That actually happened with my mom and her 2016 Acadia. There was a situation with MPG being misrepresented on window stickers or something like that. She pretty much gets what her Escalade she replaced it with got. They send out GMC visa or master cards with money on it. The full amount won per car wasn't on it tho, lawyer fees ate a chunk of it.
She got a debit card that can be spent anywhere, or only at a GM franchise?
What my dad got for his 1985 pickup was a coupon, good for something like $500 off on a new GM vehicle.
EDIT:
this link says it was $1000. Too bad it had an expiration date and the folks had no need for a new car at the time. A coupon instead of a check isn't good, but I'd forgotten that it was a very large coupon.
I would have been happier if they'd paid for the new gas tank I put in it when it was about five years old. (not related to the 'exploding tank' suit, it was a farm truck, and the tank was wrapped in a plastic shield about as thick as a plastic bumper cover, mud etc collected between the tank and the shield and rusted the tank quite quickly)
IIRC the coupons were transferable, but dad just let his expire unused.
I wonder if I could sell it on eBay as a collectible?