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GMC is a brand name used on truck
Truck

File:Red truck USA.JPGA truck is a type of motor vehicle commonly used for carrying goods and materials. Some light trucks are relatively small, similar in size to a passenger automobile....
s, van
Van

A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
s, and SUV
Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
s marketed in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and the Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
 by General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
. In January, 2007, GMC was GM's 2nd largest selling light vehicle division after Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
, ahead of Pontiac
Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
.

901, Max Grabowski established a company called the "Rapid Motor Vehicle Company", which developed some of the earliest commercial trucks ever designed.






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GMC is a brand name used on truck
Truck

File:Red truck USA.JPGA truck is a type of motor vehicle commonly used for carrying goods and materials. Some light trucks are relatively small, similar in size to a passenger automobile....
s, van
Van

A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
s, and SUV
Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
s marketed in North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
 and the Middle East
Middle East

File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East....
 by General Motors
General Motors

General Motors Corporation , founded in 1908, is the world's second-largest automaker after Toyota, ranked by 2008 global unit sales. GM was the global sales leader for 77 consecutive calendar years from 1931 to 2008....
. In January, 2007, GMC was GM's 2nd largest selling light vehicle division after Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
, ahead of Pontiac
Pontiac

Pontiac is a brand of automobiles, produced by General Motors Corporation that has been sold in the United States, Canada and Mexico since 1926....
.

History

Gmctrucks1919
In 1901, Max Grabowski established a company called the "Rapid Motor Vehicle Company", which developed some of the earliest commercial trucks ever designed. The trucks utilized one-cylinder engines. In 1909, the company was purchased by General Motors to form the basis for the General Motors Truck Company, from which GMC Truck was derived.

Another independent manufacturer purchased by GM that same year was Reliance Motor Car Company. Rapid & Reliance were merged in 1911, and in 1912 the marque "GMC Truck" was first shown at the New York International Auto Show
New York International Auto Show

File:Car at New York Internatonial Auto Show.JPGThe New York International Auto Show is an annual auto show held in late March or early April. It is usually held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center....
. Some 22,000 trucks were produced that year, though GMC's contribution to that total was a mere 372 units.

In 1916, a GMC Truck crossed the country from Seattle to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 in thirty days, and in 1926, a 2-ton GMC truck was driven from New York to San Francisco in 5 days and 30 minutes. During the Second World War, GMC Truck produced 600,000 trucks for use by the U.S. military
Military of the United States

The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified armed forces of the United States. The United States military was first formed by the second Second Continental Congress to defend the new nation against the British Empire in the American Revolutionary War....
.

In 1925, GM purchased the controlling interest in Yellow Coach
Yellow Coach

The Yellow Coach Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1923 as a subsidiary of the Yellow Cab Company by John D. Hertz and was an early player in bus manufacturing in the United States....
, a bus manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois which was founded by John D. Hertz
John D. Hertz

John Daniel Hertz was an United States businessman, thoroughbred horse racing owner, and philanthropist....
. After purchasing the remaining portion in 1943, GM renamed it GM Truck and Coach Division, and it manufactured transit and inter-urban bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 until the 1980s. GM faced increased competition in the late 1970s and 1980s and stopped producing buses soon after. In 1987, GMC later sold their bus models to Transportation Manufacturing Corporation
Transportation Manufacturing Corporation

Transportation Manufacturing Corporation was a bus manufacturer based in Roswell, New Mexico.The company was formed in 1974 by Greyhound Lines to manufacture Motor Coach Industries vehicles....
 (also under Motor Coach Industries
Motor Coach Industries

Motor Coach Industries International Inc. is a Schaumburg, Illinois-based bus manufacturing founded in 1932....
 in Canada) and later NovaBus.

In 2002, GMC released a book entitled, GMC: The First 100 Years, that explained the company's complete history.

GMC currently manufactures SUV
Sport utility vehicle

A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
s, pickup truck
Pickup truck

A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area which is almost always separated from the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling heavy loads....
s, vans, light-duty trucks, and medium-duty trucks. In the past, GMC also produced fire trucks
Fire apparatus

A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires, by transporting firefighters to the scene, and providing them with access, water or other equipment....
, ambulance
Ambulance

file:Ambulancebroomfieldhospital.jpgfile:C12 air ambulance.jpgfile:Scilly Isles Ambulance Service alongside Tresco quay.jpgAn ambulance is a vehicle for transporting sick or injured people, to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury....
s, heavy-duty trucks, military vehicles, motorhomes, and transit bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es.

Similarities to Chevrolets

Although GMC and Chevrolet trucks are mostly identical, their differences have varied throughout the years. While Chevrolet is marketed towards a mainstream audience, GMC vehicles are marketed as "professional grade", more work oriented vehicles. Traditionally, GMCs have had different trims from Chevrolets (i.e. grille, emblems, and other minor aesthetics), larger engine options, and generally a very slightly lower price. Between 1962 and 1972, most GMC vehicles were equipped with quad-headlights, while their Chevrolet counterparts were equipped with dual-headlights. Starting in 1973, with GM’s introduction of the new "rounded line" series trucks, GMC and Chevrolet trucks became even more similar, ending production of GMC’s quad-headlight models, and setting the standard for the Chevrolet/GMC line of trucks for over thirty years. During this period, the sister models of the two companies (Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado

The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
/Sierra, Blazer
Chevrolet Blazer

The Chevrolet K5 Blazer and GMC 1500 Jimmy names were used on two different early SUV models.The names "Blazer" and "Jimmy" were also used on other smaller model SUVs produced by General Motors....
/Jimmy
Jimmy

Jimmy may refer to:Titled expressive works:* "The Jimmy", Seinfeld episode* Jimmy , by M.I.A. in 2007Fictional characters:* Jimmy,...
, Tahoe
Chevrolet Tahoe

The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC sold two different-sized SUVs under their Chevrolet K5 Blazer model names through the early 1990s....
/Yukon
GMC Yukon

The GMC Yukon refers to the basic platform used in both long and short versions of the truck chassis. Its main articles are here:*Chevrolet Tahoe ...
, etc) shared everything except trims and price. GM has recently begun a divergence in design between the two lines with the 2007 model Silverados
Chevrolet Silverado

The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
 and Sierras, which have slight differences in the shapes of their body panels and overall looks.

Today, for the most part, GMC offers the same trucks available under the Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
 brand. A Sprint, for example, was a rebadged
Badge engineering

Badge engineering is a term that describes the badge of one product as another. Due to the high cost of designing and engineering a totally new model, or establishing a new brand , it is often more cost-effective to rebadge a single product multiple times....
 Chevrolet El Camino
Chevrolet El Camino

The Chevrolet El Camino was a coupe utility vehicle / muscle car built by Chevrolet in the United States from 1959 to 1960, with production resuming in 1964 and continuing through 1987....
, the Sierra is a rebadged Chevrolet Silverado
Chevrolet Silverado

The Chevrolet Silverado , is the latest line of full-size pickup trucks from General Motors.As of 2007, the Silverado pickup is the 2nd largest volume vehicle in the United States, behind the Ford F-Series pickup truck....
, etc. In the United States GMC is usually sold by dealers in combination with Buick or Pontiac, typically at lower volumes than the equivalent Chevrolet trucks. GMC's trucks, vans, and SUVs offer more options and standard features than Chevrolet, while Chevrolet is often offered as an entry-level car. In Canada, GMC is sold by Pontiac-Buick-GMC dealerships, usually at volumes equivalent or greater than the comparable Chevrolet trucks.

In 2007, GMC introduced the Acadia
GMC Acadia

The GMC Acadia is a crossover SUV from GM. The GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave and Saturn Outlook share the new GM Lambda platform. The Acadia went on sale in the United States in December 2006, and in Canada in January, 2007....
, a crossover SUV
Crossover SUV

A crossover — variously called CUV or crossover utility vehicle — is a marketing term for a vehicle that derives from a car automobile platform while borrowing features from an Sport utility vehicle or Minivan....
, which is the company's first unibody vehicle.

In 2009, GMC will introduce the all-new Terrain
GMC Terrain

The GMC Terrain is a new mid-size car crossover to replace the related Pontiac Torrent , and the body-on-frame GMC Envoy. It may also feature third-row seating....
, a mid-size crossover SUV based on GM's Theta platform which will slot below the Acadia as GMC's smallest crossover. Its predecessor, the GMT-360 based Envoy
GMC Envoy

The GMC Envoy is an SUV from the GMC marque of General Motors. It was introduced as a luxury version of the GMC Jimmy for the 1998 model year, the same year the Jimmy was restyled....
, will be discontinued in 2008.

GMC models

  • Pickup
    Pickup truck

    A pickup truck is a light motor vehicle with an open-top rear cargo area which is almost always separated from the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling heavy loads....
    • C and K Series (1960 - 1999) - half, three-quarters, and one-ton trucks, with Sierra, Sierra Grande, High Sierra, and Sierra Classic trim lines
    • Caballero
      GMC Caballero

      The GMC Caballero is a version of the Chevrolet El Camino coupe utility, built and sold by GMC Truck dealers mainly in the United States and Canada during the 1978-1987 model years....
       (1978 - 1987)
    • Canyon (2004 - Current)
    • Sierra (1999 - Current)
    • Sonoma (1982 - 2003)
    • Sprint (1971-1977)
    • Syclone
      GMC Syclone

      The GMC Syclone was a high-performance version of the GMC Sonoma pickup truck. Produced in 1991, the Syclone spawned the similarly powered 1992-1993 GMC Typhoon SUV....
       (1991)
  • Van
    Van

    A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
    • Handi-Van (1964-1970)
    • Handi-Bus (1964-1970)
    • Safari (1985 - 2005)
    • Savana (1996 - Current)
    • Vandura (1970 - 1996)
    • Rally
  • SUV
    Sport utility vehicle

    A sport utility vehicle is a generic marketing description for a vehicle similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis. Usually equipped with four-wheel drive for on or off-road ability, some SUVs include the towing capacity of a pickup truck with the passenger-carrying space of a minivan....
    • Terrain
      GMC Terrain

      The GMC Terrain is a new mid-size car crossover to replace the related Pontiac Torrent , and the body-on-frame GMC Envoy. It may also feature third-row seating....
       (2009)
    • Acadia
      GMC Acadia

      The GMC Acadia is a crossover SUV from GM. The GMC Acadia, Buick Enclave and Saturn Outlook share the new GM Lambda platform. The Acadia went on sale in the United States in December 2006, and in Canada in January, 2007....
       (2007 - Current)
    • Envoy
      GMC Envoy

      The GMC Envoy is an SUV from the GMC marque of General Motors. It was introduced as a luxury version of the GMC Jimmy for the 1998 model year, the same year the Jimmy was restyled....
       (2002 - 2008)
    • Jimmy (1969 - 2005)
    • Tracker (Sold in Canada only)
    • Typhoon
      GMC Typhoon

      The GMC Typhoon was a high-performance version of the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer Sport utility vehicle. Produced in 1992 and 1993, the Typhoon was based on the 1991 Chevrolet S-10 Blazer SUV....
       (1992 - 1993)
    • Suburban
      Chevrolet Suburban

      The Chevrolet Suburban is a large sport utility vehicle from Chevrolet. It is the longest-lived continuous automobile nameplate still in production, dating from 1935 and is likely to be produced under this name for the foreseeable future....
       (1937 - 1999), renamed Yukon XL
      Chevrolet Suburban

      The Chevrolet Suburban is a large sport utility vehicle from Chevrolet. It is the longest-lived continuous automobile nameplate still in production, dating from 1935 and is likely to be produced under this name for the foreseeable future....
       (2000 - Current)
    • Yukon
      Chevrolet Tahoe

      The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full-size SUV from General Motors. Chevrolet and GMC sold two different-sized SUVs under their Chevrolet K5 Blazer model names through the early 1990s....
       (1992 - Current)
  • Heavy duty trucks
    Truck

    File:Red truck USA.JPGA truck is a type of motor vehicle commonly used for carrying goods and materials. Some light trucks are relatively small, similar in size to a passenger automobile....
    • DLR/F/Crackerbox (1959 - 1968)
    • B-Series (Heavy-Duty Low Cab Forward Trucks of the 1960s)
    • HM 9500 (1965 - 1976)
    • JH 9500 (1971 - 1978)
    • Astro 95 (1968 - 1988)
    • General (1977 - 1988)
    • Brigadier (1978 - 1988)
  • Medium duty trucks
    Truck

    File:Red truck USA.JPGA truck is a type of motor vehicle commonly used for carrying goods and materials. Some light trucks are relatively small, similar in size to a passenger automobile....
    • TopKick (1980 - 1996; 2003 - Present)
    • L-Series/Steel Tilt Cab
    • B-Series
      GMC B-Series

      The GMC B-Series was a class 7, medium duty chassis-cowl produced by GMC for the school bus industry. While GM was responsible for only the design, production, and engineering of the truck chassis itself, a variety of body manufacturers were responsible to design, fabricate, and install school bus bodies upon it....
       (School Buses)
    • C-Series
    • T-series
    • W-series
    • Forward
    • P-Chassis
    • S-Series (School Buses)
bus built in 1956.]] bus built in 1971.]]
  • Transit bus
    Transit bus

    A transit bus is a bus used for short-distance public transport purposes. The roles and specifications of transit buses are not clear cut, and vary with operator and region....
    • "Old-look" buses (1940 - 1969)
    • GM New Look bus (1959-1986)
    • RTS (1977- 1987)
    • Classic (1982-1987)
  • Intercity bus
    • PD-4104 (1953-59)
    • PD-4501 Scenicruiser
      PD-4501 Scenicruiser

      The GMC PD-4501 Scenicruiser, manufactured exclusively for Greyhound Lines, is a distinguished Coach used during 1950s to 1970s. It was first rolled out in July 1954, and in total, 1001 of these buses were made between 1954 to 1956....
       (1954-56)
    • PD-4106 (1960-65)
    • "Buffalo" bus models
      GM Buffalo bus

      GM Buffalo bus is the slang term for several models of intercity motorcoaches built by the GMC of the General Motors Corporation at Pontiac, Michigan between 1966 and 1980....
       (1966-1980)
      • PD4107 (1966-69)
      • PD4108 (1970-72)
      • PD4903 (1968-69)
      • PD4905 (1970-72)
      • P8M4108A (1972-1978)
      • P8M4905A (1972-1978)
      • H8H649 (1979-80)


  • Motorhome
    • GMC motorhome
      GMC motorhome

      The GMC motorhome was built from 1973 to 1978 in Pontiac, Michigan....
       (1973 - 1978)


See also

  • List of automobile manufacturers
  • Orion Bus Industries
    Orion Bus Industries

    Orion International, previously Orion Bus Industries and Ontario Bus Industries in Canada and Bus Industries of America in the United States is a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada-based bus manufacturer established by the government of Ontario in 1975....
  • Gillig Corporation
    Gillig

    Gillig Corporation, formerly Gillig Bros., is a manufacturer of heavy-duty low floor transit buses located in Hayward, CA. Prior to 1993, Gillig had also been a manufacturer of school buses....
  • Millennium Transit Services LLC
  • Motor Coach Industries
    Motor Coach Industries

    Motor Coach Industries International Inc. is a Schaumburg, Illinois-based bus manufacturing founded in 1932....
  • Neoplan USA
    Neoplan USA

    Neoplan USA was a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Denver, Colorado, which was entirely separate from the German corporation, Neoplan, licensing its designs from the German company of the same name....
  • New Flyer Industries
    New Flyer Industries

    New Flyer Industries Inc. is a bus manufacturer in North America, headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada. It also has factories in Crookston, Minnesota and St....
  • North American Bus Industries
    North American Bus Industries

    North American Bus Industries, commonly known as NABI, is a major transit bus manufacturing company based in Anniston, Alabama. NABI was founded in 1992 when the Hungary firm Ikarus Bus, a key bus supplier to Eastern Europe, spun off a majority share of their American operations to American/Hungarian investors amid financial instabiliti...
  • Nova Bus
    Nova Bus

    Nova Bus is a bus manufacturing company based in Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada. The company is now owned by Volvo Buses....
  • Prevost Car
    Prevost Car

    Prevost is a Quebec, Canada-based manufacturer of touring coach and bus shells for high-end motorhomes and specialty conversions.The company now owns Nova Bus and in turn is owned by Volvo Buses....


External links

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