Yet even as GM expanded abroad, establishing factories in 15 countries and buying Vauxhall in Britain and Opel in Germany, Sloan made little attempt to forge a unified company at home.

• 到后来通用开始在海外攻城拔寨，在15个国家建立工厂，并收购了英国的沃克斯豪尔和德国的欧宝，即便如此，斯隆仍没有试图在美国本土缔造一家联合公司。