production Scheduled plant Plant closings overtime Plant Week(s) Units lost Buick begins building Rainier Plant down per week ■ DaimlerChrysler AM General General Motors began production of the Buick Rainier on Monday, July 8/4-8/8 8/9 Mishawaka, Ind. Brampton, Ontario car - x Hummer H2 8/4, 8/11 * 28. The SUV is being built at GM’s Dodge City Moraine, Ohio, plant alongside the (Warren, Mich.) truck x - Ford St. Louis (North) truck x - Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy Atlanta 8/4 4,825 Toledo, Ohio truck x - and Oldsmobile Bravada. Chicago 8/4 4,825 Toledo, Ohio (Line 2) truck - x ■ Ford Motor Co. began production GM of the Ford Freestar and Mercury Ford Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.)1 Monterey on Monday, July 28. Both 7/28-8/1 8/2 Lansing Craft Centre Kansas City, Mo. truck x - minivans are produced in Oakville, Production of the 2004 Buick (Lansing, Mich.)2 Lorain, Ohio truck x - Ontario. The Freestar replaces the Rainier started last week. Lansing, Mich. (C plant) 8/4 4,775 Ontario Truck Windstar, which ended production the 2004 Cadillac Escalade ESV and (Oakville, Ontario) truck x - Lansing, Mich. (M plant) 8/4 4,900 Total units lost week of 8/4 19,325 about a month ago. Escalade EXT, Chevrolet Avalanche ■ GM The GM plant in Janesville, Wis., and Suburban, and GMC Yukon XL. 8/4-8/8 8/9 changed over to build the 2004 With that only two GM models *Changeover Bowling Green, Ky. car x - 1Down for changeover until Aug. 11 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, and have not changed over to 2004 mod- Lansing, Mich. 2Down for changeover until fall (Grand River) car x - GMC Yukon and Yukon XL on els: the Saturn Vue (Spring Hill, Arlington, Texas truck x - Source: Automotive News Data Center Wednesday, July 30. Tenn.) and the Chevrolet Chevy Pop Fort Wayne, Ind. truck x - On Friday, Aug. 1, GM’s Silao, and Monza (Ramos Arizpe, Mexico). Oshawa, Ontario truck - x Mexico, plant changed over to build — Debi Domby North America car and truck production Vehicles are assembled in the United States unless noted. Vehicles are cars unless noted. Available online at www.automotivenews.com 7/28- July 1/1- 1/1- 7/28- July 1/1- 1/1- 7/28- July 1/1- 1/1- 8/2/03† est.† 8/2/03† 8/3/02 8/2/03† est.† 8/2/03† 8/3/02 8/2/03† est.† 8/2/03† 8/3/02 300M (Can.) 1,156 2,814 22,792 26,339 XLR 37 105 380 0 MDX (Can. trk.) 1,387 5,246 40,444 35,474 Concorde (Can.) 1,144 2,784 26,065 24,043 Escalade (trk.) 841 2,082 23,405 21,217 Total Acura 2,222 8,434 80,013 98,344 Neon 5 15 483 9,537 Escalade ESV (Mex. trk.) 285 1,430 8,410 0 Accord 8,043 30,656 234,307 206,489 Neon (rhd) * 71 243 1,258 1,673 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 226 1,079 7,061 8,893 Accord (Mex.) 374 1,720 7,838 14,490 Prowler 0 0 0 329 SRX (trk.) 18 43 117 0 Civic 2,626 10,009 83,388 138,868 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 3,350 11,493 83,542 107,013 Total Cadillac 4,851 14,722 129,070 121,201 Civic (Can.) 3,815 14,811 112,749 98,138 Sebring 2,025 6,948 42,826 57,274 Camaro (Can.) 0 0 0 20,920 Element (trk.) 1,843 6,958 56,227 0 Sebring convertible 834 2,861 34,358 39,794 Cavalier 6,641 16,712 162,654 150,130 Odyssey (trk.) 3,236 12,216 99,933 46,287 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 4,697 41,138 0 Cavalier (Mex.) 803 1,431 18,793 19,296 Odyssey (Can. trk.) 411 1,553 13,546 58,906 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 0 3,752 68,464 77,520 Corvette 741 1,921 20,541 21,226 Pilot (Can. trk.) 2,146 8,115 65,268 21,521 Voyager (trk.) 404 983 12,122 29,235 Impala (Can.) 6,117 13,940 167,771 136,794 Total Honda Division 22,494 86,038 673,256 584,699 Total Chrysler Division 8,989 36,590 333,048 372,757 Joy/Swing (Mex.) 583 1,043 24,342 43,267 Total U.S. car 11,452 43,652 353,595 403,326 Intrepid (Can.) 2,907 7,077 71,845 84,914 Malibu 1,602 4,084 95,794 117,817 Total Can. car 3,867 15,012 116,418 103,039 Neon 3,727 12,780 93,399 88,271 Monte Carlo (Can.) 1,375 3,133 41,009 44,385 Total Mex. car 374 1,720 7,838 14,490 Stratus 3,060 10,497 65,022 69,793 Monza (Mex.) 257 449 5,765 12,921 Total U.S. truck 5,079 19,174 156,160 46,287 Viper 53 129 1,407 1,021 Astro (trk.) 1,060 2,529 24,928 36,387 Total Can. truck 3,944 14,914 119,258 115,901 Caravan (trk.) 5,958 14,488 132,603 112,807 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 1,717 8,494 54,255 45,839 Honda 24,716 94,472 753,269 683,043 Caravan (Can. trk.) 0 3,486 55,177 98,071 Blazer (trk.) 1,265 3,092 38,159 53,783 Chrysler Sebring 77 252 6,310 7,235 Dakota (trk.) 3,130 7,611 66,315 102,982 Express (trk.) 2,354 5,755 72,286 78,541 Dodge Stratus 275 898 10,193 12,866 Durango (trk.) 3,027 10,387 66,537 70,206 Medium (trk.) 171 411 4,732 7,437 Eclipse 323 1,055 18,487 33,483 Ram pickup (trk.) 7,879 27,024 202,171 134,821 S10 (trk.) 2,396 5,746 77,999 90,110 Eclipse convertible 130 423 35,118 12,284 Ram pickup (Mex. trk.) 3,308 14,642 98,297 142,742 Silverado (trk.) 11,272 27,555 321,611 243,885 Galant 1,350 4,409 44,008 56,668 Ram van (Can. trk.) 0 0 20,294 22,276 Silverado (Can. trk.) 4,782 12,822 136,887 128,677 Endeavor (trk.) 1,188 3,881 28,296 0 Ram wagon (Can. trk.) 0 0 0 10,532 SSR (trk.) 5 11 84 0 Total U.S. car 2,155 7,037 114,116 122,536 Total Dodge 33,049 108,121 873,067 938,436 Suburban (trk.) 950 2,324 34,090 35,825 Total U.S. truck 1,188 3,881 28,296 0 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 0 13,336 125,102 146,806 Tahoe (trk.) 4,665 11,489 139,807 129,858 Mitsubishi Motor Mfg. 3,343 10,918 142,412 122,536 Liberty (trk.) 4,951 16,988 144,148 133,837 TrailBlazer (trk.) 4,819 16,643 140,521 130,257 Altima 4,930 19,560 137,210 136,566 Wrangler (trk.) 1,779 2,556 45,474 48,030 TrailBlazer EXT (trk.) 1,448 4,175 35,131 37,374 Maxima 1,790 7,230 42,257 0 Total Jeep 6,730 32,880 314,724 328,673 Venture (trk.) 2,325 5,684 62,086 74,810 Platina (Mex.) 993 4,567 31,179 22,794 Mercedes M class (trk.)‡ 1,747 6,639 51,898 52,436 Other (Mex. trk.) 2,920 13,229 84,278 90,192 Sentra (Mex.) 3,133 14,411 88,073 102,599 Total DaimlerChrysler Corp. 48,768 177,591 1,520,839 1,639,866 Total Chevrolet 60,268 162,672 1,763,523 1,749,731 Tsubame (Mex.) 2 10 162 550 Total U.S. car 9,775 33,473 238,753 267,692 Envoy (trk.) 1,963 6,778 59,552 56,479 Tsuru (Mex.) 1,137 5,231 37,340 59,632 Total Can. car 5,207 12,675 120,702 135,296 Envoy XL (trk.) 902 2,773 29,024 21,112 Frontier (trk.) 1,200 4,479 32,416 51,298 Total Mex. car 3,350 11,493 83,542 107,013 Jimmy (trk.) 11 28 1,211 2,226 Pickup (Mex. trk.) 647 2,977 18,454 22,783 Total U.S. truck 28,875 100,012 846,370 831,160 Medium (trk.) 424 1,020 8,191 16,488 Quest (trk.) 1,670 5,909 8,480 0 Total Can. truck 0 11,935 185,073 208,399 Safari (trk.) 450 1,075 8,944 10,736 Xterra (trk.) 1,350 5,084 37,672 57,887 Total Mex. truck 3,308 14,642 98,297 142,742 Savana (trk.) 836 2,043 25,152 26,805 Total U.S. car 6,720 26,790 179,467 136,566 DaimlerChrysler AG 50,515 184,230 1,572,737 1,692,302 Sierra (trk.) 3,685 9,009 99,638 105,241 Total Mex. car 5,265 24,219 156,754 185,575 Crown Victoria (Can.) 2,015 4,776 55,936 60,982 Sierra (Can. trk.) 1,770 4,746 48,136 48,709 Total U.S. truck 4,220 15,472 78,568 109,185 Escort ZX2 (Mex.) 0 0 12,406 42,024 Sonoma (trk.) 706 1,619 24,243 27,740 Total Mex. truck 647 2,977 18,454 22,783 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 410 1,062 8,729 19,728 Yukon (trk.) 2,224 5,459 60,016 48,117 Nissan‡ 16,852 69,458 433,243 454,109 Focus 5,371 9,615 127,128 179,762 Yukon XL (trk.) 929 2,273 28,650 27,044 Pontiac Vibe 1,562 6,740 44,040 32,742 Focus (Mex.) 732 2,093 42,317 38,541 Total GMC 13,900 36,823 392,757 390,697 Toyota Corolla 3,146 13,758 91,792 79,078 Mustang 3,285 8,964 81,247 101,605 Alero 2,395 6,104 67,135 64,058 Toyota Voltz* 38 164 889 1,911 Taurus 7,348 13,303 191,960 221,435 Aurora 0 0 1,786 5,707 Toyota Tacoma (trk.) 3,099 13,858 98,127 100,893 Thunderbird 492 1,343 13,825 15,521 Intrigue 0 0 0 13,243 Total U.S.