General Motors Canada General Motors Canada General Motors of Canada Company (), commonly known as GM Canada, is the Canadian subsidiary of General Motors. It is headquartered at the Canadian Regional Engineering Centre in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, GM Canada received a combined loan commitment of C$3 billion of financial assistance from the federal and provincial governments amid declining sales. McLaughlin Motor Car Company was founded in 1907. Samuel McLaughlin and William C. Durant, respectively the biggest carriage builders in Canada and the United States, contracted for Durant's Buick to supply McLaughlin with power trains for
General Motors Ultralite fictional SAPD (San Angeles Police Department). They also appeared in the second episode of the second season of "seaQuest DSV", and in the 1999 movie "Bicentennial Man". General Motors Ultralite The General Motors Ultralite was a 1992 low emission vehicle concept car intended to demonstrate the benefits of advanced materials and low fuel consumption. The goal was to make a four-passenger show car capable of . It was rated at by the EPA, but could achieve at a steady state cruising speed of 50 mph. The carbon fiber shell was fabricated by Scaled Composites and it weighed only 420 pounds