GM Korea Company ( ko, 한국지엠주식회사) is the South Korean
subsidiary
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of
multinational corporation
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General Motors
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. GMK is also the third largest
automobile manufacturer
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in South Korea. GM Korea's roots go back to the former
Daewoo Motors vehicle brand which was split from its parent company,
Daewoo Group, in 2002.
[ It has three manufacturing facilities in South Korea. In addition, GM Korea provides region and brand-specific vehicle assembly kits for assembly by GM affiliates in the United States, Brazil, China, Colombia, ]Uzbekistan
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and Mexico, and formerly in Australia and India after GM's February 2020 announcement to withdraw from all right-hand-drive markets worldwide.
In 2008, GM Korea built more than 1.9 million vehicles, including CKD products. It currently produces vehicles and kits for Chevrolet
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and Buick
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that are offered in more than 150 markets on continents that don't have right-hand-drive markets. It produced vehicles and kits for Holden
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. It was an Australian automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter which sold cars under its own marque in Australia. In its last thre ...
in Australia until the brand's demise in 2020. GM Korea also has design, engineering, research & development facilities that are involved in development for various GM products, above all small-size cars.
History
Predecessors
GM Korea's roots go back to the remnants of the Korean War
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and Shinjin Motors
Shinjin Motors or Sinjin Motors ( ko, 신진자동차, ) is a defunct South Korean car manufacturer.
A related bus manufacturer called "Shinjin Bus Manufacturing Company" was founded in 1955 as an independent company. It is now a part of Daewoo ...
, which launched its business by rebuilding scrapped US military vehicles. Shinjin Motor was first established as National Motor in 1937 in Bupyeong-gu, Incheon, Japanese Korea
Between 1910 and 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan. Joseon Korea had come into the Japanese sphere of influence with the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876; a complex coalition of the Meiji government, military, and business offici ...
. After changing its name to Saenara Motor in 1962, Saenara Motor was bought by Shinjin Industrial in 1965, which changed its name to Shinjin Motor after establishing a partnership with Toyota
is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. It was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda and incorporated on . Toyota is one of the largest automobile manufacturers in the world, producing about 10 ...
. After Toyota's withdrawal in 1972 (to keep doing business with China, which would not trade with companies who engaged in South Korea or Taiwan), Shinjin Motor changed its name to GM Korea (GMK) in 1972 with General Motors
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purchasing a 50% stake in the company from Toyota in 1972; however GMK was renamed again in 1976 to Saehan Motors
The Saehan Motor Company was a South Korean automobile manufacturer founded in 1976, which was born on the collaboration of Shinjin Industrial Company and General Motors to introduce their products on the South Korean market. Saehan was born on t ...
.
Korea Development Bank
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(KDB), the company's creditor, took over management in 1976 as the company found itself unable to cope with competition from Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol"), which was restructured into the following groups:
* Hyundai Group, parts of the former conglomerate which have not been divested
** Hyundai Mobis, Korean car parts company
** Hyundai ...
and Kia
Kia Corporation, commonly known as Kia (, ; formerly known as Kyungsung Precision Industry and Kia Motors Corporation), is a South Korean multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It is South Korea's second lar ...
. After the Daewoo Group gained control in 1982, the name was changed once more to Daewoo Motor. In the early 1990s the company started to expand heavily throughout the world. Until 1996 all Daewoo cars were based on GM-designed models. After the 1997 Asian financial crisis
The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and Southeast Asia beginning in July 1997 and raised fears of a worldwide economic meltdown due to financial contagion. However, the recovery in 1998–1 ...
reached South Korea, Daewoo took over the troubled SUV manufacturer SsangYong in 1998, but ran into financial trouble and was forced to sell the company off in 2001 to GM affiliate SAIC Motor
SAIC Motor Corp., Ltd. (formerly Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Anting, Shanghai. Founded in 1955, it is currently the largest of the " Big Four" state-owned car manu ...
.
Formation: GM Daewoo
In 2001, General Motors bought most of Daewoo Motor's assets to form "GM Daewoo Auto & Technology". The new company started operations on October 17, 2002, with GM and its partners Suzuki
is a Japan, Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Minami-ku, Hamamatsu, Japan. Suzuki manufactures automobiles, motorcycles, All-terrain vehicle, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), outboard motor, outboard marine engines, wheelchairs ...
and SAIC holding a stake of 66.7% with investments of US$400 million. The GM holding was formally purchased by GM Holden Ltd
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. It was an Australian automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter which sold cars under its own marque in Australia. In its last three ...
which holds a seat on the board and is legally responsible for GM Daewoo. The remaining equity stake of 33.3% was held by Korea Development Bank and several other Korean creditors with investments of US$197 million. The deal did not include 15 plants, including Daewoo's oldest plant in Bupyeong-gu which is now operated under the name Incheon Motor Company as a supplier to GM Daewoo. In 2004, Tata Motors
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Formerly known as Tata En ...
purchased Daewoo Truck, which had been spun out of bankrupt Daewoo Motor Co. in 2002. In February 2005, GM invested US$49 million to raise its share in the company to 48.2%. In 2010, General Motors
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owned 82.9%, SAIC 9.9%, and the Daewoo Motor Creditors Committee the remaining 7.2%.
On November 25, 2003, the design center was relocated to the new two-story building at the Bupyeong-gu headquarters. The first car to be produced under the GM Daewoo nameplate was the 2002 Daewoo Lacetti
The Daewoo Lacetti is a compact car manufactured and marketed globally by GM Korea since 2002. The first-generation Lacetti was available as a four-door sedan and five-door station wagon, styled by Pininfarina—and five-door hatchback styled ...
, replacing the Nubira. This car was developed in South Korea under the Daewoo Motor era, but it gradually became a GM world car The phrase world car is an engineering strategy used to describe an automobile designed to suit the needs of global automotive markets with minimal changes in each market where it is sold. The goal of a world car program is to save costs and increas ...
, sold under many different marques all around the globe. After a few years without any new cars to present, in 2005, GM Daewoo introduced the Holden
Holden, formerly known as General Motors-Holden, was an Australian subsidiary company of General Motors. It was an Australian automobile manufacturer, importer, and exporter which sold cars under its own marque in Australia. In its last thre ...
-based Statesman
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Statesman or Statesmen may also refer to:
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* ''The Statesman'' (Oregon), a n ...
luxury car replacing the discontinued Daewoo Chairman
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. The third generation of Matiz was introduced, refreshed by the GM Daewoo design team, and an evolution of the four-door Kalos appeared: the Gentra.
In early 2006, GM Daewoo presented Tosca
''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
, the replacement of the Magnus
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. GM Daewoo's official press releases says that Tosca is an acronym for "Tomorrow Standard Car". The end of the same year, GM Daewoo introduced the Winstorm, its first proper sport utility vehicle
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There is no commonly agreed-upon definitio ...
(SUV), which was, as the Lacetti, sold worldwide under different brands and names including Opel Antara
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, Chevrolet
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Captiva and Holden
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Captiva, and previously Saturn Vue
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before the demise of the Saturn brand in 2010. It featured a common rail Diesel engine
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for the first time in a Daewoo vehicle, in addition to regular four and six cylinder gasoline engines. The diesel engine design was licensed from the Italian engine maker VM Motori
VM Motori S.p.A. is an Italian diesel engine manufacturing company which is wholly owned by Stellantis. VM headquarters and main production facilities are located in Cento, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
History
VM Motori was founded by two entrep ...
.
2007 saw the introduction of the Lacetti and Kalos hatchback facelift's wagon
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Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...
version, becoming the Gentra X. For 2008, GM Daewoo introduced the first Korean-branded roadster: the G2X sports car, a badge-engineered Pontiac Solstice
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/Saturn Sky
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which was based on the GM Kappa platform
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, and started to sell the Opel Antara
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under the name of Winstorm MaXX. The Statesman flagship was also replaced by the new Veritas
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which is now based on the Holden Caprice V.
Late 2008 and early 2009 were a major period for GM Daewoo with the introduction of the all-new Lacetti Premiere, which is based on the Chevrolet Cruze
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, a very important compact car for GM divisions worldwide. The newly rechristened third generation of the Matiz was added to the range in 2009 as the Chevrolet Spark
The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, 대 ...
.
2010 saw introduction of the Chevrolet Orlando
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and ''Alpheon'', a local version of the Buick LaCrosse
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The first-generation LaCrosse replaced the Century ...
.
Establishment of GM Korea
On January 20, 2011, General Motors announced that GM Daewoo would be renamed ''GM Korea'' "to reflect aewoo'sheightened status in heglobal operations of GM", effective March 2011. Most of the remaining Daewoo vehicles were rebadged
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as Chevrolet
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s, although the Damas/Lobo microtrucks were sold without a brand name since 2011.
GM's luxury division Cadillac
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entered South Korea in 1996 and, with a record sales year of 28000 units in 2017, South Korea became the 5th largest market for Cadillac worldwide (after China, the United States, Canada and the Middle East).
In 2011 the Daewoo Tosca
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was replaced by a locally built version of the Chevrolet Malibu
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.
More recently, the low annual incomes a result of lower levels of sales, led to closing the non-profitable factories of the GM Korea unit. These plant closures provoked protests among the workers of the Bupyeong-gu and Incheon GM Korea plants, when the unionised workers tried to prevent the closure of operations, and lead a strike against the government to protect their jobs.
GM withdrawal from Europe and crisis
Starting from 2014, GM halted sales of all Chevrolet-branded cars in Europe, India, East and South Africa (most of which had up to then been manufactured completely or in part by GM Korea). In 2017, General Motors finalized its move out of the European market by selling the Opel
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/Vauxhall subsidiary to Groupe PSA
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. As a result, GM no longer has any official activities in Europe. This caused closure of the South Korean GM Gunsan Plant due to low productivity.
This news was followed by the further announcement from GM (Detroit Headquarters) on 16 February 2020 that "as part of a strategy to exit markets that don't produce adequate returns on investments" it was pulling out of all right-hand drive markets worldwide, including Australia, New Zealand and Thailand.
This announcement also had the knock-on effect of the final termination of the 160-year old Holden automotive brand in Australia and New Zealand, as well as ending production of the Chevrolet Colorado and Trailblazer in Thailand.
Due to this, GM Korea's Bupyeong 2 plant was closed due to reduced productivity. The Spark, Trax and Malibu will be discontinued in August 2022.
Manufacturing facilities
;South Korea
* Bupyeong-gu: vehicle assembly and gasoline/LPG engine manufacturing (production capacity: est. 440,000/year)
* Changwon
Changwon () is the capital city of Gyeongsangnam-do, on the southeast coast of South Korea. With a population of 1.07 million , Changwon is South Korea's ninth-most populous city.
A port city, Changwon is bordered by Masan Bay to the south ...
: vehicle assembly and gasoline/LPG engine manufacturing (production capacity: est. 210,000/year)
* Boryeong
Boryeong (), commonly known as Daecheon, is a city in South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. It is located on the coast of the Yellow Sea. It lies on the Janghang Line railroad, which connects it to Seoul via the Gyeongbu Line. It is also conne ...
: transmission and engine components manufacturing
Former manufacturing facilities
;South Korea
* Gunsan
Gunsan (), also romanized as Kunsan, is a city in North Jeolla Province, South Korea. It is on the south bank of the Geum River just upstream from its exit into the Yellow Sea. It has emerged as a high-tech manufacturing industrial city and an int ...
: vehicle assembly and diesel engine manufacturing (production capacity: est. 260,000/year). This plant closed on May 31, 2018. The factory was later merged with Chinese electric commercial vehicles company Yuan Cheng Auto, in cooperation with Myoung Shin. The company plans to produce CKD-made electric trucks for the South Korean market.
;Vietnam
* Hanoi
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: GM Vietnam
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The company was officially established in December ...
vehicle assembly (production capacity: est. 11,000/year) acquired by VinFast
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in 2018.
Slogans
* 2011~2012: "Chevrolet, is the car"
* 2012~2015: "LOVE. LIFE." (Chevrolet)
* 2015~present: "Find New Roads" (Chevrolet)
* 2018: "다시 힘차게 달린다" + "Find New Roads" (Chevrolet)
Model range
Current locally manufactured models
*Buick Encore GX
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T ...
(export)
*Chevrolet Trax
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(export)
*Chevrolet Trailblazer
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* TrailBlazer, a name of appearance package for the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer used between 1999 and 2002
* Chevro ...
Current imported models
Cadillac (Cadillac Korea)
*Cadillac CT4
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*Cadillac CT5
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The CT5 debuted at the 2019 New York Auto Show. Unlike its predecessor, the CTS, and the flagship CT6, the CT5's fastback ...
*Cadillac Escalade
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*Cadillac XT4
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Overview
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*Cadillac XT5
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*Cadillac XT6
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Chevrolet
* Chevrolet Bolt EV
*Chevrolet Bolt EUV
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*Chevrolet Colorado
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*Chevrolet Equinox
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*Chevrolet Tahoe
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*Chevrolet Traverse
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GMC
*GMC Sierra
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* Chevrolet C/K
* Chevrolet Silverado
* Chevrolet Suburban
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Sierra
Pickup trucks ...
[Scheduled to be released in the second half of 2022.]
Discontinued models
* Alpheon
*Buick Encore
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The "Encore" designation was previ ...
(export)
*Cadillac CT6
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* Chevrolet Aveo/Sonic
*Chevrolet Camaro
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SS
*Chevrolet Captiva
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* Chevrolet Corvette C6
*Chevrolet Cruze
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*Chevrolet Impala
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*Chevrolet Malibu
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*Chevrolet Optra The Chevrolet Optra is an automotive nameplate used by the Chevrolet marque for two different compact car models, in the following markets:
* Daewoo Lacetti (2004–2013), in markets such as Colombia, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Southeast Asia
* ...
*Chevrolet Orlando
The Chevrolet Orlando is a three-row compact MPV manufactured by General Motors under the Chevrolet brand since 2011. The first-generation model was mainly developed and manufactured by GM Korea, while also assembled in four other countries. Its ...
*Chevrolet Spark
The Chevrolet Spark ( ko, 쉐보레 스파크, translit=) is a city car manufactured by General Motors's subsidiary GM Korea from 1998 to 2022. The vehicle was initially developed by Daewoo and was introduced in 1998 as the Daewoo Matiz ( ko, 대 ...
*Chevrolet Volt
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*Opel Karl
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/Vauxhall Viva
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The Viva was introduced a year after Vauxhall's fellow GM compa ...
* Damas/Labo
See also
* Daewoo Bus
Zyle Daewoo Bus, formerly "Zyle Daewoo Commercial Vehicle" is a South Korean manufacturer of buses and is majority owned by Young-An Hat Company, based in Busan. It was established in 2002 as a successor to previous merger, Daewoo Motor Company ...
* Daewoo Motor Sales
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* List of Daewoo models
This article is an overview of the past products of GM Daewoo, Daewoo Motor and GM Daewoo.
Former GM Daewoo range
* Daewoo Matiz, Matiz Classic M200
* Daewoo Matiz, Matiz Creative M300
* Daewoo Kalos, Gentra/Gentra X T200/T250
* Chevrolet Cruze ...
* List of Korean car makers
Notes
References
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South Korean brands
2002 establishments in Korea
South Korean subsidiaries of foreign companies