a little news on the Camaro plant

3323 Views 15 Replies 10 Participants Last post by Dragoneye, Oct 28, 2007

brandonppr

Discussion Starter · Oct 19, 2007

Not much, but at least its progress.

http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/257590

The GM shutdown is expected to last more than a month as the automaker transfers production of the Chevrolet Impala from its No. 1 car plant to its No. 2 plant. The No. 2 plant also produces Buick cars.

The No. 1 plant is being prepared for rear-wheel-drive car assembly, which includes the much-hyped Chevrolet Camaro sports car.

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OverAnxious

· #2 · Oct 19, 2007

Getting closer...

CamaroCliff

· #3 · Oct 20, 2007

good news but bad news.... its great they are getting the plant ready for production of the beast. but it sounds like the us dollar vs canadian is causing problems in the international auto industry. whats going to happen in 2 years, supposing our economy gets worse, or better for that matter? how will this effect pricing, with it being GM american owned, but built in Canada???? im not sure i fully understand the trade/finantial/economy issue, but to me it doesnt sound good to hear our dollar falling short of theirs. someone explain please.

brandonppr

Discussion Starter · #4 · Oct 20, 2007

I don't really understand it too much myself, but I think the news is bad for Canadians and good for Americans. I may be wrong though.

Luwinkle

· #5 · Oct 20, 2007

It says "rear-wheel drive production" and says that INCLUDES the Camaro. So what other RWD goodies are they going to crank out?

brandonppr

Discussion Starter · #6 · Oct 20, 2007

I think G8 and Camaro and maybe Impala.

OctaneZ28

· #7 · Oct 20, 2007

Camaro and G8 are all that have been confirmed so far.
But Impala, Lucerne and DTS are all in the Zeta pipeline.

Luwinkle

· #8 · Oct 20, 2007

They're going to make the G8 there? I thought it was going to be built in Australia only?

OctaneZ28

· #9 · Oct 20, 2007

For now G8 will be built in Australia, but after a couple years, production is being moved to Oshawa.

Luwinkle

· #10 · Oct 20, 2007

Groovy, would still rather have it IN the states..but that beats across an ocean.

CUONCRS

· #11 · Oct 22, 2007

I don't care where it's built, as long as the quality is important and the price is right. These days cars/trucks are crossing borders left and right. The Toyota pick-ups were designed and built in America, by Americans, but they are still Japanese trucks? It's all mixed up.

The important thing is that GM knows this car is helping to represent American Muscle, in the coming age of the "new muscle wars" that every car magazine is heralding. If they want to win, they have to fight for it.

jims69camaro

· #12 · Oct 24, 2007

to me, it matters where the dollar goes after the sale. it doesn't much matter where it is built, as the japs have shown us. at the end of the road, the money from the sale of a Camaro will end up here in the U.S.

Cobalt LT

· #13 · Oct 26, 2007

i believe this is the second coming and death of the muscle car. hybreds and regulations will kill them in a couple of years...

CUONCRS

· #14 · Oct 26, 2007

As long as I have mine, I'll be happy. They always grandfather in old cars to an extent. If I have to DD a Prius, just to keep people happy, and pop out the Camaro on special occasions (and autocrosses, of course), then I will. Heck, I can trade in my old F-150 for some eco 4 banger and triple my gas mileage...

Marvelous

· #15 · Oct 27, 2007

CamaroCliff said:
good news but bad news.... its great they are getting the plant ready for production of the beast. but it sounds like the us dollar vs canadian is causing problems in the international auto industry. whats going to happen in 2 years, supposing our economy gets worse, or better for that matter? how will this effect pricing, with it being GM american owned, but built in Canada???? im not sure i fully understand the trade/finantial/economy issue, but to me it doesnt sound good to hear our dollar falling short of theirs. someone explain please.

I wouldn't worry to much about that, especially right now as the CAD is only worth slightly more than the USD...literally by just a few cents. (1USD=0.9621CAD)

It just means Canada can import stuff from the U.S. slightly cheaper... and it's slightly more expensive for us to import stuff from them...meaning they'll most likely import more stuff as the years go by. So net exports increase and cause Agrigate Demand to shift to the right..which theoretically drives price levels up and RGDP higher.

Dragoneye

· #16 · Oct 28, 2007

Luwinkle said:
It says "rear-wheel drive production" and says that INCLUDES the Camaro. So what other RWD goodies are they going to crank out?

For that plant at least, Impala. I'm not sure where the G8 is being built, it may be included too.

But do you all remember that released/leaked document a long while back between the UAW, and GM?

Every time they mentioned the Camaro (GMX 511/521), it was linked with the Impala code 551.

It looked like this:
GMX 511/521/551 whenever it was regarded, or mentioned.

so..........

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