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production GM Scheduled plant 5/3-5/7 5/8 overtime Bowling Green, Ky. car x - Hello Pilot, goodbye Oldsmobile Plant Fairfax DaimlerChrysler (Kansas City, Kan.) car x - 5/3-5/7 5/8 Oshawa, Ontario (Line 2) car - x ■ The first U.S.-built Honda Pilot Brampton, Ontario car - x Flint, Mich. (Line 3) truck x - Toluca, Mexico car x - Fort Wayne, Ind. truck x - was produced during the week end- Jefferson Avenue Lansing Craft Centre ing Saturday, May 1, at Honda’s (Detroit) truck x x (Lansing, Mich.) truck x - Lincoln, Ala., plant. The Honda Newark, Del. truck x - Oshawa, Ontario truck - x Saltillo, Mexico truck x - Shreveport, La. truck - x Odyssey also is built there. St. Louis (North) truck x - ■ The last Oldsmobile Alero was as- Toledo, Ohio (North) truck x x Plant closings Toledo, Ohio (South) truck x x sembled Thursday, April 29, at Gen- Honda began building the Pilot last Warren Truck Plant Week(s) Units lost eral Motors’ Lansing C Assembly week at its Lincoln, Ala., plant. down per week (Warren, Mich.) truck x Ford plant in Lansing, Mich. The Alero Grand Am remains in production at Ford 4/26-4/30 5/1 Chicago 5/3 * was the last new Oldsmobile model the plant. Dearborn, Mich. car x - Oakville, Ontario 5/3 4,750 to be introduced; production began ■ New United Motor Manufactur- Avon Lake, Ohio truck x x Twin Cities Kansas City SUV (St. Paul, Minn.) 5/3 3,900 in March 1998. It also was the last ing Inc. changed over production of (Kansas City, Mo.) truck x GM Oldsmobile nameplate to be pro- the Pontiac Vibe and Toyota Corol- Kansas City Truck Orion Township, Mich. 5/3 2,350 duced. Over the course of the la to 2005 models on April 23. The (Kansas City, Mo.) truck x - Spring Hill, Tenn. 5/3 3,625 Lorain, Ohio truck x x Alero’s six-year production run, plant is in Fremont, Calif. Michigan Truck Total units lost week of 5/3 14,625 about 696,500 units were built. (See — Debi Domby (Wayne, Mich.) truck x x *Changeover photo on Page 8.) The Pontiac Norfolk, Va. truck x x Source: Automotive News Data Center North America car and truck production, week ending May 1, 2004 Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 4/26- April 1/1- 1/1- 4/26- April 1/1- 1/1- 4/26- April 1/1- 1/1- 5/1/04† est.† 5/1/04† 5/3/03 5/1/04† est.† 5/1/04† 5/3/03 5/1/04† est.† 5/1/04† 5/3/03 Hummer H1 (trk.) 14 58 177 252 Total U.S. truck 49,722 202,117 822,184 871,125 Civic 3,070 12,969 52,569 50,710 Hummer H2 (trk.) 444 1,788 6,901 16,649 Total Canada truck 7,167 29,135 101,796 107,263 Civic (Can.) 3,872 16,185 65,058 66,712 AM GENERAL 458 1,846 7,078 16,901 Total Mexico truck 547 2,167 7,241 18,803 Element (trk.) 1,353 5,837 24,665 34,939 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 816 2,088 11,276 32,334 FORD MOTOR CO. 78,884 329,762 1,334,385 1,407,588 Odyssey (trk.) 3,033 13,080 52,952 58,529 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 719 2,719 8,388 0 Century (Can.) 1,837 7,544 30,233 55,839 Odyssey (Can. trk.) 450 1,928 6,856 9,204 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 870 3,235 5,020 0 LeSabre 3,081 10,720 38,178 37,714 Pilot (trk.) 22 22 22 0 AUTOALLIANCE‡ 2,405 8,042 24,684 32,334 Park Avenue 913 3,662 8,371 9,530 Pilot (Can. trk.) 2,379 10,181 41,285 39,293 Z4 roadster 619 2,654 13,413 21,419 Regal (Can.) 585 2,143 6,439 10,184 Total Honda Division 21,339 90,439 366,313 407,400 X5 (trk.) 2,157 8,876 36,016 37,061 Rainier (trk.) 482 1,919 9,712 0 Total U.S. car 11,353 47,957 199,721 216,324 Total U.S. car 619 2,654 13,413 21,419 Rendezvous (Mex. trk.) 1,372 4,684 23,146 24,187 Total Canada car 3,989 16,676 66,715 69,828 Total Mexico car 0 0 0 338 Total Buick 8,270 30,672 116,079 137,454 Total Mexico car 414 1,741 2,709 9,262 Total U.S. truck 2,157 8,876 36,016 37,061 CTS 1,552 6,230 24,702 21,940 Total U.S. truck 4,408 18,939 77,639 93,468 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 2,776 11,530 49,429 58,818 DeVille 1,444 4,388 24,504 25,290 Total Canada truck 4,137 17,707 70,479 72,676 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 2,179 8,376 16,585 0 Seville 0 0 5 5,716 HONDA 24,301 103,020 417,263 461,558 Chevrolet Tracker (trk.) 0 0 4,543 18,485 XLR 121 471 1,793 101 Chrysler Sebring 196 751 3,526 4,355 Suzuki Vitara (trk.) 0 0 26 2,659 Escalade (trk.) 944 3,757 15,216 13,681 Dodge Stratus 508 1,945 7,233 3,772 CAMI 2,179 8,376 21,154 21,144 Escalade ESV (Mex. trk.) 546 2,174 6,907 4,791 Eclipse 135 518 1,169 15,713 300M (Can.) 0 0 0 11,920 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 277 1,088 3,654 4,379 Eclipse convertible 133 511 1,479 5,698 300 (Can.) 3,542 13,709 33,756 0 SRX (trk.) 960 3,821 15,803 0 Galant 1,504 5,759 24,480 29,174 Concorde (Can.) 0 0 0 12,423 Total Cadillac 5,844 21,929 92,584 75,898 Endeavor (trk.) 384 1,545 8,688 12,715 Neon 54 224 553 370 Cavalier 4,858 18,886 59,217 95,028 Total U.S. car 2,476 9,484 37,887 58,712 Neon (rhd) * 10 42 211 438 Cavalier (Mex.) 725 2,761 4,507 11,650 Total U.S. truck 384 1,545 8,688 12,715 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 2,502 10,482 36,777 48,898 Chevy Pop (Mex.) 1,070 4,574 21,769 15,450 MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. 2,860 11,029 46,575 71,427 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 1,172 5,289 16,457 0 Corvette 773 2,988 11,369 13,097 Infiniti QX56 (trk.) 300 1,491 4,362 0 Sebring 1,424 6,109 26,610 21,219 Impala (Can.) 6,393 19,177 100,257 106,567 Altima 4,970 22,067 87,208 75,092 Sebring convertible 1,222 5,244 17,111 23,302 Classic/Malibu (2003) 2,280 9,165 38,986 70,031 Maxima 1,530 7,034 31,543 19,114 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 3,509 13,781 37,860 16,601 Malibu (2004), Maxx 4,494 17,728 71,927 0 Platina (Mex.) 1,136 4,771 15,797 20,547 Town & Country (trk.) 736 3,073 11,526 0 Monte Carlo (Can.) 1,447 4,341 22,175 27,998 Sentra (Mex.) 2,929 12,302 46,111 50,332 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,263 9,017 38,570 41,018 Monza (Mex.) 432 1,833 6,961 2,746 Tsubame (Mex.) 0 0 92 149 Voyager (trk.) 0 0 0 7,546 Astro (trk.) 743 2,654 12,733 13,579 Tsuru (Mex.) 1,645 6,909 26,561 23,228 Total Chrysler Division 16,434 66,970 219,431 183,735 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 2,457 9,732 34,632 31,206 Armada (trk.) 720 3,055 12,702 0 Intrepid (Can.) 0 0 0 41,485 Blazer (trk.) 814 3,239 10,507 23,936 Frontier (trk.) 1,674 7,203 29,109 18,427 Magnum (Can.) 720 1,709 2,093 0 Colorado (trk.) 3,786 15,065 59,520 0 Pickup (Mex. trk.) 727 3,054 12,214 8,227 Neon 3,057 12,810 50,355 50,717 Express (trk.) 2,082 8,286 35,947 46,788 Quest (trk.) 1,130 4,696 19,535 0 Stratus 2,314 9,934 33,425 32,729 Medium (trk.) 291 1,158 4,668 3,036 Titan (trk.) 2,300 9,753 38,892 0 Viper 60 251 981 844 S10 (trk.) 0 0 628 52,274 Xterra (trk.) 1,156 5,245 27,171 21,867 Caravan (trk.) 4,484 18,754 67,236 73,601 Silverado (trk.) 11,323 45,062 183,579 198,850 Total Nissan Division 19,917 86,089 346,935 236,983 Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,676 10,644 40,369 36,962 Silverado (Can. trk.) 5,348 20,596 80,449 86,217 Total U.S. car 6,500 29,101 118,751 94,206 Dakota (trk.) 2,904 12,146 41,283 34,599 SSR (trk.) 354 1,408 5,870 31 Total Mexico car 5,710 23,982 88,561 94,256 Durango (trk.) 4,176 17,504 68,690 31,461 Suburban (trk.) 1,065 4,238 19,013 27,310 Total U.S. truck 7,280 31,443 131,771 40,294 Ram pickup (trk.) 8,105 33,942 125,543 115,950 Tahoe (trk.) 3,878 15,433 64,079 87,280 Total Mexico truck 727 3,054 12,214 8,227 Ram pickup (Mex.