General Motors

The General Motors company is one of the largest companies in the world, with so many people interacting with it on a daily basis, almost everything is known about it. But, here are 7 Things You Don’t Know About: General Motors.

1. General Motors was the leader in global industry sales for 77 years through 2007.

2. General Motors cars are manufactured in 35 different countries.

3. General Motors is the best selling automobile manufacturer in China.

4. There are only four companies worldwide that are larger than General Motors: Wal-Mart, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and BP.

5. General Motors was one of the subjects of filmmaker Michael Moore’s first film titled “Roger & Me”.

6. The General Motors EV1 was GM’s first all electric vehicle. It was only available via a three year lease and there was no option to extend the lease or buy the car outright. In addition to that, the car was only available in Arizona and California.

7. The General Motors lead engineer and primary developer of the car that kicked off the “muscle car” movement, the Pontiac GTO was John Z. DeLorean who would later leave GM and form his own car company, DeLorean.

Between the incredible size of the company and the large amount of car models and brands that they own, General Motors isn’t going away anytime soon when it comes to being one of the top auto makers in the world.