General Motors is a corporation where the principal activities of the company are carried out through two business divisions: Automotive and Other Operations and Financing and Insurance Operations. The Automotive and Other Operations division designs, manufactures, and markets cars, trucks, locomotives and heavy-duty transmissions and related parts and accessories. The Financing and Insurance Operations function through General Motors Acceptance Corporation. The services provided by GMAC include consumer vehicle financing, full-service leasing and fleet leasing, dealer financing and car and truck extended service contracts. It also offers residential and commercial mortgage services, commercial, vehicle and homeowners' insurance and asset-based lending. www.gm.com

General Motors is the largest manufacture of vehicles in the world. The list of car companies wholly owned by GM is: Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, Saab, Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Pontiac, Saturn, Oldsmobile, and Hummer. Hughes Electronics, the first electronics company to launch high-power...