Only one choice

[Innuendo]

Just to add to the story.

In 1900 a company called Grabowsky Motor Vehicle Company kicked off but traded as Rapid Motor Company. Never as GMC.
In 1909 this company was acquired by General Motors.
1n 1912 GM trade marked the name GMC and that same year the first ever truck was badged and sold as GMC.

Yellow coach acquisition didn't happen until 1925.

As I already stated GMC = General Motors Corporation

[HK1837]

I read the same stuff except for the Corporation bit which i'm almost certain is wrong as General Motors Corporation didn't exist until 1916 (October 13 to be exact) and the GMC Truck name or brand was used in 1912.

[HK1837]

Although General Motors Company was formed in 1911 by WIlliam Durant and Louis Chevrolet. Hence my original guess ie General Motors Company Truck.

[Cocko750]

Do you mean HBD or HSV? The car is branded a Holden and had 3rd party work done to it, same as A9X's. It is still a Holden branded car.

Yep ordered it in Dubbo when they first came out with sunroof , stripes 20" super sports DVD leather hsv wheel and shift knob got it three months later they said it had to go down hsv line cause it had a sunroof and they got all of the first order with the sunroof , but yes it has an extra tag with hsvi and the option codes

[Innuendo]

It was never known as "General Motors Company Truck" is was General Motors Truck Company (GMTC)
But I tend to agree it was General Motors Company = GMC in the very beginning. When the company became incorporated the GMC meaning simply changed. My information is straight out of "100 years of GMC" put out by General Motors. Mistakes are just as likely as in any of Holden's literature. I also doubt the original intention was solely for truck naming. Although by this time of the GMC Trade Mark they had plenty of names to choose from. This period of time was certainly tumultuous for William Durant and what was his idea for naming at one point could well have been changed by others (quite likely infact) when he was first ousted from the company.

Finding a copy or record of the original Trade Mark and/or Patent should have a clear answer.
I don't know that I care enough to go searching...

[Innuendo]

Yep ordered it in Dubbo when they first came out with sunroof , stripes 20" super sports DVD leather hsv wheel and shift knob got it three months later they said it had to go down hsv line cause it had a sunroof and they got all of the first order with the sunroof , but yes it has an extra tag with hsvi and the option codes

HSVi is the newer name/or take over of HBD (Holden By Design). They are production Holden's that get "touched" by HSV. Based on Byron's theory there not Holden's or HSV's.

[wbute]

What's a Ford Jeep then? Maybe it's a Willies Jeep? Both exactly the same except a round front cross member on one and the Ford F on lots of bolt heads on the Ford. Actually..... Jeep was made by Willies so there is an example of the branded vehicle outliving the parent companies name. So maybe I have convinced myself that HSV could possibly be not a Holden. No reason for them to fold up just because Holden has bailed. Hmmm. Thinking out loud.

[Flamenco_not_Flamingo]

Looks like Holden made everything except saddles.

Ah Dave, you know they made saddles lol, the company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer after all.

[Innuendo]

Ah Dave, you know they made saddles lol, the company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer after all.

I have a Holden & Frost yard stick in my collection.

[davegmh]

Ah Dave, you know they made saddles lol, the company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer after all.

I thought that comment went over everyone's head. Good pickup General.*****