The Rapid Motor Vehicle Company
The Rapid Motor Vehicle Company was started in 1902 by Max
Grabowski.
It was the manufacturer of some of the earliest trucks and was
purchased in 1909 by GM. In 1912 the name GMC was first used at
the New York Auto Show and in 1996 the suffix Truck was dropped.
What most people don't know is that GMC also makes cars.
In 1902 Max Grabowski founded a company called the "Rapid Motor
Vehicle Company", which developed some of the earliest
commercial trucks ever designed. In 1909 the company was bought
by General Motors to form the basis of the General Motors Truck
Company, from which GMC Truck was made. In 1912 the name "GMC
Truck" was first shown at the New York Auto Show.