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General Motors Company, is also known as simply GM.

It is a United States based automaker with headquarters in Detroit,Michigan.

GM was the world's 18th largest corporate entity and third largestautomaker as ranked by 2008 revenues on the Fortune Global 500.

Ranked by global unit sales for 2008, it was the world's second largestautomaker.

GM manufactures cars in 34 countries, recently employed 244,500people around the world, and sells and services vehicles in some 140countries.



On July 10, 2009 GM emerged from a bankruptcy

reorganization and is now majority owned by the United

States Treasury.

While no GM shares are currently available to the public, the

company plans an initial public stock offering (IPO) in 2010.

In 2008, GM sold 8.35 million cars and trucks globally.

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General Motors was founded on September 16, 1908, in Flint, Michigan.

Then it was controlled by William C. Durant. It acquired Oldsmobile later that

year.

In 1909, Durant brought the Cadillac, Elmore, Oakland.

Also in 1909, General Motors acquired the Rapid Motor Vehicle Company

of Pontiac, Michigan.

A few years later, Durant started the Chevrolet Motor car company.



Durant then reorganized General Motors Company into GeneralMotors Corporation.

GM previously led in global sales for 77 consecutive years (1931 to2007), longer than any other automaker.

General Motors began doing business in India in 1928, assemblingChevrolet cars, trucks and buses, but ceased its assemblyoperations in 1954. GM continued with tie-ups with HindustanMotors to build Vauxhall cars and off-road equipment.

In 2003, the company opened its technical center operationsin Bangalore, which included research and development andvehicle engineering activities.



Edward Whitacre, Jr . - Chairman of the Board of the Directors

Fritz Henderson - Chief Executive Officer

Ray Young - Chief Financial Officer

Robert "Bob" Lutz - Vice Chairman

Tom Stephens - Vice Chairman

Edward "Ed" Welburn- Global Vice President of General Motors



Old GM (1908 ± 2009) New GM (2009 ± )

Brand Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet,

Daewoo GMC, Holden,

Hummer, Oldsmobile,

Opel, Pontiac, Saab,Vauxhall

Buick, Cadillac,

Chevrolet, Daewoo

(44%) GMC, Holden,

Opel (33%), Vauxhall(33%)

US dealership 3

US plant 47 34

Debt 17 billion 48 billion

US Employee 1 8



Rank CountryVehicle

sales

Market

share

(%)

Rank CountryVehicle

sales

Market

share

(%)

1 United States 2,981 22.1% 9 Australia 133 13.1%

2 China 1,095 12.0% 10 Korea 117 9.7%

3 Brazil 549 19.5% 11 France 114 4.4%

4United

Kingdom384 15.4% 12 Spain 107 7.8%

5 Canada 359 21.4% 13 Argentina 95 15.5%

Russia 338 11.1% 14 Venezuela 91 33.3%

7 Germany 300 8.8% 15 Colombia 80 3 .3%

8 Mexico 212 19.8% 1 India 3.3%



Brand Years used Markets

Buick 1908±present North America, China, Israel, Taiwan

Cadillac 1909±presentGlobal, except South America, India,

Australia

GMC 1912±present North America, Middle East

Chevrolet 1917±present Global, except Australia

Pontiac 1926±2010 North America

Holden 1948±present Australia, New ZealandSaturn 1985±2010 North America

Daewoo 2002±present South Korea

Wuling 2002±present China

CurrentCurrent brandsbrands (as(as of of 20092009))



Product of Product of

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Chevrolet Forester

India in 2002.

Chevrolet Optra

India in 2003.



Chevrolet Tavera

India in 2004

Chevrolet AveoIndia in February 2006



Chevrolet Aveo UVAIndia in December 2006.

Chevrolet SRV

India in June 2006.



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GM India bags the Prestigious National Energy Conservation

Award 2008 GENERAL MOTORS India has won the secondprize in the Automobile Manufacturing Sector at the National

Energy Conservation Awards 2008 for energy conservation at its

Halol facility in Gujarat.

The Chevrolet Optra has been

awarded as one of the most

powerful brands of 2005-06 by

4P's magazine

JD Power Award for quality in 2008GENERAL Motors India two compact cars-

Chevrolet Spark and the Aveo U-VA have

won the top awards for quality in the India

Automotive Initial Quality Study announced

by J.D Power Asia Pacific 2008.



Overdrive Car Maker of the Year 2007General Motors India

OVERDRIVE is India¶s leading business to consumer publicationin the field of automobile journalism, renowned for its objective

and entertaining content, and has published 100 glorious issues

as of December 2006. Instituted in the year 2000, the

OVERDRIVE Awards aim to recognise and reward the

advancements and achievements in the automobile industry inIndia.



REVA Electric Car Company Private Ltd.

(RECC), based in Bangalore, India, was

established in 1994 as a joint venture between

the Maini Group India and AEV LLC, California

USA, to manufacture environment-friendly and

cost-effective electric vehicles.

Seven years of R&D earned the RECC

recognition a globally accepted product. REVA,

India's first zero polluting Electric Vehicle.

In May 2001, Reva, an electric car was

launched in Bangalore by the city-based RevaElectric Car Company (RECC).



Reva was claimed to be India's first zero-polluting,battery-driven car with a running cost of just Rs0.40 per km.

One of the first electric cars in the world to go infor mass production.

It was priced at about Rs 0.2 million and the firstten cars were delivered to customers in July 2001.Reva generated a lot of excitement in the Indianautomobile industry since it offered manysignificant advantages over conventional cars.

REVA is designed to be unique and stands out on the

road as a genuine city car with a mature expression.

The advanced technologies used, make it highlydifferentiated and superior to other makes.



GM India and REVA have announced apartnership to develop an affordable electriccar for the Indian market.

Both companies have started feasibilitystudies that would use GM small car

platforms to host co-developed drive trainsand control systems.

The partnership is supported by the IndianGovernment, which is very interested inkeeping under control the country's expectedincrease in oil demand.

Production of this car is expected to start in2010.

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