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History of the GMC brand

The American concern General Motors Corporation (GMC) was established in 1908 in Michigan. The company produces the first trucks in 1909. In 1925, the Chicago company “The Yellow Cab Manufacturing” became part of GMC, and GMC began to produce trucks of various tonnage, decorated with its own emblem. In 1931, GMC released the T-95 truck, which had four speeds and could carry up to 15 tons. In 1934, a truck was delivered to Bekins Van and Storage, with the driver’s cab located above the engine.

In 1939, models of the A series appeared, the numbers of which went from 100 to 850. In 1935, the GMC company mastered the production of diesel engines.

In 1938, the company launches the T-14 pickup truck, which is capable of carrying up to 500 kg of cargo. In wartime, 1941-1945, General Motors Corporation supplied the Soviet Union with the DUKW amphibian, which could move on land and on water. In 1950, the company produces the Crackerbox truck, the cabin of which resembled a box.

630 series Jimmy trucks, powered by the 471 Detroit Diesel engine, appear in 1954. In 1956, the first four-wheel drive truck rolled off the assembly line – 4WD. In 1968, the production of the commercial model Astro-95 was launched, the cabin of which was located above the engine. The truck had an updated windshield and a semicircular instrument panel.

After the entry of GMC into Volvo-White in 1988, the production of New Family trucks began. In January 1999, the Sierra ACE pickup truck was shown in Detroit, which had many chrome parts and a six-seat cab with a third door on the right. In 2001, there is a change in the generations of Envoy cars, which begin to be equipped with both rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive. In the first six months of 2007, the company sold about 280,000 vehicles, which exceeds sales in 2006 by 5.6%.

This result highlights that American consumers love domestic appliances more than Japanese ones. In 2007, the American company introduced the GMC Acadia SUV, and two years later, the all-terrain novelty GMC Terrain, the company’s smallest crossover, was released. Nowadays, GMC has a leading position in the US market, behind the Chevrolet brand.