The presidency of Gerald Ford began on August 9, 1974, when Gerald Ford became President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1977, a span of days.
 Ford, the 38th United States president, succeeded Richard Nixon, who had resigned from office.
 Prior to this he was the 40th Vice President of the United States, serving from 1973 until President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974.
 He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 10, 1973.
 Ford has the distinction of being the first, and to date the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office.
Robert Anthony Lutz (born February 12, 1932) is a Swiss American automotive executive and a former Vice Chairman of General Motors.
Jim Lentz is the chief executive officer for Toyota North America; president and chief operating officer of Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMA); and a senior managing officer of the parent company Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) which is located in Japan.
 In that role Lentz manages all of Toyota’s North American affiliate companies which include TMA, Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. (TMS), and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing, North America, Inc. (TEMA), which includes responsibilities for Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC), and oversight for Toyota Canada, Inc. (TCI).
 Lentz also serves as the chairman of the North American Executive Committee.
 This is composed of the top leaders from the affiliate companies.
 Most recently Lentz was the president and chief executive officer of TMS and senior vice president of TMA and served in a global advisory capacity as the managing officer for TMC.
 Before that he served as president and chief operating officer and executive vice president of TMS.
 Lentz previously held several executive positions including Toyota division group vice president and general manager where he oversaw all sales, logistics and marketing activities for Toyota and Scion regional sales offices and distributors.
 He also served as the group vice president of marketing for the Toyota division and vice president of Scion, and was responsible for the initial launch of a new line of vehicles.
 Lentz spent several years in the field as vice president and general manager of the Los Angeles region and before that general manager of the San Francisco region.
 Prior to his role as general manager Lentz was vice president of marketing services for CAT in Maryland.
 He has also held several other TMS positions, including field training manager, sales administration manager and truck sales team member.
 Lentz joined Toyota in 1982 as the merchandising manager for its Portland, Oregon region where he later became the distribution manager and field operations manager.
 He serves as chairman on the board of directors of The Global Automakers and is also a member of the executive advisory board for Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver (DU), his alma mater.
 He was named “Marketer of the Year” by Advertising Age in 2006, an Automotive News “All Star” in 2007 and honored at Industry Leader of the year.
Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC is the holding company of Jaguar Land Rover Limited, a British multinational automotive company with its headquarters in Whitley, Coventry, United Kingdom, and a subsidiary of Indian automaker Tata Motors.
 The principal activity of Jaguar Land Rover Limited is the design, development, manufacture and sale of vehicles bearing the Jaguar and Land Rover (including Range Rover) marques.
 Both marques have long and complex histories prior to their merger, going back to the 1940s, first coming together in 1968 as part of the ill-fated British Leyland conglomerate; and later existed independently of each other as subsidiaries of BMW (in the case of Land Rover), and Ford Motor Company (in the case of Jaguar); Ford later acquired Land Rover from BMW in 2000 following the break-up of the former Rover Group; which was effectively the remainder of British Leyland.
In 1974, Republican President Richard Nixon was forced to resign following the Watergate Scandal.
 Vice President Gerald Ford ascended to the presidency, leaving the office of vice president vacant.
 Under the terms of the 25th Amendment, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress.
 On August 20, 1974, Ford announced his nomination of former New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller to fill the vacancy.
 Ford also considered picking Tennessee Senator Howard Baker and former Republican National Committee Chairman George H.W. Bush.
 Rockefeller was generally considered to be a liberal Republican, and Ford decided that picking Rockefeller would help his candidacy gain support in the 1976 presidential election.
 The confirmation hearings for Rockefeller lasted for months, but Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st Vice President of the United States on December 19, 1974.
 Due to the pressure on Ford by the party conservatives, Rockefeller was ultimately passed over for the 1976 ticket, and Ford instead chose Bob Dole as his running mate.
 Ford, however, regreted this move later.
Jack Telnack (born John J. Telnack in 1937) is the former global Vice President of Design of the Ford Motor Company from 1980 to 1997.
 After his training at the Art Center College of Design, Telnack began working as a designer for Ford in 1958, and became the head stylist of the Lincoln-Mercury Division in 1965.
 In 1966, he became the chief designer of Ford's Australian branch, where he led the redesign of the Ford Falcon, and served as the Vice President of Design for Ford of Europe in 1974.
 Telnack retired from his post at the end of 1997, and was replaced by J Mays.
The Merkur XR4Ti is a high-performance 3-door hatchback sold in North America from 1985 to 1989.
 A product of the Ford Motor Company, the car was based on a version of the European Ford Sierra XR4i adapted to US regulations.
 The XR4Ti and the Merkur brand name were both projects sponsored by Ford vice president Bob Lutz.
Mr. Lawrence A. Zimmerman, also known as Larry, served as the Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Xerox Corporation from June 1, 2002 to April 2011 and its Senior Vice President from June 1, 2002 to April 2007.
 Prior to joining Xerox in 2002, Mr. Zimmerman served at System Software Associates, Inc. where he served as an Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1998 to 1999.
 He worked with International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), where he served in various senior finance executive positions, as Vice President of Finance for Europe, Middle East & Africa Operations from 1994 to 1996 and a Corporate Controller from 1991 to 1994.
 He held various other positions at IBM from 1967 to 1991.
 Mr. Zimmerman served as an Assistant General Manager in finance and planning for the Enterprise System division from 1989 to 1991 and Director of Budgets from 1988 to 1989.
 A 32-year employee of IBM, he served as Vice President of Finance and Planning for Brunswick Corp.
's multibillion-dollar Server and Technology division from 1996 to 1998.
 He served as a Vice Chairman of Xerox Corporation from July 2009 to April 2011.
 He has been an Independent Director at Flex Ltd. since October 2012, Global Imaging Systems Inc. since May 9, 2007 and Delphi Automotive PLC since November 2009.
 He served as an Independent Director of Brunswick Corporation from February 7, 2006 to May 6, 2015.
 He served as a Director of Computer Sciences Corporation from August 7, 2012 to August 13, 2014.
 He served as a Director at Stanley, Black & Decker, Inc. (formerly Stanley Works) from July 26, 2005 to December 31, 2011.
 Mr. Zimmerman graduated from New York University in 1965 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and Master's Degree in Business Administration from Adelphia University in 1967.
"Roll On down the Highway" is a song written by Fred Turner and Robbie Bachman, first recorded by Canadian rock group Bachman–Turner Overdrive (BTO) for their 1974 album "Not Fragile".
 The lead vocal is provided by Turner.
 Turner and Randy Bachman had originally been contracted by Ford to write a song for the automotive company's commercials, but Ford never picked up any of their compositions.
 Robbie Bachman later helped turn one of Fred's ideas into a Top 20 hit.
 "Roll on Down the Highway" peaked at #14 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 on March 1, 1975.
 It reached #8 on the Cash Box Top 100 singles, and #4 on the Canadian "RPM" chart, and gave the band their second - and final - hit in the United Kingdom, reaching #22 in the UK Singles Chart.
In 1973, Republican Vice President Spiro Agnew was forced to resign following a controversy over his personal taxes.
 Under the terms of the 25th Amendment, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress.
 Republican President Richard Nixon thus had the task of selecting a vice president who could receive the majority support of both houses of Congress.
 Nixon considered selecting former Texas Governor John Connally, New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, and California Governor Ronald Reagan.
 However, Nixon settled on House Minority Leader Gerald Ford of Michigan, who was popular among the members of Congress and who was good friends with Nixon.
 Ford won the approval of both houses by huge margins, and was sworn in as the 40th Vice President of the United States on December 6, 1973.
 In 1974, Ford ascended to the presidency after the Watergate scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon.

Question: In which automotive company the Ford vice president were before Ford?
Answer: General Motors