AP: GM to build subcompact in MI

Well, let me decode this... (0.00 / 0)

I was reading something by Nolan Finley a little bit ago about how GM was taking this to Tennessee to shut Bob Corker up, because Barack Obama is actually pulling the levers behind the scenes.

Would this news be an effort to keep Michigan blue, or is it a payback to Jennifer Granholm as a fellow graduate of Harvard law?

Among the Trees

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by: Eric B. @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 16:05:45 PM CDT

Outlook (4.00 / 1)

slight correction stormy.

We (Lansing Delta Twp. Assembly) already build the Outlook. the Chevy Traverse is the vehicle that will be coming to Delta from Tenn.

Spring hill, Tenn. will have no scheduled production. Over 3,000 UAW workers will not have a product partly,IMHO, due to Bob Corker so publicly lobbying against GM.

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which." George Orwell - Animal Farm

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by: leftfielder @ Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 23:34:59 PM CDT

I'm surprised Janesville (0.00 / 0)

was ever considered at all (and I doubt they ever really were), because the plant there is an ancient, multistory monstrosity of a building that is totally unsuited to modern manufacturing methods. The fact that their workforce is experienced and dedicated, and built highly profitable vehicles for decades obviously doesn't matter. Orion is much more up to date and centrally located to the supplier network.

Maybe Spring Hill can talk Penske into building future Saturns there instead of China, but I'm not holding my breath.  

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by: happy camper @ Fri Jun 26, 2009 at 10:53:50 AM CDT

Manufacturing Saturn (0.00 / 0)

that's great news I think, though transfering the plant from Spring Hill, TN to the GM Delta Twp. plant outside Lansing may be a hassle, but if this means building Saturn cars and its parts like window regulator and some of its parts then is great. :)

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by: hybridcolors @ Mon Nov 23, 2009 at 18:59:54 PM CST