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A 1932 Pontiac. Established in 1926 as a companion of Oakland, it was the first marque released as part of the companion make program. Sloan, who had replaced du Pont as GM president in 1923, [18] decided to create various "companion makes" to fill the variety of gaps that had developed in the original pricing hierarchy. [19]
In addition to speeding up decisions on Saturn, Saab, and Hummer, GM would be left with four brands—Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. [ 43 ] In early May 2009, Jim Waldron, a Davison, Michigan , Pontiac dealer, announced that he was interested in purchasing the Pontiac brand and logos and had found financing to purchase them and some soon ...
1998 – 2004 Cadillac Seville; 2000 – 2005 Buick LeSabre; 2000 – 2005 Pontiac Bonneville; 2000 – 2005 Cadillac Deville; The consolidated successor to the G I, C II, H II, and K II platforms. 2006 Buick Lucerne. G III: FWD: 2006: 2011: 2006 – 2011 Cadillac DTS; 2006 – 2001 Buick Lucerne; The successor to the G II platform. 1973 ...
Also called the GM small corporate pattern and the S10 pattern. This pattern has a distinctive odd-sided hexagonal shape. Rear wheel drive applications have the starter mounted on the right side of the block (when viewed from the flywheel) and on the opposite side of the block compared to front wheel drive installations.
1935 Cadillac Series 10, 20, 30 and 452-D Fisher Fleetwood Series 10 – 128 in wheelbase V8; Series 20 – 136 in wheelbase V8; Series 30 – 146 in wheelbase V8; Series 370-D – 146 and 160 in wheelbase V12; Series 452-D or 60 – 154 in wheelbase V16; 1936 Cadillac Series 36–60, 36–70, 36–75, 36–80, 36–85, 36-90 Fisher Fleetwood
LaSalle was an American brand of luxury automobiles manufactured and marketed, as a separate brand, by General Motors' Cadillac division from 1927 through 1940. Alfred P. Sloan, GM's Chairman of the Board, developed the concept for four new GM marques - LaSalle, Marquette, Viking and Pontiac - paired with already established brands to fill price gaps he perceived in the General Motors product ...
On April 27, 2009, GM announced that it would phase out the Pontiac brand by the end of 2010 and focus on four core brands in North America: Chevrolet, Cadillac, Buick, and GMC. It announced that the resolution (sale) of its Hummer , Saab , and Saturn brands would take place by the end of 2009 (by November, however, proposed deals to sell ...
GM C platform, also known as the C-Body, was a front wheel drive (FWD) automobile platform used by General Motors' Cadillac, Buick and Oldsmobile divisions for their full-sized automobiles from 1985 through 1996, sharing unibody construction, transverse engine configuration, rack and pinion steering and four-wheel independent suspension.