[1] In order to build the first assembly plant, a 44,000-square-meter piece of land was acquired on what is now Avenida Ejército Nacional, and which at that time was called Calzada de los Morales.

GMM began its activities of direct sales to distributors who had been marketing the brands Cadillac, Pontiac, LaSalle, Chevrolet, etc.

[1] Subsequently, in 1979, GM in Mexico produced its 50,000th vehicle, thus accounting for the highest number of cars manufactured in its plants, thereby setting a new record that surpasses the previous one (of 49,424 units) in 1978.

On the second visit from Pope John Paul II to Mexico, General Motors de México provided the official vehicle of the procession, the famous Popemobile, which was made on the basis of a white and a red Chevrolet Cheyenne pickup, specially adapted for safety and security requirements.

Previously, brands such as Pontiac, Hummer, LaSalle, Saab, Saturn, Oldsmobile and Opel (under the Chevrolet brand), in addition to Fiat, which for a short period was imported into Mexico by the company, were part of GM's product portfolio in Mexico until its disappearance after the restructuring of the General Motors Corporation after the crisis of 2008, or its commercialization in the country has been suspended for strategic reasons.