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

The supposed protest was actually an impromptu stunt by participants in the Lemons Rally, an offshoot of the 24 Hours of Lemons endurance race.

General Motors' experiment at matching the wizardry of Japan's car manufacturers took nearly a decade to expand beyond small cars with the midsize L-series. It debuted on March 31, 1999, at the New York Auto Show and went on sale that summer.