General Motors Acronyms & Abbreviations

This page displays General Motors acronyms and abbreviations from today and the past.

Business Acronyms

• Divisional acronyms:
  • GMNA – GM North America
  • GME – GM Europe
  • GMSA – GM South America
  • GMI – GM International
  • GMF – GM Financial
  • CCA – Customer Care & Aftersales
  • GCCX – Global Connected Customer Experience
  • SGM – Shanghai General Motors
  • SGMW – Shanghai General Motors Wuling
• Positional acronyms:
  • VLE – Vehicle Line Executive
  • PEM – Program Engineering Manageer
  • DRE – Design Release Engineer
• GM-PATAC – General Motors Pan-Asia Technical Automotive Center

Technology Acronyms

• AFL – Active Forward Lighting
• DRL – Daytime Running Lights
• CHMSL – Center High Mounted Stop Light
• SIDI – Spark Ignition Direct Injection
• VVT – Variable Valve Timing
• DI – Direct Injection
• CUE – Cadillac User Experience (Cadillac infotainment system); replaced by Cadillac infotainment system
• MyLink – Chevrolet MyLink (Chevrolet infotainment system); replaced by Chevrolet infotainment system
• IntelliLink – Buick-GMC IntelliLink (Buick and GMC infotainment system); replaced by Buick infotainment system and GMC infotainment system
• MRC – Magnetic Ride Control
• DSSV – Dynamic Suspensions Spool
• HiPerStrut – High Performance Strut
• AFM – Active Fuel Management
• DFM – Dynamic Fuel Management

Vehicle Acronyms

• CPO – Certified Pre-owned Vehicle
• CUV – Certified Used Vehicle
• CVO – Company Vehicle Operations
• ST – Sport Touring (Buick Sport Touring)
• SS – Super Sport
• RS – Rally Sport
• RST – Rally Sport Truck
• GS – Grand Sport
• eAssist – Mild Hybrid vehicle
• ATS-V.R – ATS-V Racing Model
• CTS-V.R – CTS-V Racing Model
• DPI-V.R – Daytona Prototype International Racing Model
• EV – Electric Vehicle
• BEV – Battery Electric Vehicle
• EREV – Extended Range Electric Vehicle
• PHEV – Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle
• VSS – Vehicle Set Strategy
  • VSS-F – Vehicle Set Strategy Front (drive)
  • VSS-R – Vehicle Set Strategy Rear (drive)
  • VSS-S – Vehicle Set Strategy SUV (crossovers)
  • VSS-T – Vehicle Set Strategy Truck (and SUVs)
• GEM – Global Emerging Vehicles