General Motors CEO Mary Barra (right) and GM North America President Alan Batey (left) surprise Iraqi war veteran Trent Brining with a âkeyâ to a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu Monday, May 4, 2015 after announcing that more than 500 million GM-branded vehicles have been built globally – the most of any automaker by far – during an event at Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas. Production of the Malibu midsize sedan begins at the Fairfax plant later this year. (Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors)