General Motors Company (GM) is a US-American global automotive group which owns several brands worldwide. Vehicle Acquisition Holdings LLC, which was established under a controlling interest of the States of the USA and Canada in 2009, continues the operations of the insolvent General Motors Corporation. From 1931 to 2007, General Motors was the world´s largest producer of cars in terms of sales. In Austria, General Motors is represented by dealers for the Opel and Chevrolet brands. Moreover, GM employs a staff of more than 1,800 persons in the production plant General Motors Powertrain-Austria GmbH in Vienna-Aspern, and approximately 70 employees work for General Motors Austria GmbH.