Shanghai General Motors was formerly called Shanghai General Motors, and was renamed SAIC General Motors in 2015. The new name highlights the cooperative relationship between SAIC and GM, while the old name only expresses that GM China's registered place is Shanghai.

As for the relationship with General Motors (GM), it was previously stated that each would hold 50% of the shares, but it was just that GM brought the drawing technology and SAIC produced it. SAIC is the absolute dominated party. However, during the 2008 economic crisis, GM filed for bankruptcy protection, and SAIC took the opportunity to acquire 1% of the shares at a large price. Taking control of the SAIC-GM joint venture with an absolute holding of 51%.

After taking control of SAIC-GM, this joint venture itself has a very good technology accumulation. SAIC tricked it out in some way, and later used it for its own brands Roewe and MG. Therefore, after entering 2017, the 1.5T power performance of Roewe and MG was very impressive. Later, the latest 1.3T on Buick Yuelo was simultaneously used on the Roewe RX3, as well as the earlier 1.0T. Roewe's Ei5 will be launched soon. This car is very similar to Yuelang in every aspect.

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General Motors Corporation (GM) was founded on September 16, 1908. Since William Durant founded General Motors of the United States, General Motors produces and sells and services a series of brand models including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac, Baojun, Holden and Wuling around the world. In 2014, the full range of models under General Motors' multiple brands were sold in more than 120 countries and regions around the world, including electric vehicles, mini-cars, heavy-duty full-size trucks, compact cars and convertibles.

On January 4, 2016, General Motors announced that the company’s board of directors voted unanimously to appoint CEO Mary Barra to concurrently serve as chairman, with the appointment taking effect immediately. Ranked 18th in the 2017 Fortune 500 list released on June 7, 2017. On July 19, 2018, the Fortune Global 500 list was released, with General Motors ranked 21st.

Its logo GM is taken from the first letters of the first two words of its English name (General Motors Corporation). Each General Motors vehicle model trademark adopts the logo of the company's subsidiary divisions.

General Motors is composed of the following divisions:

GM NorthAmerica

GM Europe General Motors Europe

GM International Operations General Motors International Operations

GM South America General Motors South America

GM Financial General Motors Financial Business

Reference: General Motors Company - Baidu Encyclopedia