General Motors announced today that it will invest a total of $328 million at its plant in Flint, Michigan. The investment is being made to prepare the plant to build the next-generation of Chevrolet and GMC full-size pickup trucks. The investment is expected to create or keep 150 jobs. The plant currently employs 2,047 employees [...]
Guess what pickup fans? General Motors will start retooling assembly plants next year to start building the next-generation of its full-sized pickups. General Motors will begin retooling assembly plants next year to build the next generation of its full-sized pickups. “We have some scheduled plant downtime in 2012 as we convert to the next generation [...]
General Motors wants GMC to become more upscale while distancing itself from Chevy. According to Mark Reuss, the line between the two brands has become pretty blurry and has weakened GMC’s image as an upscale truck brand that commands a premium price tag. “We need to make sure that we drive the differentiation in the product [...]
GM is considering measures to reduce its truck inventory, said Mark Reuss, president for North America. The company’s truck inventory rose to more than 275,000 units at the end of April, which represents 111 days of supply. “We’re going to do something about it, but we haven’t made those calls yet,” Reuss said in a [...]
With the way the gas prices are going up, General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says that it doesn’t make sense for the company to speed up development on the next-generation full-sized pickups for its brands. The development on the next-generation full-size pickup was significantly slowed down during GM’s 2009 bankruptcy restructuring. “Trucks would not be [...]
Responding to customer demand for heavy-duty pickups, General Motors announced today that it will add a third shift at Flint Assembly, creating 750 jobs for the plant that build the Chevrolet Silverado and the GMC Sierra pickups. The third-shift is expected start in the third quarter with employees arriving in the second quarter. “Adding a [...]
Whenever the folks at J.D. Power an Associates release their annual quality study, we figure we’ll see vehicles by Porsche, Mercedes and Lexus on the top. But an American-built pickup? The thought doesn’t even cross our minds. According to J.D. Power and Associates, pickups are now among the highest-quality vehicles on the road. Some even [...]
It isn’t only Toyota that faces recalls in the millions – General Motors has announced a recall consisting of 1.5 million vehicles to address a problem with the heated windshield wiper fluid system that could lead to a fire, its second recall over the same issue in two years. GM conducted a similar recall two [...]
General Motors announced yesterday that it increased towing and hauling figures for the 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD and the 2011 GMC Sierra HD pickups. GM said that both pickups have increased towing and payload ratings to 21,700 pounds of towing and 6,635 pounds of payload. “The new figures were achieved through ongoing development and testing, making [...]
General Motors announced today that the 2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD will be available in two more models including 2500 (3/4 ton) and 3500 series (1-ton). GM said that due to positive responses from customers and dealers, the 2011 Sierra Denali HD 2500 4WD (3/4 ton) will be available in 2WD configurations as well as [...]
