major American corporation headquartered in Detroit (Michigan), manufacturers of automobiles and trucks, GMC
General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, an
American multinational corporation, is the world's largest auto company by annual production volume for 2006, and the second largest by sales volume as of the first half of 2007, behind
Toyota Motor Corporation. Founded in 1908, in
Flint, Michigan, GM employs approximately 284,000
people around the
world. With global headquarters at the
Renaissance Center in
Detroit,
Michigan,
USA, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 33
countries. Their
European headquarters are based in
Zurich, Switzerland.Their
Holden headquarters are in
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia. In 2006, 9.18 million GM
cars and
trucks were produced globally under the following brands:
Buick,
Cadillac,
Chevrolet,
GMC,
Holden,
Hummer,
Opel,
Pontiac,
Saab,
Saturn and
Vauxhall. GM is the majority shareholder in
GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. of
South Korea and has had collaborative ventures in technology and manufacturing with several of the world's automakers.
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