<P> (Note on dates: the dates below are the years each brand existed, which are not always the same as the dates they were part of GM .) </P> <Ul> <Li> Oldsmobile (1897--2004) </Li> <Li> Winton (1897--1937) </Li> <Li> Welch (1903--11) </Li> <Li> Marquette (1904--12, 1929--30) </Li> <Li> Cartercar (1905--15) </Li> <Li> Rainier (1905--11) </Li> <Li> Oakland (1907--31) </Li> <Li> Ewing (1908--11) </Li> <Li> McLaughlin (1908--42) </Li> <Li> Elmore (1909--12) </Li> <Li> Rapid Truck (1909--12) </Li> <Li> Reliance Truck (1909--12) </Li> <Li> Peninsular (1912) </Li> <Li> Scripps - Booth (1912--22) </Li> <Li> Samson Tractor (1917--22) </Li> <Li> Sheridan (1921--22) </Li> <Li> Yellow Coach (1925--43) </Li> <Li> Pontiac (1926--2010) </Li> <Li> LaSalle (1927--40) </Li> <Li> Viking (1929--31) </Li> <Li> Bedford (1930--86) </Li> <Li> Cleveland Diesel (1937--62) </Li> <Li> General Motors Diesel Division (1938--87) </Li> <Li> Envoy (1960--70) </Li> <Li> Acadian (1962--71) </Li> <Li> Beaumont (1966--69) </Li> <Li> Ranger (1968--76) </Li> <Li> Statesman (1971--84) </Li> <Li> Saehan (1976--82) </Li> <Li> Daewoo (1982--2011) </Li> <Li> Passport (1988--91) </Li> <Li> Geo (1989--97) </Li> <Li> Saturn (1990--2010) </Li> <Li> Hummer (1992--2010) </Li> <Li> Asüna (1993--95) </Li> <Li> Alpheon (2010--15) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Oldsmobile (1897--2004) </Li> <Li> Winton (1897--1937) </Li>

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