Automotive News - March 9, 2009 - (Page 29) FEBRUARY 9, 2009 • 29 Plant closings Plant Down through Chrysler LLC Belvidere, Ill. Brampton, Ontario Conner Avenue (Detroit) Sterling Heights, Mich. Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 2) Oshawa (Ontario) Truck Ramos Arizpe, Mexico Shreveport, La. Wilmington, Del. Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Feb. 15 Feb. 22 Honda builds 20 millionth vehicle in North America Last month, Honda produced its 20 millionth vehicle built in North America. Honda’s North American plants are in East Liberty, Ohio; Greensburg, Ind.; Lincoln, Ala.; Marysville, Ohio; Alliston, Ontario; and El Salto Jalisco, Mexico. Ford Motor Co.’s Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville returned to work last week building the Ford F-series Super Duty pickup. The factory has been down for changeover since Dec. 15, adding the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs, which will start production this month. North American car and truck production for January fell 62.2 percent from January 2008. (See Late News on Page 3.) — Debi Domby Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. Stories about these companies are on these pages: Acura 14, 16, 19 ADESA 18 ADP Dealer Services 4 American Honda Finance 19 Arkona 15 Audi 6, 15 AutoNation 28 BMW 6, 21, 30 Buick 3 Cadillac 3, 30 Capital One 27 Cerberus 12 Chase Auto Finance 19, 27 Chevrolet 3, 14, 21, 27, 30 Chrysler 1, 7, 8, 12, 13, 19, 21, 26, 28 Collins & Aikman 30 Compact Power 30 Contech 28 Credit Union Direct Lending 19 CUcorp 19 Daimler 12, 15, 21 DealerTrack 4, 15, 19 Delphi 3, 26 Dodge 14, 21 Dura 13 Edscha 28 FAW Group 27 Fiat 12, 30 Fisker 30 Fletcher Jones Motorcars 16 Ford ..1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 19, 21, 24, 27, 30 Ford Credit 19, 27 Fuji Heavy Industries 25 Geely 27 GM 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 27, 28, 30 GMAC 8, 26, 27 GMC 3 Honda 8, 19, 21, 25 Hummer 3, 12, 16, 21 Hyundai 14, 21 Hyundai-Kia 21 Infiniti 15 Isuzu 3 Jaguar 19 Jaguar Land Rover 19 Johnson Controls-Saft 30 Kia 6, 27 Land Rover 19 Lexus 30 Lincoln 6 Manheim 18, 19, 24 Mazda 8, 24, 25, 27 Mercedes-Benz 15, 27, 30 Mercury 6 Mini 6, 30 Mitsubishi 25, 27 Newport Beach Lexus 16 Nissan 4, 15, 21, 27 Nissan Motor Acceptance 25 Oldsmobile 3, 12 Opel 27, 30 Penske Automotive Group 16, 28 Peugeot 30 Pontiac 3, 12, 21 Reynolds and Reynolds 4 Rolls-Royce 30 RouteOne 4, 19 Saab 3, 12, 27 SAIC-GM-Wuling 27 Saturn 3, 12, 21 Scion 6, 21 Sonic Automotive 16 Sovereign Bank 1 Southeast Toyota Distributors 27 Subaru 25 Suzuki 7, 14, 25 Tata 19 Tenneco 27 Toyota 16, 21, 25, 27 Volkswagen 21, 26, 27 Volvo 21, 27 World Omni Financial 27 Plants working short weeks Hyundai: Montgomery, Ala. (three-day week) Mercedes-Benz: Vance, Ala. (four-day week) Nissan: All U.S. and Cuernavaca, Mexico, plants (four-day week); Aguascalientes, Mexico (two-day week) Ford Motor Co. Cuautitlan, Mexico* Kansas City (Truck), Mo. Louisville, Ky. Michigan Truck (Wayne)* Oakville, Ontario Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) Wayne, Mich. 1st qtr. 2010 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 mid-2010 Feb. 22 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Other downtime CAMI: Ingersoll, Ontario, through Feb. 22 *Down for changeover †Down for changeover until mid-March to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources General Motors Bowling Green, Ky. Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.) Feb. 22 Feb. 15 North America car and truck production 2/22/7/09† Jan. total† 1/12/7/09† 1/12/2/08 2/22/7/09† Jan. total† 1/12/7/09† 1/12/2/08 2/22/7/09† Jan. total† 1/12/7/09† 1/12/2/08 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 0 Ford Mustang 0 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 389 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 AUTOALLIANCE 389 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 1,744 X6 (trk.) 1,053 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 2,797 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 2,797 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 0 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 0 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 0 CAMI 0 300 (Can.) 803 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 381 Sebring 0 Sebring convertible 0 Aspen (trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,626 Total Chrysler Division 3,810 Avenger 0 Caliber 1,176 Challenger (Can.) 1,101 Charger (Can.) 2,335 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 0 Dakota (trk.) 0 Durango (trk.) 0 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 3,125 Journey (Mex. trk.) 943 Nitro (trk.) 529 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk.) 4,538 Ram (Mex. trk.) 1,440 Sprinter (trk.)† 77 Total Dodge 15,264 Commander (trk.) 0 Compass (trk.) 384 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 0 Liberty (trk.) 858 Patriot (trk.) 815 Wrangler ( trk.) 1,046 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 1,124 Total Jeep 4,227 Total Chrysler group 23,301 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Total U.S. car 1,176 Total Canada car 4,239 Total Mexico car 381 Total U.S. truck 9,371 Total Canada truck 5,751 Total Mexico truck 2,383 CHRYSLER LLC 23,301 Crown Victoria (Can.) 0 Focus 0 Fusion (Mex.) 3,928 Taurus (new) 892 E series, Econoline (trk.) 0 Edge (Can. trk.) 0 Escape (trk.) 3,904 Expedition (trk.) 0 Explorer (trk.) 0 F series (trk.) 7,553 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 0 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 2,877 F-series chassis (trk.) 0 Flex (Can. trk.) 0 Medium (Mex. trk.) 192 Ranger (trk.) 1,551 Taurus X (trk.) 188 Total Ford brand 21,085 MKS 478 MKZ (Mex.) 323 Town Car (Can.) 0 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 0 Navigator (trk.) 0 Total Lincoln 801 Grand Marquis (Can.) 0 Milan (Mex.) 298 Sable 268 Mariner (trk.) 509 Mountaineer (trk.) 0 Total Mercury 1,075 B series (trk.) 234 Tribute (trk.) 212 Total Mazda 446 Total U.S. car 1,638 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 4,549 Total U.S. truck 17,028 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 192 FORD MOTOR CO. 23,407 Ford incl. joint venture* 23,407 0 0 554 0 554 0 0 5,965 3,227 0 9,192 9,192 0 0 0 0 1,606 763 1,075 0 0 0 0 3,444 1,385 2,353 2,202 4,671 0 0 1,051 0 0 0 1,887 529 0 8,167 4,320 226 26,791 308 768 3,569 858 1,631 1,046 1,124 9,304 39,539 0 4,813 8,479 763 19,277 0 6,207 39,539 5,154 8,540 0 2,499 5,116 5,175 14,836 0 4,018 28,700 0 0 0 1,819 0 4,342 527 80,726 1,338 0 1,121 0 1,125 0 3,584 1,047 0 752 1,933 163 3,895 657 804 1,461 13,129 7,322 0 61,096 8,119 0 89,666 89,666 0 0 943 0 943 0 0 7,709 4,280 0 11,989 11,989 0 0 0 0 2,409 1,144 1,075 0 0 0 2,626 7,254 1,385 3,529 3,303 7,006 0 0 1,051 0 0 3,125 2,830 1,058 0 12,705 5,760 303 42,055 308 1,152 3,569 1,716 2,446 2,092 2,248 13,531 62,840 0 5,989 12,718 1,144 28,648 5,751 8,590 62,840 5,154 8,540 3,928 3,391 5,116 5,175 18,740 0 4,018 36,253 0 2,877 0 1,819 192 5,893 715 101,811 1,816 323 1,121 0 1,125 0 4,385 1,047 298 1,020 2,442 163 4,970 891 1,016 1,907 14,767 7,322 4,549 78,124 8,119 192 113,073 113,073 1,969 11,314 9,034 852 21,200 356 1,767 16,214 393 2,123 16,607 18,730 10,452 4,118 2,239 16,809 8,551 5,575 8,698 4,726 3,076 1,775 14,464 46,865 12,303 18,670 4 12,647 2,665 214 1,294 3,698 3,806 9,593 5,751 3,552 7,665 1,836 9,963 3,941 97,602 2,391 4,128 6,613 8,216 6,804 6,110 11,112 45,374 189,841 235 44,611 23,867 5,575 76,252 24,057 15,714 190,076 7,825 25,231 22,947 7,043 20,077 19,669 24,381 7,803 13,748 56,989 3,290 30,780 1,124 0 662 9,093 2,938 253,600 0 3,013 2,031 1,071 6,067 2,544 14,726 3,065 2,458 864 5,779 3,086 15,252 923 3,033 3,956 33,138 12,921 28,418 183,369 25,736 3,952 287,534 298,848 LaCrosse/Allure’ (Can.) 0 Lucerne 933 Enclave (trk.) 765 Total Buick 1,698 CTS 0 DTS 565 STS 0 XLR 0 Escalade (trk.) 143 Escalade ESV (trk.) 32 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 20 SRX (trk.) 0 Total Cadillac 760 Aveo (Mex.) 567 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 0 Cobalt 3,296 Corvette 0 HHR (Mex.) 0 Impala (Can.) 0 Malibu 1,783 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 605 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 0 Colorado (trk.) 0 Express (trk.) 313 Medium (trk.) 45 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 6,081 Silverado (Can. trk.) 1,576 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 2,348 Suburban (trk.) 559 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 0 Tahoe (trk.) 994 TrailBlazer (trk.) 0 Uplander (trk.) 0 Total Chevrolet 18,167 Acadia (trk.) 947 Canyon (trk.) 0 Envoy (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 177 Savana (trk.) 289 Sierra (trk.) 2,126 Sierra (Can. trk.) 635 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 1,152 Yukon (trk.) 654 Yukon XL (trk.) 308 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 0 Total GMC 6,288 Hummer H3 (trk.) 0 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 0 Total Isuzu 0 Opel GT roadster 0 G3/Wave (Mex.) 320 G5 810 G6 1,513 Solstice 0 Montana SV6 (trk.) 0 Total Pontiac 2,643 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 0 Aura 0 Sky 0 Outlook (trk.) 142 Vue (Mex. trk.) 0 Total Saturn 142 Total U.S. car 8,900 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 887 Total U.S. truck 13,575 Total Canada truck 2,211 Total Mexico truck 4,125 GENERAL MOTORS 29,698 GM incl. joint ventures* 31,038 CSX (Can.) 32 TL 821 MDX (Can. trk.) 600 RDX (trk.) 33 Total Acura 1,486 Accord 4,268 Civic 1,560 Civic (Can.) 5,052 CR-V (trk.) 1,911 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,100 Element (trk.) 189 Odyssey (trk.) 2,104 Pilot (trk.) 899 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 0 Total Honda Division 17,083 Total U.S. car 6,649 Total Canada car 5,084 Total U.S. truck 5,136 Total Canada truck 600 Total Mexico truck 1,100 HONDA 18,569 Sonata 1,777 Santa Fe (trk.) 488 HYUNDAI 2,265 11 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 402 110 75 0 587 2,153 0 0 0 0 3 0 2,298 0 0 1,064 98 0 19,743 4,633 8,923 1,566 0 2,785 0 0 43,266 0 0 0 475 984 6,750 1,852 4,376 1,833 863 0 17,133 0 0 0 1 1 0 1,216 0 0 0 0 1,216 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 3,369 36,674 6,485 15,672 62,214 65,055 120 3,423 2,281 125 5,949 17,800 6,505 19,197 7,263 4,180 719 7,995 3,416 0 67,075 27,728 19,317 19,518 2,281 4,180 73,024 6,721 2,095 8,816 11 933 765 1,709 0 565 0 0 545 142 95 0 1,347 2,720 0 3,296 0 0 3 1,783 2,903 0 0 1,377 143 0 25,824 6,209 11,271 2,125 0 3,779 0 0 61,433 947 0 0 652 1,273 8,876 2,487 5,528 2,487 1,171 0 23,421 0 0 0 1 1 0 1,536 810 1,513 0 0 3,859 0 0 0 142 0 142 8,900 14 4,256 50,249 8,696 19,797 91,912 96,093 152 4,244 2,881 158 7,435 22,068 8,065 24,249 9,174 5,280 908 10,099 4,315 0 84,158 34,377 24,401 24,654 2,881 5,280 91,593 8,498 2,583 11,081 6,775 5,559 6,642 18,976 9,670 3,809 2,284 203 4,431 2,214 1,016 1,540 25,167 0 5,822 23,601 4,044 9,322 21,193 24,943 5,831 881 8,443 12,869 180 234 34,774 10,516 14,952 4,926 1,475 17,030 11,516 9,612 222,164 10,423
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