Joshua Davidson

That's a misspelling. I meant "force." Sorry if that confused you.

That is nonsense. GM was never a "division" of DuPont. DuPont was heavily involved as an investor and in management. But the administration of the two corporations was never significantly intermingled. Du Pont never controlled as much as 35% of GM stock (though that was enough to have management control). Pierre du Pont was very careful to not try and ominate GM, though of course he had to take emergency control from 1920 to 1923. GM benefited enormously from Pierre du Pont's administration, but he was by then retired from Du Pont Corporation, as was John Raskob and the other Du Pont men that came to GM. They brought the latest management techniques to GM, but did not forse them upon GM. It was Sloan who developed the GM system that became much more influential in the conduct of large enterprise than the Du Pont system ever did.

Hi All, I'm new here, but know for a fact that GM will be celebrating its Centennial in 2008. The celebration will be understated -- it's not a brand milestone after all -- but will include an interesting and meaningful look at GM's first century, and more importantly a look ahead at GM's SECOND CENTURY. The actual date of the Centennial is Sept. 16, 2008, which marks the centennial date of incorporation: [from speedace.com] GENERAL MOTORS COMPANY was incorporated on September 16 1908 in Hudson County , New Jersey , U.S.A. as a holding company for Buick, then controlled by William C. Durant, and acquired Oldsmobile later that year. The next year, Durant brought in Cadillac, Elmore, and Oakland. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION was incorporated in Delaware on October 13, 1916, with an increased capital of $100 million. Chevrolet joined General Motors Corporation in May 1918: Chevrolet Motor Company sold its assets to General Motors Corporation for about $32 million worth of G.M. stock and also sold its Scripps-Booth stock to G.M. for the balance in G.M. stock.