[5] In February 2020, GM announced that it would withdraw from the Thai market and the Rayong plant would be acquired by Great Wall Motors by the end of 2020.

In May 1996, General Motors decided to build a manufacturing plant in Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in Rayong for its Southeast Asian expansion.

[9] The site is located right next to AutoAlliance Thailand, a plant jointly owned by fellow Detroit carmaker, Ford Motor Company along with Mazda.

[14] Following GM's acquisition of Daewoo Motors, GM Thailand started manufacturing several Chevrolet-badged Daewoo subcompact and compact passenger cars, starting from the Chevrolet Optra sedan in June 2003, Optra estate in March 2005, and both Aveo sedan and Captiva in June 2007.

After losing market share for years, GM announced a restructuring plan for its Thailand operations in February 2015.

Later, GM Thailand also stopped production of the Captiva in 2018, leaving the Trailblazer SUV and Colorado pickup in the line-up.

[19][20] Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor agreed to acquire the plant by the end of 2020 to help its expansion in ASEAN.