built at GM’s Bowling Green Assembly facility in Kentucky, which is then installed at the Lansing Grand River assembly plant. On March 24, General Motors announced that due to the semiconductor chip shortage, its Wentzville Assembly plant, will suspend production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon from March 29 through April 5, though full-size vans continue, and is moving forward its launch construction downtime to now be from May 24 to ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/30

M said that due to "production line efficiencies" achieved at its Flint Assembly plant, production of the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD full-size pickups will increase by about 1,000 trucks per month beginning in mid-July. GM also plans to increase shipments of Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups, built at Wentzville Assembly, by about 30,000 total units from mid-May through the week of July 5. Those units were held at t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/30

y 10 and through the week of June 28, though it will still have pre-production volume of the 2022 model year Cadillac Black Wing in June. Wentzville Assembly temporarily moved from three production shifts the week of April 26 to two shifts, but will continue producing the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon s at the full run-rate until the scheduled launch changeover the week of May 24. CAMI Ingersoll, Ontario, which has been down since February 8,...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/26

il. GM’s Gravatai plant in Brazil, where the Chevrolet Onix and Onix Plus are built, will now take downtime in April and May. On March 24, General Motors announced that due to the semiconductor chip shortage, its Wentzville Assembly plant, will suspend production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon from March 29 through April 5, though full-size vans continue, and is moving forward its launch construction downtime to now be from May 24 to ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/14

its pickups. The plant will increase daily production levels of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra to build 1,000 more of them a month, though GM did not say how many trucks per month they currently build there. General Motors is using salaried employees to help build Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups at its Wentzville Assembly plant due to high absenteeism amid the coronavirus pandemic. Wentzville runs three shifts with abou...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/14

M said that due to "production line efficiencies" achieved at its Flint Assembly plant, production of the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD full-size pickups will increase by about 1,000 trucks per month beginning in mid-July. GM also plans to increase shipments of Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups, built at Wentzville Assembly, by about 30,000 total units from mid-May through the week of July 5. Those units were held at t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/13

Belvidere, Illinois; 2. Honda Odyssey, 3. Honda Ridgeline and 4. Honda Passport all assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 5. Chevrolet Corvette Assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky; 6. Acura MDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio; 7. Honda Pilot Assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 8. Chevrolet Colorado and 9. GMC Canyon both assembled in Wentzville, Missouri; and 10. Acura RDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio. On July 18, Chevrolet revealed the all-new mid-engin...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/13

as the teams installed parts on units held. On August 4 during an analyst call, GM CFO Paul Jacobson said that GM’s build-shy strategy has been helpful to its results. From the beginning of August, the GM Wentzville Assembly plant has been storing over 9,200 unfinished Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups, with a plan to keep building another 15,000 pickups and put them in storage awaiting parts. Arlington Assembly plant has 10,60...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/09

s in Thailand, with a market share of only 3%, and produced 55,491 vehicles including 35,117 units for export. The Rayong plant has a staff of 3,200. In line with this decision, the automaker will offer an early retirement program. GM confirmed on November 9 that the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon will have its Duramax turbo-diesel. The diesel versions are produced at Wentzville plant in Missouri and go on sale this fall in North America....

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/21

lant in Korea, which builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Trax, and Buick Encore, at half capacity beginning the week of February 8. On March 24, General Motors announced that due to the semiconductor chip shortage, its Wentzville Assembly plant, will suspend production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon from March 29 through April 5, though full-size vans continue, and is moving forward its launch construction downtime to now be from May 24 to ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/16

Belvidere, Illinois; 2. Honda Odyssey, 3. Honda Ridgeline and 4. Honda Passport all assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 5. Chevrolet Corvette Assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky; 6. Acura MDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio; 7. Honda Pilot Assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 8. Chevrolet Colorado and 9. GMC Canyon both assembled in Wentzville, Missouri; and 10. Acura RDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio. The UAW says union locals are prepared to file griev...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/15

n will remain down. On October 25, GM confirmed it will have Saturday overtime shifts at six North American plants in November as it works itself through the global semiconductor shortage, including Fort Wayne and Silao Assembly (Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks), Wentzville Assembly, (GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado), Lansing Grand River Assembly (Cadillac CT4 and CT5, and Chevrolet Camaro), Lansing Delta Township (Buick Enclave and C...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/11

o supply-chain disruptions caused by a May 2 fire at the Meridian Magnesium Products plant in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. GM has temporarily halted production of the GMC Savana and Chevrolet Express full-size vans at its Wentzville, Missouri, plant, although production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon mid-size pickups built there continues. Ford halted its F-150 line at the Kansas City Assembly plant earlier in the week due to parts shortages...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/01

General Motors, Wentzville Assembly Plant Chevrolet Express, Colorado (2014-); GMC Savana, Canyon (2014-); Truck and van assembly plant Year opened: 1983 Investment announced since 2014: over USD 1.5 billion Employees: 4,145 as of June 2024 GM updates Chevrolet Colorado with all-new V6 GM announces new Colorado ZR2 off-road midsize pickup Ford, FCA, GM facing production shutdowns of pickups, vans after supplier fire GM Lordstown plant ends pr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/03/04

GMC Terrain, after being down since July 19. On August 4 during an analyst call, GM CFO Paul Jacobson said that GM’s build-shy strategy has been helpful to its results. From the beginning of August, the GM Wentzville Assembly plant has been storing over 9,200 unfinished Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon midsize pickups, with a plan to keep building another 15,000 pickups and put them in storage awaiting parts. Arlington Assembly plant has 10,60...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/03/04

il. GM’s Gravatai plant in Brazil, where the Chevrolet Onix and Onix Plus are built, will now take downtime in April and May. On March 24, General Motors announced that due to the semiconductor chip shortage, its Wentzville Assembly plant, will suspend production of the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon from March 29 through April 5, though full-size vans continue, and is moving forward its launch construction downtime to now be from May 24 to ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/03/04

Belvidere, Illinois; 2. Honda Odyssey, 3. Honda Ridgeline and 4. Honda Passport all assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 5. Chevrolet Corvette Assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky; 6. Acura MDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio; 7. Honda Pilot Assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 8. Chevrolet Colorado and 9. GMC Canyon both assembled in Wentzville, Missouri; and 10. Acura RDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio. On March 15, Honda announced that all eight of its U...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/28

a V8 Hemi with 540 horsepower, (4) Jeep Wrangler JK-8: Uses a Mopar-designed kit to transform a Jeep Wrangler into a pickup, (5) Jeep Cherokee Overland: Actually a Jeep Liberty but exported under the Cherokee brand name, this version is equipped with a special off-road suspension, (6) Jeep Compass Canyon: A Compass with an off-road suspension, (7) Mopar Ram Runner: A off-road racing version of the Ram pickup. Chrysler released the 2012 "Jeep Wra...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/26

Belvidere, Illinois; 2. Honda Odyssey, 3. Honda Ridgeline and 4. Honda Passport all assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 5. Chevrolet Corvette Assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky; 6. Acura MDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio; 7. Honda Pilot Assembled in Lincoln, Alabama; 8. Chevrolet Colorado and 9. GMC Canyon both assembled in Wentzville, Missouri; and 10. Acura RDX Assembled in East Liberty, Ohio. On July 16, Acura launched its 2020 MDX and MDX Spor...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/19

lt EV and Bolt EUV. On October 25, GM confirmed it will have Saturday overtime shifts at six North American plants in November as it works itself through the global semiconductor shortage, including Fort Wayne and Silao Assembly (Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks), Wentzville Assembly, (GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado), Lansing Grand River Assembly (Cadillac CT4 and CT5, and Chevrolet Camaro), Lansing Delta Township (Buick Enclave and C...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/02/19