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General Motors Corporation is an automobile production company within the United States. History of However, GM has worldwide com- panies including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, General Motors Opel Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall.

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Time line 1900-1920 A Journey Through 1908 William C. Durant establishes Time... the General Motors Corporation. 1909 For more information on the history of GM, visit General Motors buys Cadillac http://www.gm.com/company/corp_info/history/ for 5.5 million dollars. 1918 General Motors purchases the Chevrolet Motor Company. Time line Time line Time line 1921-1940 1941-1960 1923 1942 1968 Ethyl gasoline General Motors develops General Motors provides 100 % of it’s production A fifty story General Motors building goes on sale. to World War II war efforts. opens its doors to the public in New York. 1925 1952 1973 General Motors buys the Yellow Coach Cadillac, Oldsmobile and Buick offer a new The General Motors Company introduc- bus company accessory: power steering. es its first motor home to the public. 1926 1981-2004 The Oakland Motor Car Co. introduces the first Pontiac car. 1985 The General Motors building, located in Detroit, becomes a National Historic Landmark. 1996 General Motors creates its first web site available for the public to learn about the A women enjoys the new power steering. corporation and its products. 1958 2002 Oakland’s first Pontiac car the “Chief of the General Motors celebrates its 50th anniversary. General Motors previews the GM Hy- Sixes.” Wire concept vehicle. It is the industry’s 1961-1980 first drivable vehicle that combines 1938 “hydrogen fuel cell technology with General Motors launches its overseas 1966 by-wire technology.” operation, known as General Motors General Motors introduces front shoulder seat- Overseas Operations (GMOO). belts on 1967 models. Rear seat-belts are optional. GM 1940 Hy-Wire On January 11 General Motors marks the production of its 25-millionth car.