times. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 1 Juin 2009. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ↑ "GM Sells Isuzu Shares for $300 Million to Japanese Trading Companies, Bank". USA Today. 11 Apryle 2006. Retrieved 1 Juin 2009. Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ↑ "GM Sells Equity Stake in Suzuki". Cartype. 17 November 2008. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2009. Retrieved 1 Juin 2009.