The turn of the American consumer away from cars in favor of SUVs and trucks has prompted General Motors to announce that it will shutter plants in Michigan, Ohio, Maryland, and Ontario next year.
The company said Monday that it will stop production at five plants next year. The affected plants are Detroit-Hamtramck and Warren Transmission in Michigan, Lordstown Assembly in Ohio, Oshawa Assembly in Ontario, Canada, and Baltimore Operations in Maryland.
The closures will affect some 3,300 workers in the U.S., and another 3,000 globally.
In corporate-speak, these plants will become “unallocated.” That means they will have no product to produce.
The affected plants and the vehicles they make are:
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Learn from Sears. Stay ahead of the consumer's needs and wants.
ReplyDeleteKeep up with the trends or fall by the wayside.
Bad management for sure. No vision.
All the liberals are blaming President Trump and Tariffs!
ReplyDeleteGm quality sucks!
ReplyDeleteBecause of this, I have a Toyota Truck and a Honda Accord in my driveway.
I looked at their vehicles last year for my son, who was looking for a new car. The prices were high and non negotiable and the quality, fit and finish wasn't work the price they were asking.
The sales manager even blocked us from leaving to try to get us to stay!
Went to Pohanka, and found a new HONDA Civic for a lower price than the Cruise. The fit and finish was much better and the quality was better. They had what he was looking for as well.
It's been over a year now and he is still very happy with the Civic.
Poor quality and a bunch of gypsies running the dealerships. Try going to either of them and try and get an honest deal. They won't give you a bottom line price or figure on trade in. It's all about screwing the consumer and try to get them a deal within their targeted monthly payment. Love to see their faces when you just get up and walk out
ReplyDeleteIt's not exactly "blaming Trump" when one of his campaign promises was to revive the American auto industry. We the taxpayers already had to bail them out once.
ReplyDeleteTraitors for building in Europe. F them and boycott them .
ReplyDeleteBut Obama said the Volt was GM's future!
ReplyDeleteIt was as long as the government was purchasing all of them. Silly liberals.
DeleteYou know what they will be saying?
ReplyDeleteIt's all Trumps fault
Didn't we already balil out gmc?
Let's let gmc bail themselves out this time thank you
Buy a ford
No thanks
DeleteHow quickly GM forgot how taxpayers bailed them out. These recent actions are pure greed. Firing people during the holidays is even worse. Heartless filthy rich jerks making 22 million at the top. Some say economy is good they can find another job. Really. Move to another location - uprooting families is a hardship. I know military do all the time but they expect it and prepare for it. Civilian auto workers don't.
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ReplyDeleteGM aka Government Motors continues to underperform. That is management's fault for not designing and building cars we'd want to buy at competitive prices. Back in the day they could enable the UAW and just pass the costs to the customers.
The Japanese and more recently the Koreans have been kicking their butts for a couple of decades. Better quality and very competitive pricing whether the vehicles are made in the home country or here in the good ole USA. So it can be accomplished.
Where are Olds, Pontiac, Saturn, Opel? But Hyundai and Kia can introduce new nameplates? Pursuing electric, and now autonomous, vehicles is a fool's errand. The overwhelming majority of motorists need more flexibility than either of these flavors can deliver and enormous numbers live where these technologies won't ever be viable.
There remains robust demand for reliable and affordable cars and light trucks but Detroit is hooked on making its money from expensive, highly optioned cars, trucks and SUVs with so-so reliability.
When the Koreans tackle pickups GM will be up the river without a paddle. Just a matter of time.