GM selling Hummer to Chinese Oct 10, 2009
For the time being, theplant also is assembling the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks. CEO Taylor said GM has agreed to make the H3 models under contract through 2012, but he expects the manufacturing relationship to end when production of other products made in Shreveport ends. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
GM sells Hummer brand Oct 10, 2009
For the time being, the plant also is assembling the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks. CEO Taylor said GM has agreed to make the H3 models under contract through 2012, but he expects the manufacturing relationship to end when production of other products made in Shreveport ends. (MSNBC -- Business)
Iconic Hummer brand sold to Chinese manufacturer Oct 10, 2009
For the time being, the plant also is assembling the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks. The plant once employed about 3,000 workers, but layoff and buyouts have reduced that number to just over 700. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
General Motors raising output at 3 factories Sep 23, 2009
Production also was to be boosted at other North American factories, including those that make the Chevrolet HHR small wagon, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups, the Chevrolet Camaro muscle car, Buick LaCrosse sedan and the Cadillac SRX and CTS Wagon. From the Wednesday, September 23, 2009 edition of the Augusta Chronicle Reader Comments Note: Comments are not edited and don't represent the views of The Augusta Chronicle. (The Augusta Chronicle)
GM adding third shifts at three factories Sep 23, 2009
Production also was to be boosted at other North American factories, including those that make the Chevrolet HHR small wagon, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups, the Chevrolet Camaro muscle car, Buick LaCrosse sedan and the Cadillac SRX and CTS Wagon. Also in msnbc. (MSNBC -- Business)
Dealers riding clunkers to the bank Jul 30, 2009
The Chevrolet Colorado he was eyeing had already been sold, but Haggerty expects to eventually buy a new car under the voucher program. I m 90 percent sure that I m going to make a move, unless something is too pricey, he said. (Boston Globe)
GM consider Spring Hill for truck line Jul 9, 2009
GM s retooled Spring Hill plant could be considered as the building site for GMC s Canyon line of small trucks and the Chevrolet Colorado, GM watchers say ... com reports that the plant will get some production of the next Traverse, as well as the next version of the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon small truck. (Nashville Business Journal, TN)
Web site: GM Spring Hill considered for Escalade Jul 1, 2009
According to GM Inside News Forum, a Web site dedicated to General Motors related issues, the GM/Spring Hill Manufacturing plant is being considered as the assembly site for the next-generation Cadillac Escalade and possibly the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon small trucks. While not an official General Motors publication, GM Inside News Forum is read by number of GM employees and retirees. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
GM and Chrysler's Bankruptcy Cases at a Glance Jun 25, 2009
Shreveport will continue to assemble Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks based upon market demand, but with production ending no later than June 2012. The plants "will not be allocated any new products," Lee said. (ABC News -- Wire)
Union: Shreveport GM plant to shut by 2012 Jun 25, 2009
In the meantime, the plants will continue to put together the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups, along with the Hummer H3 and H3T pickup. It had been widely hoped that the operation would continue after it escaped an initial plant closure list when GM filed for bankruptcy protection on June 1, but Ebey said the union had been "hearing rumblings for some time.". (USA Today -- Autos)
General Motors announces more plant closures Mar 20, 2009
The factory makes the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks, along with the Hummer H-3 and H-3T.. Sales of trucks have collapsed, while GM has already announced plans to sell the Hummer Brand with sales falling by nearly two-thirds. (KSLA.com, LA)
Expect more GM plants to shut down Mar 20, 2009
The local plant provides Vortec inline 4 engines to the Louisiana plant which makes Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickup trucks. Another factor with an uncertain impact on the Tonawanda plant is the future of the Hummer brand, whose sales have plummeted and which GM wants to sell. (Buffalo Business First, NY)
GM to close truck, engine, stamping Mar 19, 2009
The factory's 1,500 workers make Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks, along with the Hummer H3 and H3T. Sales of trucks have collapsed, while GM has already announced plans to sell the Hummer brand, whose sales have fallen by nearly two-thirds. "The two things that would make (a plant) vulnerable is, one, the product at the plant and, two, its remoteness from the Midwest," said James Rubenstein, a professor of geography at Miami University in Ohio who has studied auto plant closures... (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
2009 Ford F-150 Mar 4, 2009
8% drop in sales, only slightly less than the combined total sales of Ford's () Ranger, General Motors' () Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon, and Chrysler's Dodge Dakota. The situation is reversed when it comes to large pickups. (BusinessWeek)
GM should decide fate of Hummer by end of March Feb 18, 2009
GM's plant in Shreveport currently builds the Chevy Colorado, the GMC Canyon, the Hummer H3 and the Hummer H3T. Late last year GM cut out the plant's second shift due to a slowdown in sales of its light trucks. Shreveport's GM plant currently employs about 700 people. (KSLA.com, LA)
