General Motors General Motors General Motors Company, commonly referred to as General Motors (GM), is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Detroit that designs, manufactures, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts, and sells financial services, with global headquarters in Detroit's Renaissance Center. It was originally founded by William C. Durant on September 16, 1908 as a holding company. The company is the largest American automobile manufacturer, and one of the world's largest. As of 2018, General Motors is ranked #10 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. General Motors manufactures vehicles in 37 countries;
American Motors Corporation billion controlling stake in Nissan in March 1999. In contrast to the AMC/Renault partnership, Carlos Ghosn, CEO and President of Renault of France and Nissan of Japan, is guiding the Renault–Nissan Alliance away from national identities. Similarly, Mitsubishi Motors, which established a joint venture agreement in 1970 with Chrysler that expanded in 1985 to a 50-50 joint corporation for producing passenger cars in the United States Diamond-Star Motors until 1993 when Chrysler sold off its stock holdings of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation became controlled by Nissan in 2016 and thus a part of the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi Alliance. American Motors was forced to