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GM to Halt Car Production, Including Camaro and Corvette

Last updated: Sep 19, 2019 at 3:39PM
Published on: Dec 22, 2016 by tgriffith

Camaro going out of production... temporarily.
Camaro going out of production… temporarily.

General Motors has a problem with crossovers. The high-riding family-friendly vehicles have effectively kicked their sedan brethren out of production. Quite literally, in fact, as GM plans to shutter five U.S. assembly plants next month to help ease a supply problem at dealers. With crossovers high on the wish list of U.S. consumers, sedans, and the people who make them, are starting to suffer.

Just last month GM laid off 2,000 of its factory workers due to the elimination of a third shift at two plants.

The entire closure of five plants, for up to three weeks each, is another sure sign that the crossover is the vehicle of choice for American drivers.

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Filed Under: Car News Tagged With: GM, GM halt production, GM January production, GM production halt

GM and Toyota Dive Deeper Into Car Sharing

Nov 2, 2016 by tgriffith

MAVEN

How would you like to rent a car in less than a second?

The idea of instant access to a vehicle could be appealing, especially for people who don’t own a car and live in a big city. General Motors and Toyota are the latest major automakers to get on board the car-sharing trend and could help turn it into a new normal for urban-dwelling commuters.

The idea of a car company venturing into the by-the-hour car rental business might seem to fly in the face of their desire to sell cars meant for individual ownership, but the younger generation seems to be demanding a change in how they transport themselves.

They don’t want to own cars, but they want convenient, inexpensive access to them.

Cue Maven.

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Filed Under: Car Industry News, Domestic Cars, Foreign Cars, General Chat, United States Tagged With: Car Minded, car sharing, Getaround, GM, Maven, Toyota

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