General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing four automobile brands, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac and Buick. By sales, it was the largest automaker in the United States in 2022, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.
Headquarters at the Renaissance Center in Detroit in 2008
General Motors Company share certificate issued October 13, 1916
1926 Pontiac radiator logo
1928 Pontiac Series 6-28 2-door 5-passenger Coach sedan
Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on August 28, 1937. Toyota is the largest automobile manufacturer in the world, producing about 10 million vehicles per year.
The mass-produced Toyoda automated loom, displayed at Toyota Museum in Aichi-gun, Japan
The 1936 Toyota AA, the first vehicle produced by the company while it was still a department of Toyota Industries
Toyopet Crown, the first vehicle fully designed and built by Toyota