General Motors CEO Mary Barra said Monday that production of smaller vehicles will remain in the United States for the time being.
Several of GM’s smaller cars are built in the Midwest, including the Buick Verano and Chevrolet’s Cruze and Sonic. “We have no plans to change that,” Barra told a group of union representatives and journalists representing various outlets, including Automotive News.
Several of GM’s smaller cars are built in the Midwest, including the Buick Verano and Chevrolet’s Cruze and Sonic. “We have no plans to change that,” Barra told a group of union representatives and journalists representing various outlets, including Automotive News.
Barra’s statement comes just a week after Ford announced that it expects to relocate the assembly lines where at least two of its compact models are built. “We will move production of the next-generation Ford Focus and C-Max, which currently are built at Michigan Assembly Plant, beginning in 2018,” Ford said in a statement last week.
Their future production location, however, remains up in the air. Mexico is rumored to be the leading candidate.
“No decision has been made as of yet,” Ford said in an emailed statement to Leftlane News. “The company is currently reviewing several possible options and will share details once studies are complete.”
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