l powertrain adapted from the Ford Ranger. Toller sold 1,234 vehicles in 2019 and 752 in the first nine months of 2020. On January 11, Ford Motor Co. announced it will cease production immediately at Camaçari and Taubaté in Brazil, with some parts production continuing for a few months to support inventories for aftermarket sales. The Troller plant in Horizonte, Brazil, will continue to operate until the fourth quarter of 2021. The company will...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

tor shortages Nissan Mexicana investing USD 700 million for operations in Aguascalientes Nissan Mexicana produces a vehicle every 40 seconds Nissan stops building Pathfinder, Murano, Frontier for Canadian market, limits Infiniti QX 60 Nissan idles two plants in Aguascalientes, Mexico to adjust inventories U.S. sales of Mexico-produced vehicles in June mixed Nissan plants in Aguascalientes, Mexico halt for maintenance, tooling changes Nissan...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

pril 6 at the Indaiatuba plant. The plant closure announcement coincided with Toyota’s official launch of its all-new Corolla Cross SUV at dealerships across Brazil. Toyota says any further stoppages will not be necessary because of a lack of semiconductors, as it was able to secure its component inventories in advance. Toyota announced that it has acquired a 3.7 million square foot construction site of a new plant in Sorocaba, Brazil. Toyota i...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

though when asked about a return of the model to the market, Renault responded that "for now, this is not being evaluated". Beginning May 15, Renault stopped production of the Kwid, Logan, Sandero, Captur and Duster lines, as well as the engine plant, and will not resume until May 22, as it adapts inventories to market demand. The Oroch and Master models remain in production. Renault has begun pre-series production of its new regional SUV at the...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

tellantis announced that starting April 26 at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant, which produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango, only one shift crew will work for three weeks and then be laid off, while the other two shift crews work for the next three weeks. Dealers are experiencing low inventories while four Stellantis' plants remain idled through the end of April, affecting the Ram 1500 Classic pickup at Warren Truck Assembly, Chrys...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/11

nearby proving ground. The Chinese embassy in Brazil has been contacted to probe possible investors, as well as others. On January 11, Ford Motor Co. announced it will cease production immediately at Camaçari and Taubaté in Brazil, with some parts production continuing for a few months to support inventories for aftermarket sales. The Troller plant in Horizonte, Brazil, will continue to operate until the fourth quarter of 2021. The company will...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/10

of the Mercedes-Benz X-Class at Renault’s Cordoba, Argentina plant, and said the pickup will not be imported from the Nissan factory in Barcelona, Spain. Though Vito production was cancelled at the Juan Manuel Fangio Plant, importation of the model from Vitoria, Spain awaits reduction of current inventories. On October 31, Nissan Motor Iberica informed that it will soon complete the testing phase of a pioneering exoskeleton project before inte...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/08

n government's short-time work program for about 25 working days in Eisenach and 15 days in Ruesselsheim until the end of the year. Opel recently exited from the Russian market. It also is suffering moderate development of the production of its models for the European market. In order to reduce the inventories and the associated cost, it decided to cut the production at the two plants. Opel is cutting production at two German plants as demand fal...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/08

n government's short-time work program for about 25 working days in Eisenach and 15 days in Ruesselsheim until the end of the year. Opel recently exited from the Russian market. It also is suffering moderate development of the production of its models for the European market. In order to reduce the inventories and the associated cost, it decided to cut the production at the two plants. Opel announced on May 15 that the new-generation 1.6 SIDI Tur...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/08

temporarily halted operations of Guangqi Honda's manufacturing plant for about two weeks from April 30 to May 15. Honda said this suspension is for periodic maintenance and inspection, not due to a major earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Impact of the quake has been limited in the market with ample inventories for February-March period, but the output in April has been down by half to 18,000 units from March. Production volume in May is expected ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/02

of the Mercedes-Benz X-Class at Renault’s Cordoba, Argentina plant, and said the pickup will not be imported from the Nissan factory in Barcelona, Spain. Though Vito production was cancelled at the Juan Manuel Fangio Plant, importation of the model from Vitoria, Spain awaits reduction of current inventories. On May 25, Mercedes-Benz announced that it stated the sales of the all-new battery-electric-powered large-capacity sedan, the EQV. The el...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/01

ange. ET5 Touring features a dual-motor all-wheel drive system, comprising a 150-kW front induction motor and a 210-kW rear permanent magnet motor, with a total power output of 360 kW. On October 19, JAC Group announced its intention to transfer certain assets through public listing, involving the inventories, fixed assets, projects in progress, buildings, and land use rights of its passenger vehicle subsidiary’s No.3 Plant and the structures ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/27

called the Acadia Limited, at the Lansing plant in May. GM moved production of the new-generation GMC Acadia to its Spring Hill Assembly Plant in Tennessee. On September 22, GM announced that it is ending the third shift at its Spring Hill assembly plant in Tennessee on November 27 to trim vehicle inventories. GM also confirmed that it is investing USD 294 million in the plant to build a new Cadillac product, likely to be a compact SUV. A small ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/25

of the planned total investment USD 300 million with another USD 200 million coming its suppliers. On June 5, General Motors announced that it will suspend production of the Chevrolet Cruze at the Rosario plant in Argentina for one month, from June 15 to July 15, to allow for readjustment of excess inventories, as well as pending holidays, and upgrades that are being made on the assembly line for future production of the “high value” AVA Proj...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/23

of 30,000 units. Hyundai Motor will push the launch of operation of the third plant forward, which was originally scheduled for July 2012, to handle the coating process for vehicles made at the first plant. The company says there will be little impact on sales because the first plant has one-month inventories for each model assembled at the plant. Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. has unveiled a mass-production model of the ix25 compact SUV at the...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/23

te some of the structural reinforcements for vehicle body frames. Vehicle production schedules will be unaffected by the construction, keeping the plant's three shifts of nearly 4,000 employees on the job. GM postpones production of the 2010 hybrid version of the "Chevrolet Malibu" given high level inventories at dealers due to sluggish sales. While production of hybrids for fleet users will continue, whether to resume production for individual c...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/20

tures currently included in the CT6-V, the Blackwing Twin-Turbo V-8 and Super Cruise. On February 15, GM ended production of the Chevrolet Volt and Buick LaCrosse at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant, to better align "production schedules with customer demand", according to the company, suggesting unsold inventories on factory and dealer lots. Chevrolet began production of the Volt in 2010, and in 2018 sold 18,306 of them in the U.S. On March 7, Genera...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/13

nsing Grand River for new tooling and a 32,000-square-foot addition to the body shop. GM will invest USD 667.6 million at Toledo Transmission and USD 37 million at Bedford Casting Operations.   On February 1, GM said its Lordstown Assembly Plant will have several weeks of downtime in 2017 to trim inventories of the Chevrolet Cruze, currently at a supply level of 100 days. The Lansing Grand River plant, producing the Cadillac CTS, ATS and Chevro...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/05

n will be focused primarily on crew cab models. On June 12, General Motors announced a USD 150 million investment at Flint Truck Assembly to increase production of the all-new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra heavy-duty pickups, which will immediately begin shipping to dealers as they build their inventories through the remainder of 2019. The new investment will be used to enhance the plant’s conveyors and other tooling to increase production...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/05

of the Mercedes-Benz X-Class at Renault’s Cordoba, Argentina plant, and said the pickup will not be imported from the Nissan factory in Barcelona, Spain. Though Vito production was cancelled at the Juan Manuel Fangio Plant, importation of the model from Vitoria, Spain awaits reduction of current inventories. At an event on September 25, Mercedes-Benz officials previewed the new generation Sprinter in Buenos Aires, Argentina ahead of its offici...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/04