Spotlight: The Future of GM
4TH largest bankruptcy in U.S. history. With more than $82 billion in assets, GM became the largest industrial company to file for Chapter 11. The biggest loser in absolute size is Lehman Brothers, with $639 billion in assets, followed by Washington Mutual and WorldCom
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IN BILLIONS: $639 Lehman Brothers $328 Washington Mutual $104 WorldCom $82 General Motors
Sources: Edmunds.com BankruptcyData.com AP; New York Times
$172.8 BILLION Debts listed by GM in its bankruptcy filing, the second highest amount ever, eclipsed only by Lehman Brothers
$27 BILLION Amount GM owes to its bondholders
$30.9 BILLION Amount GM lost in 2008
$20.6 BILLION Amount already received in Treasury loans
$50 BILLION Total government aid GM will receive, including $9.5 billion from the Canadian government
$100 BILLION Estimated total public price tag for the auto-industry bailout
$438 Typical monthly payment on a NEW Chevrolet Malibu LTZ
$437 Typical monthly payment on a USED Chevrolet Malibu LTZ
A shrinking workforce and sales network:
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DEALERSHIPS
6,246 2008
3,605 2010
FACTORIES
47 2008
33 2012
HOURLY WORKERS
61,000 2008
40,000 2010
[11,500: Number of suppliers in North America]
Who owns GM now?
60.8% of common equity will be owned by the U.S. Treasury
17.5% by the Voluntary Employee Benefit Association (VEBA), the UAW health-care trust
11.7% by the Canadian government
10% reserved for GM for unsecured bondholders and other unsecured creditors
June 8 General Motors will be delisted from the Dow Jones industrial average. GM shares then trade, in a limited fashion, on the Pink Sheets, an electronic over-the-counter system for companies that don't meet major exchange listing standards
20.5% GM's U.S. market share in May
45.8% Combined monthly U.S. market share of the Detroit Three
64% Proportion of GM's total sales that were outside the U.S.
8.35 million GM cars and trucks were sold in 2008
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64% 36%
2.98 million within U.S.
5.37 million outside U.S.
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CHINA: 1.09 MILLION
BRAZIL: 550,000 (EST.)
U.K.: 383,678
CANADA: 358,902
RUSSIA: 337,810
GERMANY: 299,708
77 Number of years GM was the world's largest automaker. (Today's largest: Toyota)
8 Number of U.S. brands. GM also owns part of 5 brands overseas, including Opel and Vauxhall
4 Number of brands GM is trying to unload. It recently agreed to sell Hummer to a Chinese firm. It has potential buyers for Saturn and Saab, but Pontiac could be junked. GM's newly consolidated European arm, Opel, is being sold to Magna/Sber bank/GAZ, a Russo-Canadian partnership
BUICK Incorporated in 1903 by William C. Durant
CADILLAC Founded 1902 Acquired 1905
GMC Founded 1902 Acquired 1909
CHEVROLET Founded 1910 Acquired 1917
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