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| type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[General Motors]]
| type = [[Subsidiary]] of [[General Motors]]
| defunct = 2005
| defunct = 1965
| fate = Split and sold
| fate = Merged with GM Detroit Diesel Engine Division
*Engine division became Detroit Diesel and sold to DaimlerChrysler
*Detroit Diesel Engine Division became [[Detroit Diesel Corporation]] after majority share sold to the [[Penske Corporation]]
*Detroit Diesel brand maintained under subsequent ownership structures
*Locomotive division, Electro-Motive Diesel sold to private investors (now owned by [[Progress Rail Services Corporation]])

*Transit bus division sold to MCI and TMC (now Nova Bus)
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| location_city = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]<br>[[London, Ontario]]<br>[[Saint-Eustache, Quebec]]
| location_city = [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
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| industry = Engineering
| industry = Marketing, Customer Service
| products = [[Diesel engines]], [[Locomotives]], [[Buses]]
| products = [[Diesel engines]]
| parent = [[General Motors]]
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'''General Motors Diesel Division''' (GMDD) was a marketing and customer service unit of [[General Motors]] founded in 1938. It sought customers for GM's diesel engines, which had undergone major development during the 1930s.<ref name=Kettering>{{cite conference |url=http://utahrails.net/pdf/EMD_567_History_and_Development_1951.pdf |title=History and Development of the 567 Series General Motors Locomotive Engine |author=Kettering, E.W. |date={{date|1951-11-29|dmy}} |publisher=Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corporation |conference=ASME 1951 Annual Meeting |location=Atlantic City, New Jersey |accessdate={{date|2015-01-06|dmy}} }}</ref><ref name="ech.case.edu">https://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CDEDOGMC</ref> It was most active in association with GM's [[Detroit Diesel Corporation|Detroit Diesel Engine Division]], which produced lines of lightweight diesel engines that could be adapted to many uses including road vehicles, small boats, military equipment, construction and farm equipment, pumping, and auxiliary power generation.<ref name="h1">{{citation| url =http://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Detroit_Diesel_Division| title = Detroit Diesel Division| author = Bill Bowman| work = history.gmheritagecenter.com}}</ref> In 1939, Detroit Diesel [[Series 71]] engines were installed in buses produced by [[Yellow Coach]],<ref>http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/y/yellow_coach/yellow_coach2.htm</ref> who would be acquired by GM in 1943 to launch the [[GMC (automobile)|GMC Truck and Coach Division]]. Uses for Detroit Diesel engines would proliferate during World War II and the postwar economic boom. The GM [[Cleveland Diesel Engine Division]]'s products were sold to relatively few customers for mostly marine uses. GMDD developed a widespread international marketing, service, and parts distribution infrastructure for GM diesel engines in the postwar years.
'''General Motors Diesel Division''' was a unit of [[General Motors]] founded in 1938.<ref name="h1">{{citation| url =http://history.gmheritagecenter.com/wiki/index.php/Detroit_Diesel_Division| title = Detroit Diesel Division| author = Bill Bowman| work = history.gmheritagecenter.com}}</ref> It was re-organised, along with '''General Motors Diesel,''' as '''Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada Limited''' in 1969.


In 1962 GM's [[Electro-Motive Division]] (EMD), which had its own marketing and service infrastructure from its years in the locomotive business, took over the production and marketing of large diesel engines formerly produced by the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division.<ref name="ech.case.edu"/>
The company was a manufacturer of [[diesel engines]], [[diesel locomotives]], [[transit bus]]es and [[military vehicles]].


In 1965 GMDD was absorbed by the General Motors [[Detroit Diesel Corporation|Detroit Diesel Engine Division]].<ref name="h1"/>
The engine making unit later became [[Detroit Diesel]] and sold to [[DaimlerChrysler AG]] in 2000<ref name="h1"/> (formerly part of [[General Motors Diesel]]). The locomotive unit ([[Electro Motive Diesel]]) was acquired by private investors, the transit bus divisions were purchased by [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation|TMC]] in the U.S. and [[Motor Coach Industries|MCI]] in Canada (TMC and MCI were sold to form [[Nova Bus]] in 1993), and the [[GM Defense]] unit was purchased by [[General Dynamics]].<ref name="lc1">{{citation| url = http://logospathosethos.com/articles/2012/2/24/canadians-gearing-up-to-derail-cat-literally.html| title = Canadians gearing up to derail CAT, literally!| author = Neville Britto| work = logospathosethos.com| date = 24 February 2012| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://archive.is/20130127235521/http://logospathosethos.com/articles/2012/2/24/canadians-gearing-up-to-derail-cat-literally.html| archivedate = 27 January 2013}}</ref>

General Motors Diesel Division is not to be confused with '''[[General Motors Diesel|General Motors Diesel, Ltd.]]''', the Canadian subsidiary of EMD formed in 1949, or the '''[[Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada]]''', the entity for General Motors of Canada's diesel equipment manufacturing operations formed in 1969.


==Products==
==Products==


Diesel engines produced by the General Motors Cleveland Diesel and Detroit Diesel Engine Divisions
===Buses===


Under the brands '''GM Coach''' and '''[[GMC (automobile)|GMC]]'''.[[File:GMC Coach Uruguay.jpg|thumb|GM bus, made in the late 1950s, still working in Conchillas, Uruguay (2011).]]


{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Model
!Length
!Notes
|-
| HR150G-T6H5307N-T9
| 40 foot
| electric trolley bus (with BBC Brown Boveri & Company Limited power traction system)
|-
| 4104
| 35 foot
| intercity bus 6-71 diesel engine emergency door at rear of left side A/C used auxiliary gasoline engine
|-
| 4106
| 35 foot
| intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine no auxiliary engine for A/C
|-
| 4107
| 35 foot
| [[GM Buffalo bus]] intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine called a Buffalo because of its appearance
|-
| 4108
| 35 foot
| [[GM Buffalo bus]] intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine short version of a 4905
|-
| 4501
| 40 foot
| Greyhound [[Scenicruiser]] intercity bus 2x4V-71 diesel engines, later replaced by 1x8V-71, three-axle, two-level
|-
| 4905
| 40 foot
| [[GM Buffalo bus]] intercity bus 8V-71 diesel engine Long wheelbase
|-
| TDH 4517
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| [[GM PD-4103]]
| 35 foot
|
|-
| PD-4104
| 35 foot
|
|-
| TDH 5301
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| TDH 5302
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| TDH 5303
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| TDH 5304
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| T6H 5305
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| T6H 5307N
| 40 foot
| [[GM New Look bus]] diesel bus
|-
| TA60-102N
| 60 foot
| articulated diesel bus used New Look back end with the front face of the bus using the Classic design
|-
| TC40-102A/N
| 40 foot
| [[Classic (transit bus)]] - later produced by [[Motor Coach Industries]], [[Nova Bus]], [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation|TMC]] and now [[Dupon Trolley Industries]]
|-
| TC60-102N
| 60 foot
| [[Classic (transit bus)]] articulated diesel bus based on TA60-102N - later produced by [[Nova Bus]]
|-
| [[Rapid Transit Series|RTS]]
| 40 foot
| diesel buses - later produced by [[Nova Bus]] and [[Transportation Manufacturing Corporation|TMC]]
|-
| Titan
| 30 foot
| Metro X - continued as Chevy Titan II
|}
TDH-3301 and "Truck and Coach" belong in here some where

===Locomotives===

{{main|List of GMD Locomotives}}

==Facilities==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Location
!Years
!Production
!Notes
|-
| [[London, Ontario]]
| 1962–1979
| Buses sold in Canada; shared location with locomotive plant (under [[Electro-Motive Diesel|Electro Motive Division]] of GM)
| Sold to [[General Dynamics]] in 2003 as part of sale of [[GM Defense]]
|-
| 1000 boulevard Industriel, [[Saint-Eustache, Quebec]]
| 1979–1987
| Final assembly plant for buses sold in Quebec
| Sold to [[Motor Coach Industries]] and now [[Nova Bus]] bus plant
|-
| [[Saint-Laurent (borough)|Saint-Laurent, Quebec]]
| 1974–1979
| Final assembly plant for buses sold in Quebec
| Plant closed and moved to Saint-Eustache (now Nova Bus plant)
|-
| [[Pontiac Central Assembly]] (GM Truck and Coach) [[Pontiac, Michigan]]
| 1959-1977
| Buses and locomotives
| Bus plant closed 1977 and continued to produce light trucks until 2009
|}


==References==
==References==
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[GMC (automobile)|GMC]]
* [[GMC (automobile)|GMC]]
* [[Electro-Motive Diesel]]
* [[Detroit Diesel Corporation]]
* [[General Motors Diesel]]
* [[Cleveland Diesel Engine Division]]



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[[Category:Economy of Detroit]]
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General Motors Diesel Division
Company typeSubsidiary of General Motors
IndustryMarketing, Customer Service
Defunct1965
FateMerged with GM Detroit Diesel Engine Division
Headquarters
Detroit, Michigan
ProductsDiesel engines
ParentGeneral Motors

General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) was a marketing and customer service unit of General Motors founded in 1938. It sought customers for GM's diesel engines, which had undergone major development during the 1930s.[1][2] It was most active in association with GM's Detroit Diesel Engine Division, which produced lines of lightweight diesel engines that could be adapted to many uses including road vehicles, small boats, military equipment, construction and farm equipment, pumping, and auxiliary power generation.[3] In 1939, Detroit Diesel Series 71 engines were installed in buses produced by Yellow Coach,[4] who would be acquired by GM in 1943 to launch the GMC Truck and Coach Division. Uses for Detroit Diesel engines would proliferate during World War II and the postwar economic boom. The GM Cleveland Diesel Engine Division's products were sold to relatively few customers for mostly marine uses. GMDD developed a widespread international marketing, service, and parts distribution infrastructure for GM diesel engines in the postwar years.

In 1962 GM's Electro-Motive Division (EMD), which had its own marketing and service infrastructure from its years in the locomotive business, took over the production and marketing of large diesel engines formerly produced by the Cleveland Diesel Engine Division.[2]

In 1965 GMDD was absorbed by the General Motors Detroit Diesel Engine Division.[3]

General Motors Diesel Division is not to be confused with General Motors Diesel, Ltd., the Canadian subsidiary of EMD formed in 1949, or the Diesel Division of General Motors of Canada, the entity for General Motors of Canada's diesel equipment manufacturing operations formed in 1969.

Products

Diesel engines produced by the General Motors Cleveland Diesel and Detroit Diesel Engine Divisions


References

  1. ^ Kettering, E.W. (29 November 1951). History and Development of the 567 Series General Motors Locomotive Engine (PDF). ASME 1951 Annual Meeting. Atlantic City, New Jersey: Electro-Motive Division, General Motors Corporation. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b https://ech.case.edu/cgi/article.pl?id=CDEDOGMC
  3. ^ a b Bill Bowman, "Detroit Diesel Division", history.gmheritagecenter.com
  4. ^ http://www.coachbuilt.com/bui/y/yellow_coach/yellow_coach2.htm

See also


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