DETROIT — General Motors has produced thousands of different models in its 100 years as an automaker. As part of its centennial celebration — GM says it was 100 years old on September 16 — the company released a list of its 'Top 10 Production Vehicles' made since the company began in 1908.Before you peek below, we can tell you one thing right now: you're probably not going to agree.The choices were made by GM archivists and historians — then given the green light by GM 'senior leaders.' Given the quasi-egghead sourcing, then, it's not surprising the list is heavy on dusty stuff from GM's golden age — six of the ten are from 1950 or earlier. And don't look for any pickups or SUVs — not a single one made the list.Nor did GM pick a No. 1 model. Instead, it lists its 10 most significant models in chronological order. Here we go:EV1 (1996): GM's modern-day electric car. Loved by those who leased them, but the EV1 may end up most remembered for the conspiracy theorist dogma that says GM deliberately strangled the EV1's further development in favor of the gasoline-burnin' status quo.Pontiac GTO (1964): The GTO started the '60s muscle-car thing. And made a rock star — bad hair and all — of its wild-child developer, John Z. Delorean.Chevy Bel Air (1955):Decades worth of tedious chain restaurants and mom-and-pop ice cream shops have overworked the whole aura of the Bel Air's malt-shop styling, but this car ruled the '50s — and delivered the masses their first taste of a GM V8.Chevy Corvette (1953):The car that made Chevy cool and became the showcase for some of the best gee-whiz technology coming from GM labs. Disc brakes, fuel injection, fiberglass and plastics. Say what you will about the image today, but 'Vettes from the '60s embody space-race automotive hip at its delectable best.Saab 92 (1950):OK, GM's stretching it here. It owns Saab now, but in 1950, if you said 'Saab' in Detroit, somebody handed you a handkerchief. Opel Olympia (1936):The Olympia was one of the first production cars to leverage the refinement-improving delights of unitized construction: more refined and safer. Prior to this, everything was a body dropped onto a frame.Cadillac V-16 (1930):The most memorable howitzer from Cadillac's heavy-artillery era. A prodigious car in every way, and the outlandish V16 powerplant was kept entirely secret until the car's launch.LaSalle (1927):The LaSalle was the first GM car styled by then-outsider Harley Earl, the guy who put automotive 'design' on the map and all but ruled GM and Detroit for the next 40 years. Cadillac (1912):The first automobile line to feature the Delco-developed self-starter, the 'Teens tech equivalent of the cell phone: Just four years after the self-starter's introduction, 98 percent of all cars built in North America were so equipped.Cadillac Model 30 (1910):The luxury of a fully enclosed body! A windshield! A roof!All in the name of modern innovation.What this means to you: What, no Camaro? 'Best of' ratings always start arguments. This list of GM's all-time best models will be no different. — Bill Visnic, Senior Editor, Edmunds AutoObserver