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Agreed: medium duty trucks should all be 'GMC's. If there are no GMC dealers in some areas, load some GMC MD's on the transport truck and ship them to Chevy dealers.3 points
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Amazon has a huge long term contract for delivery of Amazon Prime packages. The postal service needs the bigger auto's as while mail delivery has reduced greatly, their package delivery service has jumped to where the current auto's are no longer sufficient.2 points
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1959 Buick Skylark III, XP-75 program, 2-pass coupe. 2 running/driving cars built, 1 known to be destroyed, the other disappeared in the late '60s.
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... has the company built since Day 1?? Googled the question, saw one estimate of 500 million. Don't know if that source was GM or if GM even has an accurate count. Overseas markets and the confusion of partial brand ownership, etc in the latter half of the Company's history may make a comprehensive tally a challenge. All the years from the Sloan book referenced below are CALENDAR year sales. These numbers are less common than model year, and it makes the transition to those more readily-obtainable numbers inaccurate for that switch-over. 1909 : 32,311 (fiscal year ending 09.30.09 plus 3 months ending 12.31.09) ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan [From 1909 thru 1923, totals includes CarterCar, Elmore, Marquette, Randolph, Samson, Scripps-Booth, Welch and 'misc' vehicles, all worldwide markets included when applicable] 1910 : 39,300 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1911 : 35,752 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1912 : 49,696 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1913 : 57,270 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1914 : 61,584 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1915 : 102,388 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1916 : 146,185 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1917 : 203,119 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1918 : 205,326 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Canadian plant now online: 1,312 units this first year] 1919 : 391,738 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [1 millionth vehicle produced] 1920 : 393,075 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan TOTAL to this point : 1,717,744 1921 : 214,799 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1922 : 456,763 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [2 millionth vehicle produced] 1923 : 798,555 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [3 millionth vehicle produced] 1924 : 587,341 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1925 : 835,902 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [4 millionth vehicle produced] 1926 : 1,236,363 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan [Vauxhall now included] • [5 millionth vehicle produced] 1927 : 1,564,354 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1928 : 1,813,393 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1929 : 1,900,654 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [10 millionth vehicle produced] 1930 : 1,193,535 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Opel now included] TOTAL to this point : 12,319,403 1931 : 1,074,709 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1932 : 562,970 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1933 : 869,035 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1934 : 1,240,447 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [15 millionth vehicle produced] 1935 : 1,715,688 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1936 : 2,037,690 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1937 : 2,115,949 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [20 millionth vehicle produced] 1938 : 1,308,643 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1939 : 1,726,855 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1940 : 2,080,566 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Opel factory under Nazi control- not included. 25 millionth vehicle produced] TOTAL to this point : 27,051,955 1941 : 2,300,028 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1942 : 348,806 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1943 : 194,144 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [including 60K Chevy trucks, 30K GMC trucks] 1944 : 317,032 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [including 71K Chevy trucks, 152K GMC trucks] • [30 millionth] 1945 : 308,044 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1946 : 1,229,032 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1947 : 1,992,371 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1948 : 2,220,993 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Holden now included] 1949 : 2,896,348 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Opel back in the count] 1950 : 3,992,298 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [40 millionth] TOTAL to this point : 42,851,051 1951 : 3,197,134 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1952 : 2,629,200 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1953 : 3,760,479 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [50 millionth] 1954 : 3,799,628 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1955 : 5,030,994 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1956 : 4,090,863 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1957 : 3,885,366 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1958 : 3,310,493 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1959 : 3,850,914 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Brazil plant online] • [75 millionth] 1960 : 4,660,996 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan TOTAL to this point : 81,067,118 1961 : 4,036,629 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1962 : 5,238,601 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan TOTAL to this point : 90,342,348 This ends the Sloan book as a reference, as it was published in 1963. Quite probably the best reference on these early numbers; Sloan was fastidious in writing & reviewing the book, and no doubt he could merely ask and get the definitive info on this from company archives- he was still honorary chairman of the board in 1963. TO DATE here we have 54 years of production and 90 million vehicles. Counting to the end of 2017, we have another 55 years to go... is it possible to have built 410 million in the 2nd half of the company's history? • • • • • • • • • Switching to model year production, there's going to be a slight overlap with the end of 1962. I could estimate that on a monthly basis, but for now I'm going to gloss over it as numerically insignificant. 1963 : U.S. ONLY, 5 car Divisions : 3,835,039 ~ Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, Richard Langworth 1963 : U.S. ONLY, GMC - calendar year : 101,234 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1963 : U.S. ONLY, Chevrolet Truck - calendar year : 483,119 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1963 : CANADA, 5 car divisions (minus Cadillac, plus Acadian) - calendar year : 264,340 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1963 : Holden : 256,959~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_holden 1963 : Opel : 1963 : Vauxhall : 1964 : U.S. ONLY, 5 car divisions + Chevrolet Truck : 4,741,198 ~ Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, Richard Langworth 1964 : U.S. ONLY, GMC - calendar year : 110,521 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1964 : CANADA, 5 divisions (minus Cadillac, plus Acadian) - calendar year : 246,466 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1964 : Holden : ? ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_holden 1964 : Opel : 1964 : Vauxhall : 1965 : U.S. ONLY, 5 divisions + Chevrolet Truck : 5,360,883 ~ Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, Richard Langworth 1965 : U.S. ONLY, GMC - calendar year : 136,705 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1965 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 351,303 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1965 : Holden : 178,927 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_holden 1965 : Opel : 1965 : Vauxhall : 1966 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 285,984 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1966 : Holden : 1966 : Opel : 1966 : Vauxhall : 1967 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 264,340 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1967: Holden : 1967 : Opel : 1967 : Vauxhall : 1968 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 312,275 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1968 : Holden : 1968 : Opel : 1968 : Vauxhall : 1969 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 391,561 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1969 : Holden : 1969 : Opel : 1969 : Vauxhall : 1970 : CANADA, 3 divisions - calendar year : 222,376 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1970 : Holden : 1970 : Opel : 1970: Vauxhall : 1971 : CANADA, 3 divisions - calendar year : 406,186 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1971 : Holden : 1971 : Opel : 1971: Vauxhall : 1972 : CANADA, 2 divisions - calendar year : 354,167 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1972 : Holden : 1972 : Opel : 1972: Vauxhall : 1973 : CANADA, 2 divisions - calendar year : 443,806 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1973 : Holden : 1973 : Opel : 1973: Vauxhall : 19xx Opel Manta [entire global production] : 498,553 ~ www.opelclub.com MORE TO COME...1 point
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'60 Chrysler 300-F Special GT, Granatelli supercharged 413 CI, 190 MPH run.
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Much like -say- Mercedes; GMC can go in more than 1 direction. Besides : "Professional Grade".1 point
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It seems to me this should be GMC instead of Chevrolet at least initially being GMC is Professional Grade and all that. But its still good to see GM do this all the same.1 point
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In that case, then you have the following top 5 options for VIN checking for reported accidents/repairs. Problem is that 3rd party repair shops are not required to report auto repairs and as such there is no complete system that I am aware of. http://www.autocheck.com - Alternative to Carfax http://www.vehiclehistory.gov - National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) https://www.nicb.org - National Insurance Crime Bureau https://www.carproof.com - alternative to Carfax, but focused on auto's built in Canada shipped into the US. If US built, not going to help. http://www.internetautoguide.com - Another way to look for info on used or new auto's. Then as you mentioned, Consumer Reports or as I mentioned JD Powers or TrueDelta.1 point
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I have Thor Ragnok and The Shape of Water. Both great movies. Surprised that The Shape of Water won so many awards and with the sexuality in the movie. WOW. Still awesome movie.1 point
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Sadly, I have not. But I do need to see a few of them....1 point
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For a minute I was going to cuss about the waste, then I read why. Reminds me the way they used the HHR....this is a good idea.....1 point
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Volkswagen has been gung-ho on electric vehicles ever since it was revealed that it used illegal software on diesel vehicles to pass emission tests. The company recently unveiled plans to invest $82.5 billion into electric vehicles over the next five years. So it seems bizarre for Volkswagen's CEO to make this comment at the Geneva Motor Show. “Diesel will see a renaissance in the not-too-distant future because people who drove diesels will realize that it was a very comfortable drive concept. Once the knowledge that diesels are eco-friendly firms up in people’s minds, then for me there’s no reason not to buy one,” said Matthias Mueller. *record scratch* Yes, Volkswagen's CEO sees diesel making a comeback. This is somewhat hard to believe as stronger CO2 emission regulations from the European Union start to go into effect. Various countries and cities are planning to ban diesel vehicles in an effort to cut down on pollution. But Muller sees diesel as a way to meet emission standards until electric vehicles are more viable. “The rules of the game in the EU in relation to climate protection and emissions goals on CO2 are so challenging that governments cannot do without diesel. We’re doing everything to avoid” coming up short, but “if there’s less diesel, then getting to that goal just gets tougher.” But ultimately, it will come down to consumers. Already, sales of diesel vehicles in Germany have dropped by a third. With bans looming and resale values taking a dive, consumers may look elsewhere. “At the end of the day, consumers have the final world. We have a very clear strategy in terms of multi-energy platforms, which means we can assemble on the same assembly line petrol cars, diesel cars, electric-powered cars,” said Carlos Tavares, CEO of PSA Group. Source: Bloomberg1 point -
They could add an electric assist of some sort if people wanted more pulling power or torque. Diesel-electric hybrids work quite well for that sort of thing.-1 points
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