Automotive News - October 13, 2008 - (Page 61) OCTOBER 13, 2008 • 61 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Plant closings Plant Week(s) Units lost down per week Chrysler LLC car N.A. output falls 9.4% North America vehicle production fell in September to 1,125,157 units, down 9.4 percent from September 2007. September and August had the same number of production days, but 5.1 percent more vehicles were built in September than in August. North America car production rose 11.1 percent in September. North America truck production fell 25.2 percent. U.S. output was down 12.0 percent, Canada output fell 13.2 percent and Mexico production rose 6.6 percent. Honda of America began production of salable units of the Honda Civic at its Greensburg, Ind., plant on Thursday, Oct. 9. — Debi Domby obituaries Mike Foss GOLD BEACH, Ore. — Former Automotive News advertising salesman Mike Foss died here Sept. 25 at age 74. He sold advertising for Automotive News from 1990 to 2000 and also worked at Popular Science magazine. 10/13-10/18‡ Chrysler LLC Newark, Del. Toledo (Ohio) North St. Louis (South) Michigan Truck (Wayne, Mich.) Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich. Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Oshawa (Ontario) Truck 10/13 10/13 10/13 10/13 10/13 10/13 10/13 850 2,700 2,150 1,775 2,175 3,925 1,500 Sterling Heights, Mich. x 10/13-10/18‡ Ford Motor Co. Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) Wayne, Mich. truck car x x Ford Motor Co. General Motors General Motors Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.) Lordstown, Ohio Orion Township, Mich. 10/13-10/18‡ car car car x x x Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. 10/13-10/18‡ Nissan Canton, Miss.* ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. †Down for changeover until 4th quarter of 2008 to install flex line and add Chevrolet Camaro *Down 1 day, truck side only Source: Automotive News Data Center and company sources truck x 10/6-10/11‡ NUMMI Fremont, Calif. car x North America car and truck production 10/610/11/08† Sept. total 1/110/11/08† Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. 10/610/11/08† Sept. total 1/110/11/08† 1/110/13/07 1/110/13/07 10/610/11/08† Sept. total 1/110/11/08† 1/110/13/07 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 159 Ford Mustang 948 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 2,239 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 3,187 Z4 Coupe 0 Z4 Roadster 0 X5 (trk.) 2,388 X6 (trk.) 1,001 Total U.S. car 0 Total U.S. truck 3,389 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 3,389 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 1,955 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 705 Suzuki XL7 (trk.) 245 CAMI 2,905 300 (Can.) 1,075 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,328 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 1,076 Sebring convertible 290 Aspen (trk.) 0 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 0 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 2,355 Total Chrysler Division 6,124 Avenger 1,800 Caliber 3,223 Challenger (Can.) 1,125 Charger (Can.) 2,127 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 37 Dakota (trk.) 307 Durango (trk.) 0 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 0 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 2,964 Journey (Mex. trk.) 2,963 Nitro (trk.) 912 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 3,270 Ram (Mex. trk.) 2,049 Sprinter (trk.)† 241 Total Dodge 21,018 Commander (trk.) 335 Compass (trk.) 611 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 0 Liberty (trk.) 0 Patriot (trk.) 2,205 Wrangler ( trk.) 1,194 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 1,298 Total Jeep 5,643 Total Chrysler group 32,785 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 1,326 Total U.S. car 6,426 Total Canada car 4,327 Total Mexico car 1,328 Total U.S. truck 10,373 Total Canada truck 6,645 Total Mexico truck 5,012 CHRYSLER LLC* 34,111 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 0 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 5,962 Fusion (Mex.) 4,390 New Taurus 1,093 E series, Econoline (trk.) 3,370 Edge (Can. trk.) 2,774 Escape (trk.) 4,828 Expedition (trk.) 0 Explorer (trk.) 0 F series (trk.) 3,755 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 930 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 2,780 F-series chassis (trk.) 70 Flex (Can. trk.) 1,963 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 2,221 Taurus X (trk.) 367 Total Ford brand 34,503 MKS 1,248 MKZ (Mex.) 539 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 0 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 664 Navigator (trk.) 0 Total Lincoln 2,451 Grand Marquis (Can.) 0 Milan (Mex.) 445 Montego 0 Sable 168 Mariner (trk.) 654 Mountaineer (trk.) 0 Total Mercury 1,267 B series (trk.) 86 Tribute (trk.) 246 Total Mazda 332 Total U.S. car 8,471 Total Canada car 0 Total Mexico car 5,374 672 5,585 10,687 3,983 84,687 122,643 9,380 53,247 33,173 0 1,564 4,834 0 0 706 13,363 139,498 161,356 0 1,474 5,292 17 8,201 17,295 11,653 104,195 101,442 4,600 28,250 0 17 9,675 22,587 16,253 132,445 101,442 16,270 142,120 124,029 7,427 76,517 79,939 2,673 28,435 31,922 937 12,441 25,530 11,037 117,393 137,391 4,516 52,532 94,362 5,310 49,888 81,260 0 0 10,356 4,520 45,222 66,660 1,219 23,938 27,608 1,217 19,690 21,127 0 0 41,087 2,604 13,029 19,857 9,890 114,285 81,317 29,276 318,584 443,634 7,559 70,464 103,060 13,536 111,659 136,184 4,727 18,230 0 8,934 99,735 90,874 0 4,733 20,430 156 1,459 24 1,288 25,881 43,415 1,515 19,188 40,874 6,447 55,573 87,702 12,450 89,431 71,538 11,852 104,194 0 3,465 35,453 98,647 0 113,661 186,251 12,749 25,560 0 8,195 81,666 140,451 940 14,048 14,124 93,813 870,935 1,033,574 1,073 17,184 47,845 2,567 38,940 58,070 3,806 54,771 99,414 6,765 70,284 75,275 9,261 76,639 81,926 3,820 43,928 49,604 4,154 68,132 73,884 31,446 369,878 486,018 154,535 1,559,397 1,963,226 0 4,003 3,810 5,569 9,493 0 26,990 252,742 333,536 18,177 175,230 205,666 5,310 49,888 91,616 61,671 695,964 1,001,825 27,909 213,209 193,942 20,047 185,860 140,451 160,104 1,572,893 1,967,036 0 0 1,570,164 6,963 52,424 55,428 0 0 5,975 0 0 13,349 25,039 194,234 140,448 17,558 161,636 143,542 3,498 40,005 43,085 9,438 110,331 148,656 8,321 106,916 140,268 20,279 170,558 164,131 6,187 44,414 87,750 4,152 78,067 135,579 7,523 265,617 398,048 3,720 30,961 29,130 11,678 166,342 258,431 296 3,860 8,225 5,890 32,980 0 0 0 11,564 9,330 78,606 77,888 1,174 18,891 22,365 141,046 1,555,842 1,883,862 3,994 16,408 0 2,155 28,730 29,011 0 0 21,478 1,449 15,928 0 0 4,823 8,200 1,991 27,968 39,253 1,254 12,271 22,632 10,843 106,128 120,574 1,808 22,884 41,618 1,780 25,429 31,467 0 0 4,041 536 10,587 14,945 2,747 28,896 29,396 646 9,547 21,835 7,517 97,343 143,302 363 3,786 4,794 1,032 13,332 18,957 1,395 17,118 23,751 33,067 261,234 237,346 10,220 91,236 97,046 21,493 215,795 209,995 Total U.S. truck 18,377 Total Canada truck 5,401 Total Mexico truck 930 FORD MOTOR CO. 38,553 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 1,153 Lucerne 0 Enclave (trk.) 1,491 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 2,644 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 0 DTS 0 STS 0 XLR 0 Escalade (trk.) 718 Escalade ESV (trk.) 85 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 55 SRX (trk.) 0 Total Cadillac 858 Aveo (Mex.) 1,300 Camaro (Can.) 0 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 1,695 Cobalt 6,475 Corvette 0 HHR (Mex.) 2,797 Impala (Can.) 8,194 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 6,309 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 399 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 521 Colorado (trk.) 1,361 Express (trk.) 2,895 Medium (trk.) 269 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 2,906 Silverado (Can. trk.) 0 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 1,741 Suburban (trk.) 926 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 139 Tahoe (trk.) 1,872 TrailBlazer (trk.) 1,710 Traverse (trk.) 1,472 Uplander (trk.) 0 Total Chevrolet 42,981 Acadia (trk.) 2,533 Canyon (trk.) 520 Envoy (trk.) 761 Medium (trk.) 356 Savana (trk.) 735 Sierra (trk.) 1,399 Sierra (Can. trk.) 0 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 388 Yukon (trk.) 1,411 Yukon XL (trk.) 810 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 56 Total GMC 8,969 H3 (trk.) 307 H3 SUT (trk.) 364 Total Hummer 671 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 18 Total Isuzu 18 Opel GT roadster 0 G5/Pursuit 1,138 G6 3,476 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 0 Montana SV6 (trk.) 0 Total Pontiac 4,614 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 223 Aura 1,554 Ion 0 Sky 0 Outlook (trk.) 689 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 2,078 Total Saturn 4,321 Total U.S. car 18,952 Total Canada car 9,347 Total Mexico car 5,792 Total U.S. truck 25,831 Total Canada truck 0 Total Mexico truck 5,377 GENERAL MOTORS 65,299 CSX (Can.) 114 TL 1,506 MDX (Can. trk.) 463 RDX (trk.) 116 Total Acura 2,199 Accord 7,799 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 1,706 Civic (Can.) 6,693 CR-V (trk.) 3,648 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,041 Element (trk.) 287 Odyssey (trk.) 2,807 Pilot (trk.) 2,692 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 692 Total Honda Division 27,365 76,099 16,202 3,720 160,801 4,841 5,729 6,263 0 0 16,833 0 8,643 3,373 1,182 133 2,730 322 232 1,275 17,890 5,462 0 7,117 27,195 2,931 11,748 34,413 0 26,502 0 1,677 2,190 5,718 12,159 1,128 0 24,794 574 7,312 3,094 585 6,968 5,471 6,183 4,929 198,150 10,639 2,183 2,436 1,458 3,089 10,366 342 1,628 5,079 2,550 234 40,004 1,289 1,527 2,816 0 0 75 75 54 4,780 14,601 0 380 2,047 21,808 715 6,526 0 914 2,895 0 0 8,729 19,064 102,943 39,254 24,327 127,382 916 22,587 317,409 480 6,313 1,946 486 9,225 32,704 0 3,898 28,152 15,305 4,163 1,206 11,777 12,092 0 2,911 112,208 1,009,341 167,864 30,961 1,776,431 41,440 45,115 48,889 0 0 135,444 0 72,340 27,579 14,128 1,384 22,963 9,614 4,279 15,462 167,749 17,361 0 52,250 199,416 26,814 78,506 247,229 0 196,881 0 25,738 12,400 52,236 74,062 6,428 1,589 181,319 58,930 75,776 25,046 8,019 76,324 61,254 9,952 63,588 1,551,118 75,647 15,238 21,468 12,742 24,125 70,981 32,810 22,560 40,049 25,970 7,324 348,914 14,282 2,477 16,759 310 701 422 1,433 3,070 44,336 135,743 0 5,881 20,430 206,390 2,967 54,250 0 7,565 19,748 0 0 72,138 153,701 834,502 288,669 148,117 994,694 91,740 229,823 2,587,545 2,154 40,341 51,110 19,749 113,354 309,109 0 90,529 234,187 86,310 40,808 17,961 136,028 103,148 0 23,452 1,041,532 1,418,451 179,521 29,130 2,171,489 38,848 68,753 25,634 2,561 3,144 138,940 22,710 17,039 44,572 15,582 1,048 31,101 11,987 6,102 18,389 168,530 0 0 52,867 180,459 29,283 81,891 263,369 94,058 1,161 10,889 47,592 0 69,734 97,520 9,420 2,594 359,840 177,766 71,492 21,414 15,516 136,937 121,223 0 68,385 1,913,410 79,020 18,082 39,682 17,344 25,329 120,222 73,342 19,176 59,782 32,179 24,133 508,291 40,379 0 40,379 2,332 3,146 557 6,035 3,158 44,833 111
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