On this day 117 years ago, on September 16, 1908 (August 21, 1908 lunar calendar), General Motors of the United States was established. General Motors boss William Durant On September 16, 1908, William Kleber Durant formed the "General Motors Company". Durant started by making passenger cars and bought the "Buick Motor Company" in 1904. Recently, Buick became the largest automobile manufacturer in the United States. In early 1908, Benjamin Blaiske of "Maxwell-Blaiske Motor Company" proposed to merge with Buick. He predicted that the merger of the two companies would have no less impact on the automobile industry than the impact of "U.S. Steel" on the American steel industry. But it is inexplicable that Durant avoided the lure of Breske and bought 75% of the shares of "Ould Motor Company". In this way, General Motors owned Buick and Ould, while Breske was left out in the cold.