Seville engineers chose the X-body platform instead of the German Opel Diplomat in response to GM's budget restrictions — GM executives felt re-engineering an Opel would be more costly than the corporate X-car.

now wishes GM hadn't killed the plug-in hybrid EV1 prototype his engineers had on the road a decade ago: ' If we could turn back the hands of time ,' says Burns, ' we could have had the Chevy Volt 10 years earlier ,'" referring to the forthcoming plug-in hybrid car which was hailed as the spiritual and technological successor to the EV1.

General Motors global corporate headquarters took notice of the VE design and began studies on the utilization of the underlying architecture ( internally christened Zeta by GM engineers ) for a range of future products on a global scale.

Ed Cole, involved with the 1955 small-block V8 as chief engineer at Chevrolet and now equally involved with the Vega engine as GM president, often visited the engineering staff engine drafting room on Saturdays, reviewing the design and directing changes, to the consternation of Chevrolet engineers and manufacturing personnel, who knew he wanted a rush job.

Styled by Suzuki, the engineering was performed by GM engineers in the US and Canada.

The above mix of conditions originating with water in the fuel can combine to create extreme cylinder pressures far exceeding those foreseen by GM engineers damaging the head gasket and sometimes breaking head bolts.

This same group of engineers was then moved into GM Central Research, building pilot transmission units during 1935-36 which were then handed to Oldsmobile for testing.

The engineers at the GM Technical Center – India in Bangalore have participated in localization of the vehicle, in order to meet the local requirements.

But the Zambian government decided to refuse the GM food.

American Motors designed the unique Pacer around the engine, even though by 1974, AMC had decided to buy the Wankel engines from GM instead of building them itself.

The deal nearly closed, but GM ultimately decided that its management and capital would be too overstretched by the takeover.

The elder Snider had decided he had seen enough of Farwell as GM, and began courting Bob Clarke to leave his GM post with Florida to return to Philadelphia.

However, GM had already decided to retire the brand as it has begun to sell off its remaining inventory and said that, unlike Saturn, the brand was not for sale.

GM and Penske decided that they could no longer make a business case to distribute Saturn vehicles in Canada after the sale of the brand.

GM management decided that the GTO must end its production run.

Instead, having built up a membership of roughly 25, 000 workers by gathering in federal unions and some locals from rival unions in the industry, the union decided to go after GM, the largest car maker of them all, by shutting down its nerve center, the production complex in Flint, Michigan.

Unofficially, after Daewoo ’ s bankruptcy, former chairman Kim Woo-Choong ’ s escape and most notably the “ Affaire Daewoo ” in France ( closure and conflagration of the Daewoo-Orion Electronics plant in Longwy, France ), the “ Daewoo ” brand name had a very bad image – so GM simply decided to extend the Chevrolet strategy that was already used in most other markets ( Canada, India, Israel, Russia ) since 2003 to create a real global brand, replacing the Daewoo ' dual kidney ' with the Chevrolet ' bowtie '.

The Falcon, while popular, was usually outsold in Australia by GM Holden's Kingswood until 1978, when it started to gain ground after Holden decided to replace the Kingswood with a smaller model called the Commodore, based on the European Opel models.

Despite being the same car mechanically, the Opel Ascona was sold alongside the Cavalier in the UK until 24 July 1981, when GM decided to phase out duplicated models with the Opel brand in the UK, and merge remaining dealerships with those of Vauxhall.

The existing awards open to civilians were not judged suitable to meet the new situation, therefore it was decided that the George Cross and the GM would be instituted to recognise both civilian gallantry in the face of enemy action and brave deeds more generally.

Nader's lawsuit against GM was ultimately decided by the New York Court of Appeals, whose opinion in the case expanded tort law to cover " overzealous surveillance.

“ While we respect this decision by GM, the economic and business environment surrounding Toyota is also extremely severe, and so this decision by GM makes the situation even more difficult for Toyota .” Before GM decided to sever its stake in the NUMMI joint venture, Toyota was considering offering a version of its Prius hybrid to GM that would be built at the factory and sold as a GM model but Toyota has indicated that it was seriously considering exiting the venture also.

Due to poor sales of all the third-generation GM minivans, GM decided to exit the minivan market all together.

He decided to retire after the Caribbean Series on February 7, 2007, becoming a special assistant to Rockies GM Dan O ' Dowd.

Because of low sales of minivans, GM has decided to exit the minivan business altogether in the United States.

Originally intended for displacement, Buick was designated by GM as the engine design leader, and decided to begin with a larger, size, which was deemed ideal for the new " senior compact cars " introduced for the 1961 model year.

Flint is best known as the birthplace of General Motors ( GM ), and also the Flint Sit-Down Strike of 1936 – 37 that played a vital role in the formation of the United Auto Workers.

Car and Driver praised the performance of the V8 powered, rear-wheel-drive Holden Commodore SS, but noted that even though it was one of the best vehicles that GM offered at the time, it could not be purchased in the United States.

The 1965-70 GM B platform is the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva.

The 1965-70 GM B platform is the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva.

Curtice guided Buick through the war years and by the time he was elevated to a GM vice presidency, he had made Buick the fourth best selling car line.

In 1988 HiTech defeated GM Arnold Denker 3½-½ in a match ( though Denker was at the time well past his best, with an Elo rating of 2300 ).

The 1965-70 GM B platform is the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva.

The 1965-70 GM B platform was the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T, and the Lada Riva.

It was the best-selling vehicle in the United States for 24 years, currently ( 2007 ) the best-selling truck for 34 years, and the best selling vehicle in Canada, though this does not include combined sales of GM pickup trucks.

At approximately 12, 960, 000 across four marques not counting 1966 full-size Chevrolet station wagons ( production of 1966 full-size Chevrolet station wagons is unknown but a good guess is about 150, 000 ) the 1965-70 GM B platform is the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva.

The 1965-70 GM B platform is the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva.

Following the team's 3 – 13 performance in 2006, Ford announced that Millen would be retained as General Manager for at least another season, because, according to inside sources to the Ford family, they still believed that Millen was the best GM that the Lions ever had.

The 1965-70 GM B platform is the fourth best selling automobile platform in history after the Volkswagen Beetle, Ford Model T and the Lada Riva.

Murphy's promotion to the GM role also coincided with the Mets ' unveiling of some of the best young pitching talent of the era — including Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Jerry Koosman, Tug McGraw, and others.

In addition, more safety features were implemented in vehicles throughout the decade such as: advanced pre-collision safety systems, Backup cameras, Blind spot monitor, Adaptive cruise control, Adaptive headlamps, Automatic parking, Lane departure warning systems and the Advanced Automatic Collision Notification system Onstar ( on all GM models ).

While MIDI 1. 0 by itself provides a communications protocol which ensures that different instruments can interoperate at a fundamental level ( e. g., that pressing keys on a MIDI keyboard will cause an attached MIDI sound module to play musical notes ), GM goes further in two ways: it requires that all GM-compatible synthesizers meet a certain minimal set of features, such as being able to play at least 24 notes simultaneously ( polyphony ), and it attaches specific interpretations to many parameters and control messages which were left under-specified in the MIDI 1. 0 spec, such as defining instrument sounds for each of the 128 possible program numbers.

Other safety features such as anti-lock brakes and independent rear suspension were only available with the new electronic GM 4L60-E automatic transmission.

Underpinned by the new GM Zeta platform, the VE features more sophisticated independent suspension all round and near-even 50: 50 weight distribution, leading to improved handling.

GM of Canada's Pontiac Acadian, a rebadged Chevette, received all the T-1000's Pontiac-exclusive features from this point on.

The 1971 – 78 generation is mainly noted for the early use of two safety features that are now required on all cars in the United States, the aforementioned high mounted taillights ( although a somewhat similar feature had appeared briefly as an option on the Ford Thunderbird in the late 1960s ), and from 1974 through 1976, the Toronado was part of GM's first experimental production run of driver-and passenger-side airbags, which GM named the Air Cushion Restraint System.

Other interesting features are the House of Daviot, a disused mental home recently bought and refurbished privately, a Schlumberger explosives facility ( on a nearby hill ), and the first GM crop field in Scotland.

New features included a new exterior and interior design, charcoal perforated leatherette seating surfaces, OnStar and standard on all models, available XM Satellite Radio, available leather-wrapped steering wheel wand shift knob are now included with perforated leatherette seating surface option, Driver Information Center with outside temperature display and fuel economy / driving range function, new 15 " 5-spoke aluminum wheels, GM Oil Life Monitoring System, ECOTEC 1. 6L DOHC 16-valve 4-cylinder MFI engine with Variable Valve Timing and Dual Continuous Variable Cam Phasing ( 107 hp @ 6400 rpm, of torque @ 3800 rpm ), 5-speed manual transmission to include shift indicator light.

The Camaro SS with an automatic transmission features the GM L99 engine, a development of the LS3 with Active Fuel Management which allowed it to run on four cylinders during light load conditions.

These features include a formal grille and a very different glasshouse reminiscent of contemporary GM products such as the Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme ( see image ), and the rear license plate repositioned to the bumper, while incorporating the doors and lights from the Commodore station wagon.

They often had luxury features common on upper models of GM brands, such as cruise control, air conditioning, AM / FM / 8-track sound systems, an aluminum / fiberglass body, as well as air suspension.

HD features include full perimeter steel frame ( there is debate as to whether the 9C1 Caprice uses a thicker frame than the civilian car ; GM replacement frame part numbers for the civilian auto and the 9C1 Caprice are the same ); oversized front and rear sway bars ; full-size spare tire ( in the case of the last-generation 1994-96 Caprice Classic police car ); high-output alternator ; lifetime-rated green silicone coolant hoses ; four-wheel disc brakes ; HD steel wheels and speed-rated tires ; quick-ratio power steering and transmission and power steering oil coolers ; certified digital speedometer ; stiffer body mounts and more of them ; true dual exhaust ; anti-stab steel plates in the front seat backs ; performance 3. 08 final drive ratio ( 3. 23 w / std.

The engine features fuel-saving Active Fuel Management " Displacement on Demand " technology, much improved from its notorious ancestor, debuting in 2004 on some 2005 GM models.