New Comaro will be made in Canada

[Chevy_Man52]

New CAMARO, THAT IS!

GM Canada workers vote to accept job cuts: union Fri Mar 10, 11:33 PM ET


TORONTO (Reuters) - Workers at General Motors (NYSE:GM - news) of Canada Ltd. assembly plants in Oshawa, Ontario voted in favor of job cuts on Friday, in a moved aimed at securing new investment, including a contract to build GM's new Chevrolet Camaro, the union said.


The Canadian Auto Workers union said production members of Local 222 voted 74 percent in favor of a cost-saving agreement while skilled trade workers voted 70 percent in favor.

The vote means employees at three Oshawa assembly plants will accept some job losses -- which could number as many as 2,500 -- to avoid the possibility that GM will shut down two car assembly plants, and to give the plants a shot at landing new investments.

"Some very difficult decisions have been made, not only by the union leadership, but by our members as well," Chris Buckley, president of CAW Local 222, said in a statement.

General Motors has said Oshawa's No. 2 plant will close in 2008 when assembly of the Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick LaCrosse/Allure comes to a halt. The No. 1 plant is set to lose assembly of its Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Impala models in 2009.

But the CAW says turning Oshawa's two car factories into one flexible assembly plant that can produce different vehicles would better position GM Canada to secure as much as C$800 million ($701 million) in new investment from General Motors.

[Savage Messiah]

Check your sources... the Delaware plant is just about ready to begin production on them...

[Savage Messiah]

Oh and it's cAmaro godfuckingdamnit

[1986Z28]

lol, anyways i hope its made in canada, CANADA RULES

[SG007]

learn how to spell, eh?

[chevy_chic20041]

i thought the canada plant closed?

[wrightz28]

Originally Posted by blownalcoholboy

lol, anyways i hope its made in canada, CANADA RULES

Or in this case, made in Kanehduh

[666_speed]

i couldn't care less where it's made, as long as it's made

[Link85x]

^Exactly!!!

[FireFox05]

^Same.

[Savage Messiah]

Originally Posted by chevy_chic20041

i thought the canada plant closed?

I believe so... knocked down.



The new Camaros will be made in Delaware.

[cuda_dude]

GM to Invest $2.5 Billion in Canadian Operations
March 8, 2005 -- GM of Canada announced a $2,500,000,000 reinvestment in GM’s Canadian operations, representing the largest and most comprehensive automotive investment in Canadian history. GM Canada will proceed with major investments in new vehicle and engine technology at its operations in Oshawa, St. Catharines and the CAMI joint venture in Ingersoll, Ontario.

The company confirmed that its Oshawa Car Plant 1 will build the 2006 model year Chevrolet Impala and Chevrolet Monte Carlo and the CAMI Automotive joint venture will build the all new 2006 Pontiac Torrent compact SUV. GM ****Canada will also introduce an all new application of the fuel-efficient “Displacement-on-Demand” V-8 engine to be built at its St. Catharines Powertrain plant. **** ....... the new application they speak of could very well be the camaro + the delaware plant is tooled to build the solstice... who knows though

[Jaguar D-Type]

Here is the link to the Reuters article

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/new...CANADA-COL.XML

[Savage Messiah]

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/s...amaro+delaware

Originally Posted by guionM

As for when we can expect the new Camaro, that seems to no longer be a secret. Seems after not even wanting to talk about the possibility of a new Camaro for over 3 years, it's now the only thing GM seems to want to talk about. Bob Lutz is almost bursting at the seams trying not to say too much. Ed Welburn himself publically said Camaro could be done very quickly if approved. My own sources say Camaro will likely be out quicker than anyone expects once given the go ahead. Why?

Typically, a concept is given to focus groups and the results are sent back to designers and engineers numerous times for changes. Bob Lutz already said there would be no aditional focus groups for Camaro... "if approved".

Next, as most of you noticed, there was already an extremely detailed CAD of the chassis. The underhood work was done over 2 years ago. This is perhaps the most complete "Concept Car" in automotive history.

Finally, under normal conditions, a new car needs to wait for an existing vehicle to run it's course before the plant is converted. GM has excess capacity, so it's not going to put a car in a plant that's too big for it (as was done with the 4th gen). Logic would dictate that a coupe would be made on the same assembly line as the sedan it's based on (ie: Monte Carlo & Impala) to protect it against fluxuations in the coupe market. However, when GM announced that it's closing one of it's Oshawa Canada plants, and Bob Lutz announced that Camaro "If approved" (again, that disclaimer) would not be made in Canada. That left only one plant.

Wilmington Delaware used to make the Saturn L. It's capable of making over 200,000 cars per year. When the Saturn L was killed, it seemed odd that GM would assign the Kappa (Solstice, Sky, & the Opel GT) to that factory, especially since combined, it only is projected to make 35-40K vehicles per year. The F-body's Ste. Therese plant operated at 33% capacity and was closed as GM's most underutilized plant (Wilmington with Kappa uses about 15% capacity).

Wilmington also has the entire Saturn L machinary still intact (Solstice uses only a small portion of the plant). With an expected 120-150,000 Zeta coupes planned, that will bring the plant up to full capacity. In short, all GM has to do is grant the budget, and the conversion begins.

[Rally Sport]

Very interesting.