GM Closes 2 Assembly Plants Plant Daimlerchrysler NUMMI 5/16-5/20 5/21 5/9-5/13 5/14 ■ General Motors’ Baltimore Assem- Belvidere, Ill
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production Scheduled plant AutoAlliance 5/9-5/13 5/14 overtime Flat Rock, Mich. car x x GM closes 2 assembly plants Plant DaimlerChrysler NUMMI 5/16-5/20 5/21 5/9-5/13 5/14 ■ General Motors’ Baltimore assem- Belvidere, Ill. car x x Fremont, Calif. car, truck - x bly plant closed after building the Sterling Heights, Mich. car x x Saltillo, Mexico truck x - last Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari St. Louis (North) truck x - Plant closings mid-sized vans on Friday, May 13. Toledo, Ohio (North) truck x x Plant Week(s) Units lost down per week The plant opened in March 1935. In Toledo, Ohio (South) truck x x its 70 years, it produced 12.3 million DaimlerChrysler Ford vehicles. Over the years, the plant 5/9-5/13 5/14 Conner Avenue (Detroit) 5/16 60 Kansas City SUV built Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile Chevy Astro production has ended. (Kansas City, Mo.) truck x - Ford and Pontiac cars. Cars were built Lorain, Ohio truck x x St. Louis 5/16 1,650 Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) 5/16 1,900 there until March 1984. Five months tion of the Pontiac Grand Am. The GM Wayne, Mich. 5/16 5,075 later production started on the Astro plant also built the Chevrolet Classic. 5/16-5/20 5/21 Wixom, Mich. 5/16 1,475 and Safari. During World War II, the The M plant and Lansing C, which Bowling Green, Ky. car x - Oshawa, Ontario GM plant made airplane fuselages. closed in June, built a combined (Line 2) car - x Wilmington, Del. † ■ Another GM plant closed this 20,529,737 cars. The M plant opened Fort Wayne, Ind. truck x - Units lost week of 5/16 10,160 month. The Lansing, Mich., M plant in 1897 to build Oldsmobile cars. Pontiac, Mich. truck - x †Down until mid-2005 for changeover closed May 6 as GM ended produc- — Debi Domby Wentzville, Mo. truck x - Source: Automotive News Data Center North America car and truck production Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 5/9- 5/1- 1/1- 1/1- 5/9- 5/1- 1/1- 1/1- 5/9- 5/1- 1/1- 1/1- 5/14/05† 5/14/05† 5/14/05† 5/15/04 5/14/05† 5/14/05† 5/14/05† 5/15/04 5/14/05† 5/14/05† 5/14/05† 5/15/04 Hummer H1 (trk.) 22 39 234 196 Total Mexico truck 588 1,148 10,203 8,054 Civic 2,413 4,803 41,981 55,030 Hummer H2 (trk.) 753 1,500 9,867 12,331 FORD MOTOR CO. 66,150 130,093 1,259,178 1,482,624 Civic (Can.) 3,727 7,448 73,000 73,248 AM GENERAL 775 1,539 10,101 12,527 Century (Can.) 0 0 0 33,503 Element (trk.) 1,252 2,550 25,985 26,234 Ford Mustang coupe 5,527 10,349 75,912 0 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 2,861 5,698 51,713 0 Odyssey (trk.) 4,219 8,594 79,134 59,907 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 1,503 2,680 23,336 12,522 LeSabre 1,872 1,872 21,326 38,238 Odyssey (Can. trk.) 0 0 0 8,887 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 484 759 8,031 9,891 Park Avenue 0 0 0 8,561 Ridgeline (trk.) 1,855 3,701 22,166 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 174 259 1,894 6,942 Regal (Can.) 0 0 0 8,513 Pilot (trk.) 1,702 3,467 26,931 1,230 AUTOALLIANCE 7,688 14,047 109,173 29,355 Rainier (trk.) 252 504 4,008 10,625 Pilot (Can. trk.) 1,052 2,099 26,440 44,393 Z4 roadster 577 1,142 11,403 14,966 Rendezvous (Mex. trk.) 1,177 1,872 23,778 26,554 Total Honda Division 23,593 47,340 431,584 408,613 X5 (trk.) 2,266 4,517 41,453 40,312 Terraza (trk.) 596 1,191 14,358 0 Total U.S. car 11,187 22,265 212,832 222,748 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 2,843 5,659 52,856 55,278 Total Buick 6,758 11,137 115,183 125,994 Total Canada car 3,853 7,700 75,473 74,779 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 3,334 6,664 65,099 26,286 CTS 1,296 2,486 22,549 27,642 Total Mexico car 475 950 1,742 2,316 Chevrolet Tracker (trk.) 0 0 0 4,543 DeVille 1,882 1,882 18,612 27,830 Total U.S. truck 7,173 14,611 132,050 87,371 Suzuki Vitara (trk.) 0 0 0 26 Seville 0 0 0 5 Total Canada truck 4,393 8,765 74,793 78,631 CAMI 3,334 6,664 65,099 30,855 STS 880 1,688 17,171 7 HONDA 27,081 54,291 496,890 465,845 300 (Can.) 4,223 8,437 73,935 40,908 XLR 51 103 1,335 2,009 Chrysler Sebring 0 0 325 4,621 300 wagon (Can.)* 2 4 944 0 Escalade (trk.) 869 869 10,455 15,834 Dodge Stratus 0 0 1,377 9,183 Neon 25 48 239 609 Escalade ESV (Mex. trk.) 356 564 5,664 7,527 Eclipse 225 405 889 1,125 Neon (rhd)* 34 65 267 271 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 195 303 2,851 4,025 Eclipse convertible 0 0 792 1,589 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 3,027 6,054 48,446 40,144 SRX (trk.) 590 1,179 9,286 17,679 Galant 786 1,559 17,092 26,687 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 718 1,436 9,853 18,252 Total Cadillac 6,119 9,074 87,923 102,558 Endeavor (trk.) 593 1,171 7,982 9,035 Sebring 1,417 2,705 21,532 30,987 Cavalier 0 0 0 66,843 Total U.S. car 1,011 1,964 20,475 43,205 Sebring convertible 1,261 2,407 17,961 19,376 Cavalier (Mex.) 0 0 0 7,847 Total U.S. truck 593 1,171 7,982 9,035 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 2,053 4,103 35,387 36,749 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,376 2,213 28,491 29,835 MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. 1,604 3,135 28,457 52,240 Town & Country (trk.) 1,160 2,317 21,583 13,362 Cobalt 6,543 12,548 107,729 0 Infiniti QX56 (trk.) 380 745 7,188 5,197 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 3,226 6,447 58,811 50,797 Corvette 766 1,540 13,749 12,248 Altima 5,890 11,622 119,313 98,637 Total Chrysler Division 17,146 34,023 288,958 251,455 HHR (Mex.) 25 34 169 0 Maxima 1,130 2,270 30,980 35,143 Charger (Can.) 96 168 420 0 Impala (Can.) 6,998 6,998 86,110 113,332 Platina (Mex.) 1,422 2,844 24,855 17,646 Magnum (Can.) 1,211 2,420 28,877 5,089 Classic 0 1,969 42,262 42,821 Sentra (Mex.) 4,024 8,048 74,199 49,750 Neon 3,464 6,613 58,947 55,523 Malibu, Malibu Maxx 4,362 8,365 79,352 83,189 Tsuru (Mex.) 1,586 3,172 30,130 24,299 Stratus 3,016 5,757 41,789 35,436 Monte Carlo (Can.) 372 372 7,999 24,661 Armada (trk.) 940 1,830 20,429 14,390 Viper 64 131 686 1,089 Astro (trk.) 771 1,541 14,543 15,032 Frontier (trk.) 1,280 2,550 31,016 32,606 Caravan (trk.) 4,288 8,566 67,885 74,803 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 1,653 2,529 23,494 36,355 Pathfinder (trk.) 1,950 3,934 35,446 0 Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,858 5,712 46,911 43,212 Blazer (trk.) 0 0 8,504 13,557 Pickup (Mex. trk.) 868 1,736 16,139 12,691 Dakota (trk.) 3,518 7,028 50,518 47,380 Colorado (trk.) 3,178 6,350 49,079 68,505 Quest (trk.) 750 1,451 18,881 20,735 Express (trk.) 3,112 6,219 51,815 42,394 Durango (trk.) 3,294 6,580 50,746 74,681 Titan (trk.) 2,060 4,029 40,561 44,313 Medium (trk.) 289 578 6,178 5,007 Ram pickup (trk.) 6,463 12,910 112,824 141,599 Xterra (trk.) 1,650 3,296 33,083 29,623 S10 (trk.) 0 0 0 628 Ram pickup (Mex. trk.) 4,566 9,132 69,494 69,682 Total Nissan Division 23,550 46,782 475,032 379,833 Silverado (trk.) 10,168 20,319 188,579 204,111 Sprinter (trk.) 351 702 5,989 3,609 Total U.S. car 7,020 13,892 150,293 133,780 Silverado (Can. trk.) 4,717 9,852 81,669 93,134 Total Dodge 33,189 65,719 535,086 552,103 Total Mexico car 7,032 14,064 129,184 91,695 SSR (trk.) 191 381 1,227 6,645 Total U.S. truck 9,010 17,835 186,604 146,864 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 5,976 11,937 112,856 107,012 Suburban (trk.) 407 791 5,164 18,048 Liberty (trk.) 5,652 10,777 84,440 89,785 Total Mexico truck 868 1,736 16,139 12,691 Tahoe (trk.) 3,914 5,581 52,703 74,703 NISSAN‡ 23,930 47,527 482,220 385,030 Wrangler (trk.) 1,800 3,432 28,545 31,303 TrailBlazer (trk.) 4,307 8,607 69,962 80,573 Wrangler Unlimited (trk.) 479 913 8,914 6,180 Pontiac Vibe 1,499 2,761 24,354 27,193 TrailBlazer EXT (trk.) 1,679 3,355 19,268 25,467 Toyota Corolla 4,308 7,968 65,638 57,198 Total Jeep 13,907 27,059 234,755 234,280 Uplander (trk.) 2,711 5,418 46,228 0 Total Chrysler group 64,242 126,801 1,058,799 1,037,838 Toyota Voltz* 0 0 0 201 Venture (trk.) 0 0 0 38,771 Toyota Tacoma (trk.) 3,941 7,270 59,452 62,621 Mercedes-Benz M class 1,576 3,131 14,762 30,953 Other (Mex.