Automotive News - March 9, 2009 - (Page 45) MARCH 9, 2009 • 45 Plant closings Plant Chrysler LLC Down through March 15 March 15 March 15 1st qtr. 2010 March 15 mid-2010 March 22 March 22 March 15 March 15 March 15 April 19 March 15 March 15 Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 2) Oshawa, Ontario (Truck) Ramos Arizpe, Mexico Spring Hill, Tenn. March 15 March 22 March 15 March 15 Feb. output rises over Jan. ■ February 2009 North America vehicle production was 626,549 units, down 51.9 percent from February 2008. It rose from January when production plunged to the lowest total for any month in more than 18 years. February was up 37.9 percent over January 2009 as most plants resumed production. ■ U.S. car production dropped 55.5 percent in February compared with February 2008; Canada car production fell 52.9 percent; Mexico slid 27.7 percent; and North America fell 49.7 percent. ■ U.S. truck output fell 54.7 percent in February; Canada plunged 57.7 percent; Mexico dropped 37.2 percent; and North America fell 53.5 percent. ■ U.S. vehicle output was down 55.0 percent in February; Canada vehicle output fell 55.3 percent; and Mexico vehicle production dropped 31.4 percent. — Debi Domby Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 1/13/8/08 3/23/7/09† Feb. total 1/13/7/09† Conner Avenue (Detroit) Jefferson North (Detroit) Sterling Heights, Mich. Plants working short weeks Hyundai: Montgomery, Ala. (three-day week) Mercedes-Benz: Vance, Ala. (four-day week) Nissan: All U.S. plants and Mexico plants (four-day week) NUMMI: Fremont, Calif. (car line, four-day week; truck line, three-day week) Ford Motor Co. Cuautitlan, Mexico* Louisville, Ky. Michigan Truck (Wayne)* Oakville, Ontario St. Thomas, Ontario Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) Other downtime AM General: Mishawaka, Ind., through April 5 Mitsubishi: Normal, Ill., through May 10 *Down for changeover †Down for changeover to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources General Motors Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich. Flint, Mich. (Line 1) Flint, Mich. (Line 3) Fort Wayne, Ind. Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† North America car and truck production 3/23/7/09† Feb. total 1/13/7/09† 1/13/8/08 3/23/7/09† Feb. total 1/13/7/09† 1/13/8/08 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 0 Ford Mustang 8 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 150 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 AUTOALLIANCE 158 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 1,314 X6 (trk.) 1,053 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 2,367 BMW MFG. CORP.† 2,367 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 2,168 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 630 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 88 CAMI 2,886 300 (Can.) 1,082 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 385 Sebring 0 Sebring convertible 0 Aspen (trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,008 Total Chrysler Division 3,475 Avenger 0 Caliber 1,143 Challenger (Can.) 988 Charger (Can.) 2,116 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 0 Dakota (trk.) 485 Durango (trk.) 0 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,713 Journey (Mex. trk.) 1,165 Nitro (trk.) 496 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk.) 3,678 Ram (Mex. trk.) 1,739 Sprinter (trk.)† 16 Total Dodge 14,539 Commander (trk.) 359 Compass (trk.) 428 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 2,012 Liberty (trk.) 1,374 Patriot (trk.) 913 Wrangler ( trk.) 848 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 1,096 Total Jeep 7,030 Total Chrysler group 25,044 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 169 Total U.S. car 1,143 Total Canada car 4,186 Total Mexico car 385 Total U.S. truck 11,705 Total Canada truck 4,890 Total Mexico truck 2,904 CHRYSLER LLC 25,213 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,126 Focus 4,628 Fusion (Mex.) 1,845 Taurus (new) 1,750 E series, Econoline (trk.) 2,962 Edge (Can. trk.) 1,757 Escape (trk.) 2,873 Expedition (trk.) 0 Explorer (trk.) 1,194 F series (trk.) 9,161 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 0 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 4,838 F-series chassis (trk.) 10 Flex (Can. trk.) 1,216 Medium (Mex. trk.) 185 Ranger (trk.) 1,863 Taurus X (trk.) 263 Total Ford brand 35,671 MKS 328 MKZ (Mex.) 87 Town Car (Can.) 247 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 1,004 Navigator (trk.) 0 Total Lincoln 1,666 Grand Marquis (Can.) 1,117 Milan (Mex.) 284 Sable 336 Mariner (trk.) 322 Mountaineer (trk.) 108 Total Mercury 2,167 B series (trk.) 22 Tribute (trk.) 48 Total Mazda 70 Total U.S. car 7,042 Total Canada car 2,490 Total Mexico car 2,216 Total U.S. truck 23,664 Total Canada truck 3,977 Total Mexico truck 185 FORD MOTOR CO. 39,574 Ford incl. joint venture* 39,582 0 27 2,982 0 3,009 0 0 5,682 3,761 0 9,443 9,443 1,811 789 2 2,602 2,163 1,540 869 1 0 0 8,317 12,890 1,598 3,428 1,975 4,230 0 0 1,455 0 0 11,236 4,659 1,982 0 12,265 6,957 81 49,866 1,077 1,284 6,037 5,497 2,738 3,391 4,385 24,409 87,165 1 2 5,896 8,368 1,540 40,193 19,555 11,616 87,168 3,378 4,872 3,690 2,752 5,923 1,757 11,491 0 3,583 32,556 0 19,351 40 1,216 737 5,589 790 97,725 984 174 740 0 1,004 0 2,902 3,352 568 1,009 1,289 325 6,543 65 190 255 9,617 7,470 4,432 81,192 3,977 737 107,425 107,452 0 35 3,686 0 3,721 0 0 12,961 8,041 0 21,002 21,002 3,979 1,419 90 5,488 4,851 2,688 1,944 1 0 0 10,325 19,809 2,983 6,924 5,165 11,017 0 0 2,991 0 0 13,949 7,711 3,007 0 24,110 13,016 323 91,196 1,744 2,480 11,618 7,729 5,282 5,285 6,605 40,743 151,748 1 171 11,852 21,033 2,688 71,175 24,445 20,727 151,920 9,658 18,040 5,535 7,001 14,001 8,689 29,200 0 8,795 70,417 0 24,189 50 4,251 922 11,794 1,580 214,122 2,650 261 2,108 0 3,133 0 8,152 5,516 852 2,097 3,544 596 12,605 744 1,042 1,786 29,788 17,282 6,648 165,952 16,073 922 236,665 236,700 2,244 20,932 16,355 1,375 38,662 554 3,075 26,988 1,894 3,629 28,882 32,511 21,223 8,072 4,262 33,557 17,423 10,498 15,605 9,581 7,248 3,764 29,077 93,196 23,621 32,307 42 26,394 4,732 373 6,485 7,086 9,275 19,451 16,016 9,028 28,795 13 21,709 3,755 209,082 5,393 9,414 14,567 19,275 14,371 10,939 20,364 94,323 396,601 1,181 19 81,487 48,591 10,498 170,953 48,547 37,725 397,801 13,620 43,173 40,615 12,478 36,086 35,409 43,002 13,593 27,076 99,361 5,851 57,188 1,859 0 1,230 15,967 5,616 452,124 0 6,146 4,417 1,810 10,865 4,342 27,580 6,098 4,964 2,024 9,529 4,505 27,120 1,341 4,964 6,305 57,675 24,135 51,725 326,239 46,274 7,081 513,129 534,061 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 0 Lucerne 0 Enclave (trk.) 0 Total Buick 0 CTS 939 DTS 0 STS 53 XLR 0 Escalade (trk.) 429 Escalade ESV (trk.) 146 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 0 SRX (trk.) 25 Total Cadillac 1,592 Aveo (Mex.) 882 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 719 Cobalt 2,228 Corvette 125 HHR (Mex.) 854 Impala (Can.) 0 Malibu 3,149 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 0 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 186 Colorado (trk.) 168 Express (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 0 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 969 Silverado (Can. trk.) 0 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 0 Suburban (trk.) 1,024 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 0 Tahoe (trk.) 1,451 TrailBlazer (trk.) 0 Traverse (trk.) 0 Uplander (trk.) 0 Total Chevrolet 11,755 Acadia (trk.) 0 Canyon (trk.) 59 Envoy (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 100 Savana (trk.) 0 Sierra (trk.) 230 Sierra (Can. trk.) 0 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 0 Yukon (trk.) 826 Yukon XL (trk.) 547 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 0 Total GMC 1,762 H3 (trk.) 45 H3 SUT (trk.) 19 Total Hummer 64 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 0 Total Isuzu 0 Opel GT roadster 4 G3/Wave (Mex.) 234 G5 478 G6 3,531 Solstice 102 Montana SV6 (trk.) 0 Total Pontiac 4,345 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 0 Aura 172 Sky 122 Outlook (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 380 Total Saturn 674 Total U.S. car 10,903 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 2,689 Total U.S. truck 6,038 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 566 GENERAL MOTORS 20,196 GM incl. joint ventures* 23,741 CSX (Can.) 60 TL 491 MDX (Can. trk.) 316 RDX (trk.) 139 Total Acura 1,006 Accord 3,591 Civic 1,631 Civic (Can.) 4,057 CR-V (trk.) 1,688 CR-V (Mex trk.) 994 Element (trk.) 140 Odyssey (trk.) 1,608 Pilot (trk.) 680 Ridgeline (trk.) 421 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 0 Total Honda Division 14,810 Total U.S. car 5,713 Total Canada car 4,117 Total U.S. truck 4,676 Total Canada truck 316 Total Mexico truck 994 HONDA 15,816 Sonata 1,804 Santa Fe (trk.) 500 HYUNDAI† 2,304 0 0 2,610 2,610 1,348 0 102 0 1,633 557 65 5 3,710 2,928 1,130 4,262 63 2,600 6,084 4,701 2,389 494 305 2,794 238 0 26,097 4,958 9,252 3,899 0 5,527 0 5,081 0 82,802 2,599 83 0 1,242 1,950 6,672 4,043 4,591 3,146 2,085 0 26,411 82 35 117 0 0 6 6 0 1,358 1,831 6,756 0 0 9,945 0 219 0 669 1,375 2,263 19,282 6,084 8,016 67,315 9,001 18,166 127,864 135,520 240 2,457 1,265 597 4,559 17,958 8,156 16,229 7,238 3,776 599 6,895 2,915 451 0 64,217 28,571 16,469 18,695 1,265 3,776 68,776 7,188 1,980 9,168 11 0 2,610 2,621 2,287 0 155 0 2,464 813 140 30 5,889 5,963 1,849 6,490 188 3,454 6,087 7,850 4,687 680 473 3,858 336 0 46,809 9,591 18,175 6,489 0 9,763 0 5,081 0 137,823 2,599 142 0 1,817 2,934 13,652 5,895 8,967 5,805 3,495 0 45,306 127 54 181 0 0 7 7 4 2,808 2,309 10,287 102 0 15,506 0 391 122 669 1,755 2,937 30,185 6,098 14,074 110,027 15,486 34,404 210,274 224,316 420 6,371 3,862 861 11,514 39,349 16,292 39,483 16,189 8,950 1,458 16,439 7,011 931 0 146,102 62,012 39,903 42,889 3,862 8,950 157,616 15,713 4,575 20,288 10,759 11,001 12,031 33,791 16,725 7,494 3,944 365 8,166 4,557 1,705 3,149 46,105 0 9,772 44,371 7,113 15,618 47,100 45,204 9,666 1,520 13,032 21,790 826 419 59,152 18,861 25,180 8,646 2,441 27,901 20,263 0 17,040 395,915 18,984 3,414 6,134 1,111 8,281 23,150 11,212 7,108 13,835 10,454 2,201 105,884 6,091 0 6,091 100 309 8 417 782 0 8,766 31,527 1,410 5,320 47,023 446 12,564 1,487 2,706 15,812 32,569 192,753 57,859 25,390 296,896 30,073 66,052 669,023 708,876 803 9,621 14,472 5,746 30,642 80,721 30,439 51,653 15,307 9,470 3,708 39,640 20,537 0 7,807 259,282 120,781 52,456 84,938 22,279 9,470 289,924 27,588 20,663 48,251 GL class (trk.) 496 M class (trk.) 1,306 R class (trk.) 284 MERCEDES-BENZ 2,086 Eclipse 0 Eclipse convertible 0 Galant 0 Endeavor (trk.) 0 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 0 MITSUBISHI MOTOR MFG. 0 Infiniti QX56 (trk.) 96 Altima coupe 208 Altima sedan 4,389 Maxima 829 Platina (Mex.) 0 Sentra (Mex.) 0 Tiida (Mex.) 35 Tsuru (Mex.) 1,675 Versa (Mex.) 309 Armada (trk.) 97 Frontier (trk.) 382 Pathfinder (trk.) 391 Pi
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