Automotive News - December 1, 2008 - (Page 53) DECEMBER 1, 2008 • 53 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Ford Motor Co. Avon Lake, Ohio 12/1 Louisville, Ky. until Jan. 11 Michigan Truck (Wayne, Mich.)* Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) until Jan. 4 3,225 1,775 2,500 General Motors 12/1-12/6‡ Arlington, Texas Fort Wayne, Ind. San Luis Potosi, Mexico truck truck car x x x General Motors Bowling Green, Ky. Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† 12/1 475 Stories about these companies are on these pages: Advantage Rent A Car 3 American Honda Finance 26 Plant closings Ford Motor’s Michigan Truck plant in Wayne ended production of the Ford Expedition, above, and Lincoln Navigator last week. The plant will be down for changeover to small cars until mid-2010. Starting Feb. 2, the SUVs will be built at the Kentucky Truck plant in Louisville. Plant Week(s) Units lost down per week Canton, Miss.* Smyrna, Tenn* Nissan 12/1 12/1 2,500 1,625 American Honda Motor 1 Asbury Automotive Group 17, 30 Audi 41 AutoFair 50 AutoNation 28, 52 AutoAlliance Flat Rock, Mich. 12/1 3,425 CAMI Ingersoll, Ontario 12/1 2,875 ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. *Down for changeover until mid-2010 †Down for changeover until Feb. 2009 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro *Down 1 day Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources TO Bankrate.com C O M P A N I E S 26 Bentley Motors 6 Bill Heard Enterprises 50, 51 BMW 6 BMW Manufacturing 6 Buick 1 Callahan & Associates 32 Cascade Investment 52 Cerberus Capital Management 12 Chase Auto Finance 26 Chevrolet 8, 41, 54 Chrysler ..1, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 34, 40, 54 Chrysler Financial 3, 28, 30 Credit Union Direct Lending 32 Denny Hecker Automotive Group 3 Euler Hermes 1 Ferrari 1 Ford 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 14, 40, 52 Ford Motor Credit 4, 28 Ford of Europe 6 Freeland Chevrolet Superstore 50 Getrag Corporate Group 8 GM 1, 4, 8, 12, 14, 34, 40, 41, 52, 54 GMAC Financial Services 26, 28, 30 GMAC Global Automotive Finance 28 GS Yuasa 3 Honda 3 Hyundai 3, 6 Hyundai Motor America 1, 3, 4, 10 Hyundai Motor Finance 3 J.P. Morgan Chase 28 Jaguar Land Rover North America 38 Kia 3, 6 Kia Motors America 4 Koyo 3 Land Rover 1 Lincoln 3 Magna Steyr 6 MAU 6 Microsoft 1, 52 Mitsubishi Motors North America 52 Nakatetsu Machining Technologies 3 NCC 1 Nissan 3, 6, 40 Nissan North America 1 NUMMI 14 Porsche 42 Porsche Cars North America 16 Rolls-Royce 1 Saab 54 Stetson Ford 4 Suzuki 1 Takata 1 Tata Motors 38 Tenneco 1 TK Holdings 1 Toyota 3, 14 Toyota Financial Services 17, 26, 30 Toyota Tsusho 3 Triad Financial 32 U.S. Bank 3 Volkswagen 3, 40 Volkswagen Credit 16 Volkswagen Group of America 16 North America car and truck production 11/2411/29/08† Nov. est.† 1/111/29/08† Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 11/2411/29/08† Nov. est.† 1/111/29/08† 1/112/1/07 1/112/1/07 11/2411/29/08† Nov. est.† 1/111/29/08† 1/112/1/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 166 Ford Mustang 614 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 1,444 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 2,058 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 1,393 X6 (trk.) 764 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 2,157 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 2,157 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 0 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 0 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 0 CAMI 0 300 (Can.) 974 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,480 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 566 Sebring convertible 105 Aspen (trk.) 330 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,218 Total Chrysler Division 5,673 Avenger 687 Caliber 1,450 Challenger (Can.) 1,214 Charger (Can.) 2,116 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 19 Dakota (trk.) 205 Durango (trk.) 302 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,254 Journey (Mex. trk.) 3,494 Nitro (trk.) 0 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 2,726 Ram (Mex. trk.) 1,833 Sprinter (trk.)† 68 Total Dodge 16,368 Commander (trk.) 260 Compass (trk.) 466 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 1,144 Liberty (trk.) 0 Patriot (trk.) 1,155 Wrangler ( trk.) 576 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 668 Total Jeep 4,269 Total Chrysler group 26,310 Mitsubishi Raider 66 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 1,416 Total U.S. car 2,827 Total Canada car 4,304 Total Mexico car 1,480 Total U.S. truck 7,966 Total Canada truck 5,888 Total Mexico truck 5,327 CHRYSLER LLC* 27,792 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,452 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 3,016 Fusion (Mex.) 4,878 New Taurus 684 E series, Econoline (trk.) 1,941 Edge (Can. trk.) 2,616 Escape (trk.) 3,391 Expedition (trk.) 1,374 Explorer (trk.) 939 F series (trk.) 2,942 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 433 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 1,654 F-series chassis (trk.) 14 Flex (Can. trk.) 1,138 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Medium (Mex. trk.) 100 Ranger (trk.) 1,436 Taurus X (trk.) 291 Total Ford brand 28,299 MKS 748 MKZ (Mex.) 352 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 241 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 480 Navigator (trk.) 170 Total Lincoln 1,991 Grand Marquis (Can.) 712 Milan (Mex.) 782 Montego 0 Sable 200 Mariner (trk.) 404 Mountaineer (trk.) 126 Total Mercury 2,224 B series (trk.) 63 Tribute (trk.) 153 Total Mazda 216 Total U.S. car 4,648 Total Canada car 2,405 Total Mexico car 6,012 Total U.S. truck 14,898 658 3,271 7,716 0 0 10,987 0 0 7,953 4,002 0 11,955 11,955 2,065 695 115 2,875 3,679 4,422 0 3,022 561 1,761 0 0 7,664 21,109 3,665 7,741 4,506 7,988 0 102 1,093 1,611 0 7,786 10,441 4,765 0 14,553 7,306 407 71,964 1,039 2,486 4,577 7,350 4,620 3,073 2,673 25,818 118,891 352 4,892 15,091 16,173 4,422 50,360 20,342 17,747 124,135 0 5,479 0 0 16,094 19,991 3,651 4,535 7,830 12,444 7,332 5,013 15,303 1,702 8,828 76 3,406 0 432 7,664 1,553 121,333 3,993 1,443 0 912 0 1,437 906 8,691 2,691 3,206 0 1,066 1,483 672 9,118 339 561 900 24,804 9,082 24,640 66,709 6,629 90,817 67,532 1,564 0 159,913 1,474 8,201 116,083 34,142 9,675 150,225 159,900 78,279 28,982 12,402 119,663 58,496 57,610 0 51,885 24,993 22,503 0 12,993 126,946 355,426 77,556 124,080 25,559 112,662 4,733 1,634 27,933 21,638 58,302 101,150 122,385 41,326 113,661 54,493 91,599 14,477 993,188 19,545 43,785 68,119 82,152 85,708 49,032 73,342 421,683 1,770,297 4,859 17,933 280,148 201,450 57,610 793,868 246,029 213,984 1,793,089 0 61,146 0 0 221,536 196,064 46,725 121,202 121,867 198,519 56,235 85,939 294,831 32,731 182,302 3,905 38,727 0 5,905 90,454 21,940 1,780,028 23,653 30,820 0 17,310 4,823 30,556 13,615 120,777 27,547 31,567 0 12,849 32,149 10,576 114,688 4,335 14,564 18,899 304,763 106,003 258,451 1,135,389 12,593 139,480 40,703 6,400 706 187,289 5,686 19,118 122,084 0 24,804 122,084 146,888 96,232 38,680 29,217 164,129 114,034 93,567 11,100 74,091 30,670 25,407 48,722 22,388 107,222 527,201 118,497 152,815 0 112,496 24,453 208 51,432 46,918 104,285 86,397 0 108,349 222,390 0 160,580 16,587 1,205,407 55,344 64,966 117,043 95,133 96,126 58,353 87,526 574,491 2,307,099 3,810 0 376,281 250,983 104,667 1,176,057 242,341 160,580 2,310,909 1,570,164 65,297 5,975 13,349 175,016 170,353 50,184 168,764 165,970 194,366 101,366 159,139 467,573 35,764 294,433 9,835 0 11,564 848 92,644 27,082 2,209,522 0 35,221 21,478 0 9,023 46,499 24,575 136,796 50,550 36,922 4,041 17,108 33,620 23,734 165,975 5,514 22,358 27,872 281,176 115,847 248,471 1,645,590 Total Canada truck 4,234 Total Mexico truck 533 FORD MOTOR CO. 32,730 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 920 Lucerne 0 Enclave (trk.) 946 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 1,866 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 770 DTS 0 STS 60 XLR 0 Escalade (trk.) 260 Escalade ESV (trk.) 78 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 54 SRX (trk.) 93 Total Cadillac 1,315 Aveo (Mex.) 967 Camaro (Can.) 0 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,718 Cobalt 4,008 Corvette 289 HHR (Mex.) 2,824 Impala (Can.) 6,544 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 3,626 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 279 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 539 Colorado (trk.) 435 Express (trk.) 1,646 Medium (trk.) 139 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 3,856 Silverado (Can. trk.) 1,436 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 2,359 Suburban (trk.) 256 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 0 Tahoe (trk.) 1,057 TrailBlazer (trk.) 721 Traverse (trk.) 1,721 Uplander (trk.) 0 Total Chevrolet 34,420 Acadia (trk.) 1,307 Canyon (trk.) 124 Envoy (trk.) 322 Medium (trk.) 193 Savana (trk.) 325 Sierra (trk.) 1,489 Sierra (Can. trk.) 603 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 928 Yukon (trk.) 682 Yukon XL (trk.) 127 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 0 Total GMC 6,100 H3 (trk.) 42 H3 SUT (trk.) 97 Total Hummer 139 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 10 Total Isuzu 10 Opel GT roadster 0 G3/Wave (Mex.) 532 G5/Pursuit 756 G6 1,659 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 0 Montana SV6 (trk.) 0 Total Pontiac 2,947 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 36 Aura 750 Ion 0 Sky 0 Outlook (trk.) 186 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 1,756 Total Saturn 2,692 Total U.S. car 11,918 Total Canada car 7,464 Total Mexico car 6,041 Total U.S. truck 16,148 Total Canada truck 2,039 Total Mexico truck 5,915 GENERAL MOTORS 49,525 CSX (Can.) 72 TL 931 MDX (Can. trk.) 319 RDX (trk.) 66 Total Acura 1,388 Accord 4,336 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 1,517 Civic (Can.) 7,546 CR-V (trk.) 1,649 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,036 Element (trk.) 32 Odyssey (trk.) 1,259 Pilot (trk.) 1,289 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 462 Total Honda Division 19,126 Total U.S. car 6,784 12,673 2,134 140,042 3,488 1,999 5,049 0 0 10,536 0 4,115 1,265 321 0 1,390 417 214 494 8,216 3,781 0 6,841 21,414 1,545 11,246 24,806 0 19,371 0 1,110 2,147 2,325 8,788 742 0 18,214 2,864 9,393 1,617 0 5,882 3,851 9,190 0 155,127 6,976 661 1,717 1,279 1,735 6,598 1,202 3,696 3,927 1,102 0 28,893 223 518 741 0 0 49 49 0 2,057 4,037 8,864 0 0 0 14,958 191 4,007 0 0 993 0 0 6,993 11,993 66,938 28,294 23,925 83,928 4,066 23,553 230,704 281 5,619 1,252 406 7,558 25,959 0 8,282 29,645 9,971 4,139 198 7,763 7,947 0 1,816 95,720 39,860 191,150 38,636 2,034,392 46,659 48,995 58,216 0 0 153,870 0 79,010 30,096 14,531 1,353 25,372 10,468 4,911 16,211 181,952 21,514 0 63,734 238,619 29,402 97,009 284,309 0 231,452 0 26,132 15,875 55,186 89,691 7,701 1,589 218,348 64,648 94,252 28,879 7,295 88,757 67,225 29,402 63,588 1,824,607 87,583 15,814 24,135 15,232 26,
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