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'''General Motors Corporation''', also known as '''GM''', is the largest auto company headquartered in the [[United States of America]]. Founded in 1908 in Flint, Michigan, the company is headquartered in [[Detroit]], Michigan at present and presumably in the [[Transformers Animated|near future]]<ref>Or not.</ref>. The company's brands include Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, Pontiac, and more. | '''General Motors Corporation''', also known as '''GM''', is the largest auto company headquartered in the [[United States of America]]. Founded in 1908 in Flint, Michigan, the company is headquartered in [[Detroit]], Michigan at present and presumably in the [[Transformers Animated|near future]]<ref>Or not.</ref>. The company's brands include Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, Pontiac, and more. | ||
On July 1, 2009, General Motors filed for US government-assisted bankruptcy protection with plans to emerge as a smaller, less debt-riddled company. | |||
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* [[Megatron (G1)|''Generation 1'' Megatron]] would have been a licensed Cadillac XLR in the [[Alternators]] line had sales justified more toys for 2007. | * [[Megatron (G1)|''Generation 1'' Megatron]] would have been a licensed Cadillac XLR in the [[Alternators]] line had sales justified more toys for 2007. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 00:28, 12 June 2009
- General Motors is an automobile company in the Generation 1, Movie, and real world continuity families.
General Motors Corporation, also known as GM, is the largest auto company headquartered in the United States of America. Founded in 1908 in Flint, Michigan, the company is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan at present and presumably in the near future[1]. The company's brands include Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, Pontiac, and more.
On July 1, 2009, General Motors filed for US government-assisted bankruptcy protection with plans to emerge as a smaller, less debt-riddled company.
Fiction
Generation 1
Binaltech
Transformers (2007)
Transformers: Rise of the Chevy Autobots
A small army of mass-produced Autobots are on Earth disguised as Chevy brand vehicles, under the command of Bumblebee. They must stop the Decepticon Mainframe, who eventually ended up on Earth after being exiled for a failed attempt to overthrow Megatron on Cybertron. Transformers: Rise of the Chevy Autobots
Autobot types
Transformers (2007) film
Jazz is very impressed by the Pontiac Solstice on a turntable in a GM dealer's showroom. So he transforms into one! Transformers (2007)
Toys
Generation 1 & 2 (unlicensed)
Chevrolet
- Big Daddy - Bel Air hot rod
- Windbreaker - Camaro Z28
- Side Swipe (RID) - Fourth Generation Camaro
- Bluestreak - Fourth Generation Camaro
- Road Rage - Corvette C3
- Tracks - Corvette C3
- Skram - Corvette C3 hot rod
- Freeway - Corvette C4
- Motorhead - Corvette C4
- Detour - Corvette Indy
- Drench - Corvette Indy
Pontiac
Alternators/Binaltech
The 2004 Corvette C5 Z06 was licensed.
Universe (2003)
- Aveo Swerve, the only case of a new-mold Transformer produced as an exclusive.
Transformers (2007)
- Autobot Jazz (2007 Pontiac Solstice)
- Bumblebee (1976 & 2009 Chevrolet Camaro)
- Ironhide (2007 GMC Topkick)
- Ratchet (2007 Hummer H2)
Battle for the Allspark/Transformers The Game
- Dropkick (2007 Chevrolet Silverado)
- Swindle (2007 Chevrolet Cobalt)
Merchandise
Transformers (2007)
- Jazz (2007 Pontiac Solstice)
- In association with Hasbro, Dreamworks, and GM (whew), Maxim magazine held a "Win Jazz" contest where one lucky reader would win a silver 2007 Pontiac Solstice equipped with the options used for Jazz in Transformers (2007), including the custom hardtop and spoiler otherwise never available on the 2007 model.
- GMC Topkick Ironhide Edition (model year 2008)
- This is a production line variant of the GMC Topkick C4500 crew cab medium-duty truck in black with the modifications Dreamworks made for the character Ironhide.
Trivia
- Generation 1 Megatron would have been a licensed Cadillac XLR in the Alternators line had sales justified more toys for 2007.
External links
References
- ↑ Or not.
