General Motors General Motors Acadian was a make of automobile produced by General Motors of Canada from 1962 to 1971. Initially, Acadians were retrimmed Chevy IIs, offered as a base model, a mid-priced Invader and top-line Beaumont. In 1964 and 1965, the Beaumont name was applied to a retrimmed version of the contemporary Chevrolet Chevelle, at which time the name Canso took over for the top-line smaller model. From 1966 to 1969, the Beaumont continued, but as a standalone marque. Both Acadians and Beaumonts were sold by Pontiac dealers, but they were considered as separate makes, not Pontiac models. Acadian Beaumont were also made in a factory in Chile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Acadian (automobile)"
Active Fuel Management (formerly known as Displacement on Demand) is a trademarked name for the automobile variable displacement technology from General Motors. It allows a V6 or V8 engine to "turn off" one bank of cylinders under light-load conditions to improve fuel economy. EPA tests show a 6% to 8% improvement in fuel economy, but real-world highway use promises even larger gains. ...more on Wikipedia about "Active Fuel Management"
Asüna was a captive import brand created in 1992 by General Motors as a counterpart to Geo in Canada. ...more on Wikipedia about "Asüna"
General Motors will introduce a mild hybrid system called belt alternator starter (or BAS) in the 2006 Saturn VUE Green Line. It operates similar to the "start-stop" system used in the Chevrolet Silverado Hybrid in that it shuts down the engine when the vehicle comes to a stop and instantly restarts it when the accelerator is pressed. A 48 volt electrical system is used to operate all accessory equipment, from the air conditioning to the lighting, making the system essentially invisible to the driver. ...more on Wikipedia about "Belt alternator starter"
Cadillac is a brand of luxury automobile, part of the General Motors corporation, produced and mostly sold in the United States; outside of North America, they have been less successful. In the United States, the name became a synonym for "high quality", used in such phrases as "the Cadillac of clocks" (although today this usage might sound archaic). This is less prevalent, though still known, in other English-speaking countries (who are more likely to use Rolls-Royce in such phrases). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cadillac"
Dynaflow was the trademark name for an automatic transmission developed and built by General Motors Buick Division from the late 1940s to the mid 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Dynaflow"
Fisher Body is an automobile coachbuilder now part of General Motors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fisher Body" Please inform your friends about http://www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
Fleetwood Metal Body was an automobile coachbuilder purchased by Fisher Body and integrated into General Motors. The name derives from Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, home of the company at the start, and lived on for decades in the form of the Cadillac Fleetwood and various Fleetwood trim lines on Cadillac cars. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fleetwood Metal Body"
General Motors Corporation ( ), also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ...more on Wikipedia about "General Motors"
General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC) is the financial services arm of General Motors, the world's largest automobile manufacturer (by revenue). ...more on Wikipedia about "General Motors Acceptance Corporation"
Geo was a brand of small cars and SUVs marketed by General Motors and sold through Chevrolet dealerships throughout North America beginning in 1989 in the United States, and 1992 in Canada. Originally formed by GM to compete with the growing small import market of the late 1980s, the line continued through the 1997 model year, after which the remaining models joined the Chevrolet lineup. Recent years have seen fading consumer interest in the economy compact market, and production of the last vehicle of the former Geo line, the Tracker, was discontinued in 2004. ...more on Wikipedia about "Geo (cars)"
GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM Daewoo or GMDAT) was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, South Korea. After changing its name to Saenara Motor in 1962, Saenara Motor was bought by Shinjin Industrial in 1965, which changed its name to Shinjin Motor after establishing collaborations with Toyota. ...more on Wikipedia about "GM Daewoo"
GMC, formerly known as GMC Truck, is a United States based brand name of premium trucks, vans, and SUVs. GMC is a division of General Motors. Its vehicles are marketed in North America and the Middle East. ...more on Wikipedia about "GMC (General Motors division)"
Holden Australia is an Australian car manufacturer, originally independent but now a subsidiary of General Motors. ...more on Wikipedia about "Holden"
Hummer is a marque of vehicles sold by General Motors. For the military vehicles of which the trademark is based see HMMWV. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hummer"
Hydramatic (also known as Hydra-Matic) was an automatic transmission developed by General Motors's Oldsmobile division. Introduced for the 1940 model year, the Hydramatic was the first fully automatic mass-produced transmission developed for passenger automobile use. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydramatic"
Isuzu Motors Ltd. (いすゞ自動車株式会社, Isuzu Jidōsha Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese automobile company, headquartered in Tokyo. It has assembly and manufacturing plants in the Japanese city of Fujisawa, as well as in the prefectures Tochigi and Hokkaido . Isuzu is famous for producing commercial vehicles and diesel engines - it produced 16 million diesel engines in 2003 alone, which can be found in vehicles all over the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isuzu"
The LaSalle was an automobile product of General Motors Corporation, and sold as a companion marque of Cadillac from 1927 to 1940. The two were linked by similarly-themed names, both being named for explorers— Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, respectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "LaSalle"
In North America, GM uses universal three-character alphanumeric RPO codes to refer to a specific car option, including engine model. Even with 55 thousand distinct codes possible, many of these have been reused over the years, and new RPO codes are sometimes used for very similar engines, however. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of GM engines"
General Motors uses the following factories to produce automobiles. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of GM factories"
General Motors has embraced the sharing of automobile platforms globally, although the company currently uses the term architecture rather than platform. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of GM platforms"
General Motors was an innovator of automatic transmissions, introducing the Hydra-Matic in 1940. This list includes all GM transmissions. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of GM transmissions"
General Motors uses the following VIN formats and codes. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of GM VIN codes"
The Marquette was an automobile manufactured by General Motors' Buick Division for model year 1930. The Marquette "arrived" in dealer showrooms on June 1, 1929. ...more on Wikipedia about "Marquette automobile"
The Northstar System was Cadillac's trademarked name for a package of automobile performance features. Introduced in mid 1992 on the 1993 Cadillac Allanté and later on that year's Seville and Eldorado, the Northstar name continues in use to this day. "Northstar" was most associated with the advanced DOHC aluminum V8 " Northstar engine". ...more on Wikipedia about "Northstar System"
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