abstract:General Motors of Canada Limited (GM Canada) (French: General Motors du Canada Limitée) is General Motors' Canadian subsidiary. Its national headquarters office, Canadian Regional Engineering Centre, and main manufacturing plants are located in Oshawa, Ontario.
In 2003, managers at GeneralMotors in Canada were forced to rebrand their new Buick LaCrosse after discovering it had a special, embarrassing, meaning in French Canadian slang.
LaSorda, who rose through the ranks at GeneralMotors before joining Chrysler in 2000, had tried to implement the new business model at a proposed Chrysler factory in Canada in late 2002.