The General Motors-owned company gave Australia its first home-grown car in 1948. But domestic production ended in 2017, and in February 2020 GM announced that the brand itself – now relying on rebadged imports - will be axed in 2021. GM executive Julian Blissett said that the investment needed to become competitive outweighed the likely return. The company promises a ‘dignified wind-down.’

It will mark a sad end for the 156-year-old company. Here, then, is the history of the company in pictures, with its greatest cars highlighted: