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General Motors of
Canada Limited (GM Canada) is the name of General Motors' Canadian
division.
The national headquarters office, their Canadian Regional
Engineering Centre, and the main manufacturing plants are located in Oshawa, Ontario. Models currently made in Canada:
Founded in 1918, GM Canada was formed by the
purchase of the McLaughlin Motor Car Co., manufacturer since 1907
of the McLaughlin automobile based on the Buick Model F,
Canadianized with a McLaughlin carriage as its body.
From 1910 onward, the cars were well-known
across Canada as McLaughlin-Buicks and prominently identified as
such, in recognition of their Buick heritage. Prior to becoming GM
Canada, McLaughlin had acquired the approval of William C. Durant,
then owner of the Chevrolet Motor Co. and preceding its entry into
the GM product line, to produce Chevrolet automobiles in Canada.
GM has historically been one of the largest and most powerful
corporations in Canada, and in 1975 it was listed as the third
"largest".
General Motors Canada opened its new head office building on the
shore of Lake Ontario in 1989. It is a fixture on Highway 401 and
usually displays an enormous picture of a new vehicle on the
outside of its huge atrium.
GM's Canadian Regional Engineering Centre opened in June, 2001. It
is primarily responsible for managing the design and validation of
vehicles which are manufactured in Canada, though it supports many
joint development efforts with GM operations in other countries.
The manufacturing plants located in Oshawa produce the Chevrolet
Impala and Monte Carlo, Pontiac Grand Prix, Buick Allure (rebadged
as the LaCrosse for the U.S. market) as well as the Chevrolet
Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. The three plants have
continually garnered top quality ratings by J.D. Power.[2] In
2008, the car plant is scheduled to begin production of the new
Chevrolet Camaro. The Oshawa facility was ranked number 1 facility
in overall quality in North and South America by J.D. Power and
Associates.
General Motors Canada announced a naming rights
deal for the General Motors Centre on October 5, 2006. The
centre's main tenants will be the Oshawa Generals Junior
hockey team, who were named for the corporation in 1937.
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