GMC: The American Legend
- General Motors was founded by William C. Durant on September 16th 1908 as a holding company for Buick.
- In 1909 GM purchased Rapid Motors Vehicle Company forming the basis of the General Motors Truck Company.
- In the same year The Reliance Motor Company was purchased by GM.
- In 1911 the companies were merged and in 1912 the marquee “GMC Truck” first appeared on vehicles.
- The new GMC brand was debuted at the 1912 New York International Auto Show.
- GMC built some of the world’s first electric vehicles from 1912-1917. These trucks had single digit model names, each denoting load capacity from one-half ton to 12 tons.
- The first truck to ever reach the summit of Pikes Peak which is a 14,100 foot climb was a GMC Rapid F-406B on August 1, 1909.
- During WWII GMC manufactured around 584,000 military vehicles including the CCKW-353 and the amphibious “Duck”
- By 1925 GMC controlled a large portion of Yellow Coach, a bus company based in Chicago.
- From 1943 to 1987 GMC manufactured coaches and buses but decided to back out of that side of business because of the growing competition in the late 80’s.
- GMC celebrated 100 years in business this past year and is still going strong.
More GMC Fun Facts
- GMC’s luxury focused Denali trim level currently outsells the entire product lines of some premium automakers like Land Rover, Jaguar, and Porshe.
- GMC is an American brand but the popular Terrain crossover is built in Canada.
- The GMC Sierra, the brand’s top selling model outsold the Toyota Tundra and the Nissan Titan combined with 40,000 sales to spare.
- All GMC models carry an unbeatable warranty that includes a 100 mile powertrain coverage.
- From 1973-1978 GMC produced motor homes and they have appeared in films like Bill Murrays 1981 movie “Stripes” and the 1996 hit“Twister”.
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