The archives consists of around 600 cars and trucks, 8 million photos, 250,000 video masters and films, 1.5 million digital files and more than 1 million pieces of microfilm.

High-performance Firebird variant came standard with a 400-cubic-inch Ram Air III HO engine with 335 hp and was meant to take on Chevrolet's Camaro Z/28 and the Ford Mustang Boss 302.

He was the marketing chief who touted the GM division as "a different kind of car company" and was its president before retiring to become a top Saturn dealer.

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), owned by the cash-strapped China Evergrande Group, could be valued at as much as $1 billion.