General motors or (GM) was founded by William C. Durent on September 16, 1908 as a holding company for Buick in 1909.Then GM purchased the Rapid Motor Vehicle company creating the basis of General Motor truck company, from which the GMC truck brand came from. That same year the Reliance Motor Car company was purchased by GMC. Then in 1911 Rapid and Reliance was merged. And the first GMC truck appeared in 1912 at the vehicle exhibited in the New York international auto show.Some 22,000 trucks were then produced that same year. Although GMCs contribution was a total of 372 units. Later GMC would become recognizably different as a division brand within the corporation. Labeling trucks and coaches.Overall the corporation's name brand ended up Gm.
GMC maintained three working locations in Pontiac, Michigan, Oakland, California, …show more content…
And in May 1987 transit bus production ended. GM withdrew from bus and coach market because of the increased competition in the late 1970s and 1980s. the RTS model were then sold to the Transportation Manufacturing Corporation while the Motor Coach Industries of Canada had purchased the classic design.
Starting in 1920, GMC and Chevrolet trucks were almost identical except for the grills and name plates, and although their differences have varied over the years. From 1955 to 1959 small ( less than 2 ton ) GMC trucks with gasoline V8s were equipped with pontiac V8s. And while chevrolet trucks were marketed towards private ownership while GMC was focused towards commercial use.
In 1996, GM merged GMC with pontiac in order to give Pontiac dealerships a line of trucks mainly to allow Pontiac dealers to compete with chevrolet. Which in turn offered a full lineup of vehicles.While mainly GMC and Chevrolet are mechanically identical, the profitability of the GMC brand helped it’s survival in 2009. And still to this day some GMC trucks survived and me and my family are a lucky owner of
GMC maintained three working locations in Pontiac, Michigan, Oakland, California, …show more content…
And in May 1987 transit bus production ended. GM withdrew from bus and coach market because of the increased competition in the late 1970s and 1980s. the RTS model were then sold to the Transportation Manufacturing Corporation while the Motor Coach Industries of Canada had purchased the classic design.
Starting in 1920, GMC and Chevrolet trucks were almost identical except for the grills and name plates, and although their differences have varied over the years. From 1955 to 1959 small ( less than 2 ton ) GMC trucks with gasoline V8s were equipped with pontiac V8s. And while chevrolet trucks were marketed towards private ownership while GMC was focused towards commercial use.
In 1996, GM merged GMC with pontiac in order to give Pontiac dealerships a line of trucks mainly to allow Pontiac dealers to compete with chevrolet. Which in turn offered a full lineup of vehicles.While mainly GMC and Chevrolet are mechanically identical, the profitability of the GMC brand helped it’s survival in 2009. And still to this day some GMC trucks survived and me and my family are a lucky owner of