GENERAL MOTORS OVERSEAS PLANT CODES
By
TOM KRILL
XA GENERAL MOTORS LIMITED, HENDON, LONDON, ENGLAND, APRIL 1923 TRUCKS/MAY 1924 CARS/MARCH 1925 CAR AND TRUCK BODIES
XB GENERAL MOTORS INTERNATIONAL A/S, KØBENHAVEN, DENMARK, ANNOUNCED October 1923, IN PRODUCTION January 1924
XC GENERAL MOTORS ARGENTINA, BUENOS AIRES, April 1924
XD GENERAL MOTORS CONTINENTAL S.A., ANTWERP, BELGIUM, March 1925
XE GENERAL MOTORS DO BRASIL, S.A., SÂO PAULO, BRAZIL, September 1925
XF GENERAL MOTORS G.m.b.H., WAREHOUSE IN HAMBURG, September 1925, TRUCK ASSEMBLY 8 April 1926, then Berlin, then Karlsruher, Berlin.
General Motors GmbH
Charlottenburger Strasse 63/85
Berlin - Borgiswalde
XG GENERAL MOTORS SOUTH AFRICAN PTY. LIMITED, ELIZABETHTOWN, [LATER PORT ELIZABETH], August 1926
XH GENERAL MOTORS NEW ZEALAND LIMITED, PETONE, NEW ZEALAND, October 1926
XI? GENERAL MOTORS URUGUYA, MONTIVEDO, November 1926 the REGIONAL HQ was located in the Arijon Building, Montevideo, Uruguay by September 1927.
XJ TO XN? [NEVER USED] GENERAL MOTORS (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LIMITED, 1 November 1926:
Adelaide
Brisbane
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
XO? GENERAL MOTORS JAPAN, OSAKA, April 1927
XP? U.A.C. OF NIGERIA LIMITED, LAGOS? 1927
XQ GENERAL MOTORS JAVA, JAKARTA, May 1927
XR? Not known
XS GENERAL MOTORS NØRDISKA, STOCKHOLM, 26 January, 1928
XT GENERAL MOTORS INDIA, BOMBAY, December 1928
XU? GENERAL MOTORS POLSCE w Sp. Zo o, WARSAW, September 1928
XV? GENERAL MOTORS (FRANCE) S.A., LE HAVRE, 1931 to April 1932?
XW? GENERAL MOTORS PENINSULAR, BARCELONA, SPAIN 1932
XX? GENERAL MOTORS SUISSE, S.A., BIENNE, February 1936
XX? GENERAL MOTORS NEAR EAST, S.A., ALEXANDRIA., TRUCK ASSEMBLY, 1936.
XY? GENERAL MOTORS DE MEXICO, TRUCK ASSEMBLY, 1936
DEALER ASSEMBLY, WARSAW, POLAND, 1937-39
GENERAL MOTORS (FRANCE) S.A., GENNEVILLIERS, January 1939
GENERAL MOTORS LIMITED, SOUTHAMPTON…NO CODE, December 1939, bombed 30 November 1940.
RANGOON, BURMA, T.U.P. ASSEMBLY, 1941, SEIZED 1942