General Motors is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker.

GM employs 209,000 people in every major region of the world and does business in 157 countries. General Motors produces cars and trucks in 31 countries, and sells and services these vehicles through the following divisions/brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Opel, Vauxhall, and Holden, as well as two joint ventures in China.

As new developments are made in fuel economy and battery manufacturing, consumer tastes have moved toward smaller vehicles. This presents a challenge for GM to produce vehicles that are small and light enough to boost fuel economy, but also engineer these vehicles to have good visibility for the driver and feel roomy for passengers. Our prototype will be utilized by GM R&D to survey consumer perceptions of vehicle roominess and visibility in order to produce world class automobiles.

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