It all began with David Buick and the gasoline engine he developed in 1903. Eventually Buick partnered with a man who was critical in establishing General Motors-William Durant. The first Buick was introduced in 1904, and sold for $950. Thirty-seven Buicks were built that year and soon demand outstripped supply. The Buick engine delivered a surprisely powerful 27.7 horsepower. The combination of high power and low price made Buick a phenomenon in the public eye. In 1905, Buick assembly operations were moved from Detroit to Flint, Michigan. The event made headlines in The Flint Journal. As Buick grew and prospered, so did the city. Today, Signia, Buick's latest four-door concept vehicle features infrared warning sensors, electronic monitoring systems, a removable hatch and exceptionally easy entry and exit. Buick is heavily involved with the Automated Highway System, or Intelligent Vehicle Highways. With AHS, an on-board computer 'reads' the highway and allows the car to drive itself while the driver naps, reads, or works.

For nearly a century, Cadillac has been creating a higher standard in automotive luxury and performance. It is a journey marked by a series of engineering milestones, beginning with interchangeable and the first mass-produced V-8 engine, and continuing today with the Northstar System and the On-Star System. In fact, many of the early cars that helped build Cadillac's engineering heritage are still on the road today, meticuously restored and lovingly maintained by members of Cadillac clubs, as well as by individuals.

For more than 80 years, people have trusted Chevrolet to get them to where they want to go. If you seek real value in cars you can trust, you've come to the right place.

Powerful, tough, and rugged, the chevy pickup is quite a worker. But, it's also quite a friend. And it's the heart and soul of Chevy Truck- the most dependable, longest-lasting trucks on the road.

At the turn of the century, more American automobiles were powered by electricity than by gasoline. Back then, electric cars were praised for being "noiseless, odorless, and free of smoke." Another plus was that didn't have to crank them to get them started. While the frustration of crank-starting has long since been eliminated, the other advantages still remain. These advantages prompted at least one General Motors engineer to ask the question "If a truly clean car could be created, wouldn't everyone benefit?" The answer came in the form of the EV1, the electric car that, like its predecessors, is noiseless, odorless, and free of all emissions. A car that you start without a crank or a key. A car that you would start with the push of a button. A car that is arguably the most efficient vehicle in the world.

During its long and colourful history, GMC has supplied virtually every segment of the truck and bus market-from heavy, over-the-road haulers and highway buses, to light-duty commercial and personal transportation vehicles. It has emerged in the 1990's as one of America's premier truck marketers- selling close to 500,000 trucks yearly and setting new sales records every year since 1991. To discover the origins of GMC, it's necessary to turn back the clock more than ninety years to the very dawn of American motor manufacturing. According to Max Grabowsky, "to my knowledge, this was the first gasoline-powered truck to be used on the streets of Detroit and one of the first in the country." More than ninety years of continuous refinement have done wonders to the Grabowsky's original concept. Yet, there is a common thread that runs from the first single-cylinder, chain-drive steel skeleton on wheels to today's impressive lineup of premium vehicles-then and now, GMC gets the job done right.

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What's so different about Saturn? It's no big deal, if you ask us. We just try and to build and sell the best cars we know how. Then back them up with the kind of service we'd like to get ourselves. It's no secret that when we first started, plenty of people thought we'd be out of business by now. But, it seems that developing a more democratic way of managing our business, building a more sophisticated manufacturing complex in Tennessee, and finding a more responsible way of treating our customers, wasn't such a crazy idea after all.