Articles Tagged with ''General Motors''

LOCKPORT, NY—The auto parts assembly plant here has survived lots of change. The complex switched affiliations from GM to Delphi and then back GM in 2009. Today, the plant is humming, and workers and managers are more optimistic than ever.

SAO PAULO, Brazil—GM could build another assembly plant in Brazil if sales in the world’s fourth-largest auto market continue expanding at approximately 5 percent annually. The automaker’s existing facility here is already producing some 60,000 vehicles per year.

BOWLING GREEN, KY—For the first time, the GM’s Corvette assembly plant will also produce some of the high-performance engines for the sports car.

PONTIAC, MI—GM plans to expand its powertrain engineering complex here, adding approximately 300 jobs.

KANSAS CITY, KS—GM will invest $600 million to upgrade its assembly plant here. Construction on a new 450,000-square-foot paint shop, a stamping press and efficiency enhancements at the plant will begin this year.

DETROIT—General Motors is planning to invest approximately $1.6 billion in its North American manufacturing facilities during 2013, in a bid to unveil about 20 new models during the year.

DETROIT—An automotive journalist got an early Christmas present last December—the opportunity to watch his Buick Verano being assembled.

DETROIT—The Treasury Department will sell its remaining stake in General Motors in the next year or so, winding down a $50 billion bailout that saved the iconic American car giant but also set off a heated debate about government intervention in private business.

DETROIT—GM will build the next-generation Camaro at its Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant instead of its Oshawa, Ontario, plant.

ARLINGTON, TX—GM has hired 1,000 new workers to build large SUVs at its assembly plant here. The new jobs are part of a $500 million expansion that includes a new stamping facility set to open next year.