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A Timeline of Quality

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  • GM is incorporated

    GM is incorporated
    William Crapo Durant filed incorpation papers for the company, uniting car companies including Buick.

  • Cadillac is acquired

    Cadillac is acquired
    The country's leading luxry automobile maker is acquired by the newly formed GM

  • Growing market share

    By 1921, GM accounted for 12 percent of the American automobile market

  • International Expansion

    International Expansion
    The company buys British automaker Vauxhall Motors and establishes operations in Germany, France, Argentina, and Brazil

  • War Effort

    War Effort
    GM factorues begin turning out trucks, planes, and amphibious vehicles for military use in WWII.

  • Dominating the makret

    Dominating the makret
    Company holds 54 percent of American auto market and builds its 50 millionth car.

  • Emission controlls

    GM became fist manufacturer to outfit its lineup with converters to cut emissions and allow engineers to increase mileage

  • Testing for the Future

    Testing for the Future
    GM started a four-year project to test the EV1 electric car.

  • Hummer

    Hummer
    GM acquires the Hummer brand.

  • S.U.V. sales hit high

    S.U.V. sales hit high
    The company invests in models of the Cadillac Escalade and the Chevorlet Suburban.

  • A time of humility: seeking aid

    CEO Rick Wagonerpleads before Congress, and the Bush administration gives GM a bridge loan

  • Onward and upward

    Onward and upward
    GM is number 5 on the Fotune 500 list of largest corporations. It has moved three spaces last year and was a 2011 top stock.