GENERAL MOTORS
DECADES OF CORPORATE HISTORY |
You will find many very interesting accomplishments by GM and their workers over the decades
There are online video segments available too. Here are a few excerpts and comments. |
- 1900
- 1910
Frigidaire begins May 31, 1919
- 1920
1929 Frigidaire First room air conditioner.
1923 GMs first European assembly plant; Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1930
- 1940
1948 COLA was introduced.
- 1950
1955 GM Savings-Stock Purchase Program
1958 Cruise control introduced
- 1960
1966 Camaro (for 1967) introduced
1969 Corvair bites the dust
- 1970
1971 GM designs and builds Lunar Roving Vehicle. Enables Apollo 15 astronauts to drive on the moon.
1972 Seat belts and shoulder harnesses
standard on all GM cars
1973 First GMC motor home introduced
1979 Frigidaire:
Sold to White Consolidated Industries
Stage is set for Truck and Bus in Moraine
- 1980
1980 Delco Air + Harrison Radiator merge
1987 Sunraycer (designed and built by GM)
wins World Solar Challenge Race
1989 Pontiac Transport and Olds Silhouette vans introduced. Great fuel economy.
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- 1990
1993 NBC ran a fraudulent expose on GM vehicles. The network made devices to make GM products burn in a crash test. They apologized on air
(only after getting caught red handed).
In my opinion, big liberal networks have had a bad habit of running down vehicles made by GM workers.
They are no friend of American labor.
1998 GM Delphi parts divisions announced.
Will become a separate coporation.
IPO offered to stock market.
1998 General Motors and Isuzu Motors Ltd. form DMAX Ltd. Manufacturing 6.6-liter direct-injection diesel engines in Moraine
- 2000
2002 Firebird and Camaro bites the dust
2004 Oldsmobile Alero bites the dust
The prestigious J. D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study declares GM has six of the top ten auto assembly plants.
GM receives 8 "Most Dependable" awards and places 18 vehicles in the top 3 of their respective market segments -- more than any other automaker.
How does that grab you folks
at NBC, CBS, and ABC?
It shoots your creibilty to heck and back
when you get exposed!
Go peddle your garbage somewhere else.
GM makes the best cars and trucks!
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