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Question Of The Day, Bonus Edition: Will GM Last Another Hundred Years?

Andrew Stoy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Today's the last day of GM's first hundred years. Will tomorrow be the first of the next hundred? GM is celebrating its centennial with a series of presentations down at the glass Tower 'o Power this week. We've got staff standing by to bring you the latest, but in the meantime, we wanted to ponder the bigger question surrounding this anniversary. Since GM wants to focus on its next century as much as its first, we wonder: Will GM will last another hundred years?

Relentless competition, the domestic economic meltdown and fuel prices are all combining to make GM's hundredth year one of its most difficult. The company has exciting new products in the pipeline like Volt and Cruze, as well as current offerings like the groundbreaking Corvette ZR1. But constant progress will be essential: Are they up to the job? Will General Motors last another hundred years?

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GM Presents Its Top Ten Production Cars and Top Ten Concept Cars

Ben Wojdyla — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDT

GM is celebrating it's centennial anniversary this year, and along with the planned hoopla, they've just come out with a list of their top ten production cars and top ten concept cars of the past hundred years. With such an enormous catalog of vehicles to choose from, both lists are open to massive debate, but for reasons of GMness, these are their 20 faves. It's interesting to note that the vast majority of the production choices occur in the first half of GM's 100 years, while the concepts are evenly distributed. Also interesting: A notable number of these cars weren't even under the GM umbrella at the time they were built. Anyway, on to the show...

GM's Top Ten Production Cars Of The First 100 Years

1910 Cadillac Model 30

1912 Cadillac

1927 LaSalle

1930 Cadillac V16

1936 Opel Olympia

1950 Saab 92

1953 Chevrolet Corvette

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air

1964 Pontiac GTO

1996 GM EV1

GM's Top Ten Concept Cars Of The First 100 Years

1938 Buick Y-Job

1951 GM LeSabre

1961 Chevrolet XP755 Mako Shark

1965 Experimental Opel GT

GM Firebird Concepts

1970 Vauxhall SRV

1987 GM Sunraycer

1990 GM Impact

2002 GM AUTOnomy

2007 Chevrolet Volt

[Detroit Free Press]