General Motors has reportedly planned further production cuts to help clear excess dealer inventory.
The company plans to halt production for a week at its Orion Assembly plant in Detroit, along with one of its Canadian manufacturing facilities in Oshawa, Ontario, unnamed sources have told Automotive News.
The company plans to halt production for a week at its Orion Assembly plant in Detroit, along with one of its Canadian manufacturing facilities in Oshawa, Ontario, unnamed sources have told Automotive News.
The Orion plant is said to have been idled this week and scheduled for another slowdown in early April. The production adjustment has been tied to lower-than-expected demand for the Chevrolet Sonic and Buick Verano.
The Oshawa plant production adjustments are said to be aimed at reducing output of the Cadillac XTS, the Chevy Camaro and Impala, and the Buick Regal.
Cadillac XTS and Chevy Camaro sales were up for the first month of the year in the US market, with respective gains of 14 percent and 5.5 percent. The other models were down during the same period, with Sonic sales dropping by nearly 47 percent and Regal deliveries falling by 45 percent.
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