General Motors
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- General Motors is an automobile company from theGeneration 1,Movie,and real worldcontinuity families.
General Motors Company,also known asGM,is the largest auto company headquartered in theUnited States of America.Founded in1908inFlint,Michigan,the company is headquartered inDetroit,Michigan at present and presumably in thenear future.[1]The company's U.S. brands have included Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Hummer, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Geo, Saturn, Buick and more. Currently GM's U.S. brands are down to Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, and Buick.
OnJune 1,2009,General Motors filed forUS government-assistedbankruptcy protection with plans to emerge as a smaller, less debt-riddled company.
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Fiction
Generation 1
Binaltech
Transformers (2007)
Transformers: Rise of the Chevy Autobots
A small army of mass-producedAutobotsare onEarthdisguised as Chevy brand vehicles, under the command ofBumblebee.They must stop theDecepticonMainframe,who eventually ended up on Earth after being exiled for a failed attempt to overthrowMegatrononCybertron.
A General Motors scientist,Dina Morgan,made contact with the AutobotsFlashandRidge,and learnt aboutenergon.She said in a report that energon could bethefuel of the 21st Century, but that got her targeted by Mainframe. She was used as bait to lure Bumblebee into a trap.Transformers: Rise of the Chevy Autobots
Autobot types
Transformers (2007) film
Jazzis very impressed by the Pontiac Solstice on a turntable in a GM dealer's showroom. So he transforms into one!Transformers (2007)
Toys
Generation 1 & 2 (unlicensed)
Chevrolet
- Big Daddy-Bel Airhot rod
- Windbreaker-Camaro Z28
- Road Rage-Corvette C3
- Tracks- Corvette C3
- Skram- Corvette C3 hot rod
- Freeway-Corvette C4
- Motorhead- Corvette C4
- Detour-Corvette Indy
- Drench- Corvette Indy
Pontiac
Robots in Disguise (unlicensed)
Alternators/Binaltech
The 2004Corvette C5 Z06was licensed.
Universe (2003)
- Swerve,the only case of a new-mold Transformer produced as anexclusive.(T250 Chevrolet Aveo)
Transformers (2007)
- Autobot Jazz(2007Pontiac Solstice)
- Bumblebee(1976 & 2006Chevrolet Camaro Concept)
- Ironhide(2007GMC Topkick)
- Ratchet(2007Hummer H2)
Battle for the Allspark/Transformers The Game
- Dropkick(Based upon 2007Chevrolet Silverado)
- Swindle(Based upon 2007Chevrolet Cobalt)
- Stockade(Based upon 2007Cadillac Escalade)
Revenge of the Fallen
- Sideswipe(2009Corvette Stingray Concept)
- Jolt(2010Chevrolet Volt)
- Skids(Chevrolet Beat Concept)
- Mudflap(Chevrolet Trax Concept)
Dark of the Moon
- Topspin,Leadfoot,Roadbuster(Heavily modifiedChevrolet Impala NASCAR stock car)
- Crankcase(ModifiedGMT900 Chevrolet Suburban)
- Skids, Mudflap (Chevrolet Spark)
- Sideswipe (Corvette Stingray Concept)
- Ironhide (GMC Topkick)
- Ratchet (Hummer H2)
Age of Extinction
The Last Knight
Bigger Toys
Transformers (2007)
- Jazz(2007 Pontiac Solstice)
- In association withHasbro,DreamWorks,and GM (whew),Maximmagazineheld a "Win Jazz" contest where one lucky reader would win a silver 2007 Pontiac Solstice equipped with the options used forJazzinTransformers,including the custom hardtop and spoiler otherwise never available on the2007model.
- GMC Topkick 4500 Ironhide Edition(model year 2008)
- This was a production line variant of theGMC Topkick C4500crew cab medium-duty truck in black with the modifications Dreamworks made for the characterIronhide,though it retains the stock large side-view mirrors and orange lights. The modifications were done byMonroe Truck Equipment.
- Production on the GMC Topkick truck ceased when General Motors exited the medium-duty truck market in 2009.
Revenge of the Fallen
- Chevrolet Camaro Transformers Special Edition(2009)
- StartingJune 1,2009,Chevrolet began taking orders for the Bumblebee Edition package for the 2009/2010 Chevy Camaro. The package consists of Rally Yellow exterior color with black "Bumblebee" stripes and "Transformers"badging on the wheel center caps, sill plates and embroidered console lid. The package was available for Camaro LT and SS models.
- Production of the Transformers Special Edition ceased onJanuary 12,2010,and with an estimated 1,500 Camaro to have been produced straight from order workbenches.[2]Though production for this full package (with an order of a new Camaro) has ceased, the individual parts that made up the package can still be purchased through authorised GM accessory dealers. However, inspection of the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) would reveal if the Camaro was a true Transformers Special Edition or an after-market clone.
Dark of the Moon
- Chevrolet Camaro 2012 Transformers Special Edition(2011)
- In conjunction withDark of the Moon,Chevrolet began taking orders for the 2012 Transformers Special Edition package for the Chevy Camaro in July, 2011, with vehicles arriving at dealers in the U.S. and Canada in September of the same year. Based upon the Bumblebee Camaro prop as it appears inDark of the Moon,the package consists of Rally Yellow exterior color with black rally stripes that stretch over the hood, roof, decklid and aDark of the Moon-inspired high-wing rear spoiler; 20-inch, black-painted wheels with performance tires, and Autobot Shield logos on the center caps and front quarter panels.
- Inside, the package has a black leather interior accented with yellow stitching on the instrument panel, center console, armrests and seats. Autobot Shield logos are embroidered on the front headrests, as well as the center console lid.
- Additionally, two dealer-installed options are available: exclusive, 21-inch, black-painted wheels and a black ground-effects package.
- Chevrolet Spark Transformers Edition(2011)
- Produced in a limited run of 1000 units for the South Korean market, the Chevrolet SparkTransformersEdition features a black paint scheme with orange racing stripes based upon Mudflap's prop (that was cut from)Dark of the Moon,an aero kit with side skirts, 15-inch glossy black wheels, and various Autobot and Transformers sigils and branding.
- Pricing in South Korea was announced at 11,823.00 won for a manual transmission or 13,326.00 for an automatic.
Notes
- Generation 1 Megatronwould have been a licensed Cadillac XLR in theAlternatorsline had sales justified more toys for 2007.
- Unusual for a car manufacturer, the GM company store carries a selection of some of the licensed toys produced for the live action films.[3]