General Motors Company, commonly known as GM ( listed General Motors Corporation before 2009 ), is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, and the world's largest automaker, by vehicle unit sales, in 2011.

American Motors ( AMC ) was so convinced "... that the rotary engine will play an important role as a powerplant for cars and trucks of the future ...", according to Chairman Roy D. Chapin Jr., that the smallest U. S. automaker signed an agreement in February 1973, after a year's negotiations, to build Wankels for both passenger cars and Jeeps, as well as the right to sell any rotary engines it produces to other companies.

The Caravan not only helped save Chrysler as a serious high-volume American automaker, but also spawned an entirely new market segment that remains popular today: the minivan.

A year later, with its share of the American market at 1. 83 %, the company struck a deal with Renault, the nationally owned French automaker.

However, the Italian automaker often uses the Southern Spain and Latin American Spanish pronunciation,, with an sound.

General Motors replaced Ford as the only American automaker with no minivans after the 2009 model year in the United States & Canada, although Ford had only two years of no minivans in the United States & Canada.

This is the highest specific output of any engine in the history of General Motors at 2. 1 hp ( 1. 6 kW ) per cubic inch, and it is the first gasoline direct injection engine from an American automaker.

The Cadillac Seville is a luxury-type car that was manufactured by the Cadillac division of American automaker General Motors from 1975 to 2004, as a smaller-sized top-of-the-line Cadillac.

The American automaker, along with Toyota, cited a study they had commissioned, which showed that customers would only choose an electric car over a gasoline car if it cost a full $ 28, 000 less than a comparable gasoline car.

The Saturn Ion was a compact car sold by the Saturn marque of American automaker General Motors between the 2003 and 2007 model years.

Design of the chassis began in the late 1980s, after Chrysler had bought another automaker: American Motors Corporation ( AMC ) in 1987, from which the Eagle division is derived.

Design of the chassis began in the late 1980s, after Chrysler had bought another automaker, American Motors Corporation ( AMC ) in 1987.

On October 28, 2009, Geely was named as the preferred buyer of Volvo by the American automaker.

The Chevrolet Citation was a compact car sold by the Chevrolet brand of American automaker General Motors ( GM ) for model years 1980-1985.

The Jeep Wrangler is a compact four-wheel drive sport utility vehicle ( SUV ) and an off-road vehicle manufactured by American automaker Chrysler, under its Jeep marque – and now in its fourth generation.

The Blackwood was a pickup truck from the Lincoln division of American automaker Ford Motor Company.

The Mark LT is a luxury pickup truck by Lincoln, the luxury division of the American automaker Ford Motor Company.

The Chevrolet TrailBlazer is a mid-size sport utility vehicle produced by the Chevrolet division of American automaker General Motors.

It was a handmade luxurious sports coupe produced at the Lansing Craft Centre in Lansing, Michigan and sold by the Buick division of American automaker General Motors from early 1988 to 1991.

Roy Dikeman Chapin ( February 23, 1880 – February 16, 1936 ) was an American industrialist and automaker.

The Saturn Sky was the only roadster from the Saturn marque of American automaker General Motors, and was initially released in the first quarter of 2006 as a 2007 model.

The Cadillac SRX is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by the Cadillac division of American automaker General Motors since the 2004 model year.

The Chevrolet HHR ( for Heritage High Roof ) is a retro-styled station wagon launched by the Chevrolet division of American automaker General Motors at the 2005 Los Angeles Auto Show as a 2006 model — and designed by Bryan Nesbitt.

The Saturn Aura was a mid-size car produced under the Saturn brand of American automaker General Motors.

* 1961 – Tom Ford, American fashion designer and director

* 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1964 – Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.

* 1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

The American M8 Light Armored Car was a 6x6 armored car produced by the Ford Motor Company during the Second World War intended initially as a fast wheeled tank destroyer.

* 1939 – Francis Ford Coppola, American director

* 1947 – Henry Ford, American automobile manufacturer and industrialist, founder of the Ford Motor Company ( b. 1863 )

When " Rock Around the Clock " appeared behind the opening credits of the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle starring Glenn Ford, it soared to the top of the American Billboard chart for eight weeks.

Flockhart with Harrison Ford at the Deauville American Film Festival in 2009

* 1951 – Robben Ford, American guitarist

* 1957 – Harrison Ford, American actor ( b. 1884 )

Together with fellow staff-member Kent Ford, Rubin announced at a 1975 meeting of the American Astronomical Society the discovery that most stars in spiral galaxies orbit at roughly the same speed, which implied that their mass densities were uniform well beyond the locations with most of the stars ( the galactic bulge ), a result independently found in 1978.

Coppola serves as the " Honorary Consul H. E. Francis Ford Coppola " for the Central American nation of Belize in San Francisco.

* 1979 – Lonnie Ford, American football player

* 1919 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American musician ( d. 1991 )

* 1944 – Richard Ford, American novelist

With this car Ford became in 1966 the first and so far the only American constructor to win overall at Le Mans.

The Ford X-1 was a roadster built to contest the Fall 1965 North American Pro Series, a forerunner of Can-Am, entered by the Bruce McLaren team and driven by Chris Amon.

" In the same year, he was invited by Francis Ford Coppola to recruit a production staff for American Zoetrope's One from the Heart ( 1982 ).

* Walton Ford, the American painter, has featured Great Auks in two paintings: " The Witch of St. Kilda " and " Funk Island ".

Critic Leonard Maltin labeled Hawks " the greatest American director who is not a household name ," noting that, while his work may not be as well known as Ford, Welles, or DeMille, he is no less a talented filmmaker.

* Pippin, Robert B. Hollywood Westerns and American Myth: The Importance of Howard Hawks and John Ford for Political Philosophy ( Yale University Press, 2010 ) 208 pp.

Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947 ) was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.