See General Motors Chairman Alfred P. Sloan and President William S. Knudsen up close and personal in this 1940 newsreel clip that celebrates the production of GM’s 25 millionth car. Continue reading
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Video: A Short History of GM’s Holden Division, 1963
Produced in 1963, this factory promotional reel tells the story of one GM’s lesser-known—to Americans, anyway—divisions, Holden of Australia. It’s a great story, watch. Continue reading
Five Far-Out Pontiac Concepts That Never Came To Be
For decades, GM’s Pontiac division carried the flag for the automaker as a youth, style, and performance leader. These five dream cars and concepts from the years 1955 to 2000 Illustrate where some of that style came from. Continue reading
An Oldsmobile Video History
REVISED AND UPDATED — Oldsmobile is gone but far from forgotten. Here’s a concise but excellent video history of one of America’s oldest automakers. Continue reading
Video: GM’s 1956 Car of the Future Drives Itself!
Here’s GM’s 1956 take on self-driving technology in this beautifully preserved color film. Bonus: It’s a musical. Continue reading
Nine Strange Chevrolets You’ve Probably Never Seen
Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet—it’s the universal car. Think you’ve seen every Chevy there is? Maybe not. Continue reading
Inside GMC’s Mighty 702 Cubic-Inch V12
Presenting one of the largest gasoline engines ever produced by General Motors: the 702 cubic-inch Twin Six used in GMC trucks of the 1960s. Here’s more on this fascinating dinosaur. Continue reading