After eight years of successful cooperation with the
American General Motors starting in 1975, the dealer made a proposal to build a production plant in Egypt. So the company was founded in the same year. One year later, the plant was opened in an internal opening ceremony. At the official plant opening in 1985 the first cars rolled off the company's production line. The opening speech was given by the former
President of Egypt Hosni Mubarak. In 1987, continuous production finally started. The company was at this time only active as an automotive supplier. The first product was the chassis for the
Isuzu TF which was assembled locally by another car assembler as the
Chevrolet T Series. In their own plant, production of the
Chevrolet Mini Bus began, which was based on the same platform. In 1993, the Mini Bus was replaced by the
Opel Vectra. In the following year, GM Egypt began the assembling of the
CKD imported
Opel Corsa. The
Opel Vectra was renewed to its current generation at this time. As import models, the
Chevrolet Aveo and
Chevrolet Optra were launched in the Egyptian market in 2005. New vehicles manufactured by GME are the models
Chevrolet Crew Cab and the identical
Chevrolet T Series. Their own production of the Chevrolet Aveo began in 2007 at the GME plant. One year later, GME began manufacturing the
Chevrolet Lanos in different luxury versions, parallel to the sporty model versions from the
Speranza manufacturing. In 2009 GME began making the
Chevrolet Captiva,
Chevrolet Cruze and the
Chevrolet N200. The last of these is exported to
South American markets. The import models since 2009 are the
Chevrolet N Series,
Opel Astra,
Opel Corsa and the
Opel Insignia. On 15 August 2013, General Motors Egypt suspended operations due to the ongoing violence and political unrest in the country, but reopened it 3 days later again. ==Current models==