General Motors Company Profile

Weaknesses (Continued)

• Unprofitable Markets include the North America and Europe.
• GM does not have a hybrid vehicle on the US market.

Summary

• GM is the world’s number one carmaker.
• GM has been profitable in the Asia-Pacific/Latin America/Africa/Mid-East regions, while unprofitable in North America and Europe.
• China is the biggest GM’s center of auto profit.
• GM’s largest market is US, and second largest market is China.
• Health care cost is equal to $5 Billion.

Summary (Continued)

• Lately, GM has been offering rebates and sales incentives, in order to keep manufacturing plants in operation in US.
• GM has committed to achieve 100% of capacity utilization by 2008.

References

• GM – Company from: http://www.gm.com/company/corp_info/
• GM – Company Profiles from: http://www.gm.com/company/corp_info/profiles/
• Business Week Article: http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2005/nf20051017_7171_db035.htm
• BBC Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1101500.stm
• http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=19344
• GM – Letter to Stockholders 2001 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm01ar/download/ltr01ar.pdf
• GM – Letter to Stockholders 2002 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm02ar/download/gm02arletters.pdf
• GM – Letter to Stockholders 2003 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm03ar/download/gm03arletters.pdf
• GM – Letter to Stockholders 2004 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm04ar/download/gm04arletter.pdf

References (Continued)

• GM – Financials 2001 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm01ar/download/fin01ar.pdf
• GM – Financials 2002 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm02ar/download/gm02arfinancials.pdf
• GM – Financials 2003 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm03ar/download/gm03arfinancials.pdf
• GM – Financials 2004 from: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/docs/fin_data/gm04ar/download/gm04arfinancials.pdf
• General Motors Corporation 2001-2004 Annual Report: http://www.gm.com/company/investor_information/stockholder_info/
• GM – GM and UAW reach tentative agreement on health care: http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=19615
• Article by Keith Bradsher - NYTimes.com – G.M. Thrives in China With Small, Thrifty Vans (August 9, 2005).
• Article by Danny Hakim – NYTimes.com – G.M. and Ford Lose Ground in Sales Again (March 2, 2005).
• Article by Matthew L. Wald – NYTimes.com - Hybrid Cars Burning Gas in the Drive for Power (July 17, 2005).

Appendix A: Chart Data

Appendix A: Chart Data (Continued)