Automotive News - September 1, 2008 - 29

SEPTEMBER 1, 2008 • 29 Scheduled plant overtime Plant Plant closings Plant Chrysler LLC Belvidere, Ill. Sterling Heights, Mich. car car 9/1-9/5‡ Chrysler LLC Week(s) Units lost down per week 9/1 x x 9/1-9/5‡ St. Louis (North)* Ford Motor Co. Dearborn (Mich.) Truck* Louisville, Ky. until Sept. 21 9/1 9/1 9/1 9/1 9/1 1,650 1,225 65 3,550 1,500 Stories about these companies are on these pages: Acura 10 Adam Opel 6 Allstate Credit 20 American Axle 1, 3 Asbury Automotive Group 3 BASF 16 Bill Heard Enterprises 1 BMW 6, 16 Ford Motor Co. Twin Cities (St. Paul, Minn.) Wayne, Mich. truck car x x 9/1-9/5‡ General Motors Janesville (Line #1), Wis. Janesville (Line #3), Wis. Oshawa (Ontario) Car (Line 1)† Silao, Mexico General Motors Fairfax (Kansas City, Kan.) car Lansing Delta (Delta Township, Mich.) truck Lordstown, Ohio car Orion Township, Mich. car x x x x 9/1-9/5‡ Nissan Canton, Miss ‡Overtime worked during the week could be daily, Saturday or both. *Changeover †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 Nissan Smyrna, Tenn. truck x Ford Motor Co.’s Michigan Truck plant in Wayne, Mich., returns to production this week after being down 10 weeks because of slow sales of the Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs. A 2008 Navigator is shown. Unless noted vehicles are cars and assembled in the United States. TO COMPANIES North America car and truck production 8/258/30/08† Aug. est.† 1/18/30/08† BorgWarner 3 8/258/30/08† Aug. est.† 1/18/30/08† 1/19/1/07 1/19/1/07 8/258/30/08† Aug. est.† 1/18/30/08† 1/19/1/07 Brilliance Jinbei Automotive 19 Buick 6 BYD Auto 19 Cadillac 12, 27 Calsonic Kansei 3 Cerberus 12 Chamco 19 Chery Automobile 19 Chevrolet 6, 14, 27 China FAW Group 19 Chongqing Changan Automobile 19 Chrysler 4, 6, 12, 14, 18, 19, 25, 26 Compact Power 27 Continental Automotive Systems 27 Daewoo 6 Dana 26 Delphi 3 Dodge 4, 6, 12 Dow Automotive 16 Ford 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 21, 27 Ford Credit 4 Galpin Motors 21 GE Plastics 16 Global Vehicles USA 19 GM 3, 6, 8, 12, 14, 21, 26, 27 GMAC 1, 12 GM Daewoo 6 Holden 6 Honda 8, 10, 14, 25 Hummer 6 Hunan Changfeng Motor 19 Hyundai 16, 17, 18, 27 Infiniti 6, 8 Jaguar 6, 12 Kia 14, 17 Land Rover 6 Lear 3 Lexus 8, 12 Linamar 3 Lincoln 8 Lincoln Mercury 8 Lithia Motors 20 Mahindra 17, 19 Mercury 8 Microsoft 18 Mitsubishi 18 Nanjing Automobile Group 19 Nissan 3, 6, 8 Opel 6 PPG Industries 14 Range Rover 12 Renault 3 Reynolds and Reynolds 15 Robert Bosch 3 Sabic Innovative Plastics 16 Scion 12 Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. 19 Smart 18 Tata 6 ThyssenKrupp Steel 16 Tiger Truck 19 Toyota 4, 6, 8, 12, 20, 25 Toyota Financial Services 4 Universal Computer Systems 15 Vauxhall 6 Volkswagen 3, 20 Volvo 12 Zhejiang Geely Automobile 19 AM GENERAL Hummer H2 (trk.) 0 Ford Mustang 3,331 Mazda Mazda6 sedan 2,016 Mazda Mazda6 hatchback 0 Mazda Mazda6 wagon 0 AUTOALLIANCE 5,347 Z4 Coupe 77 Z4 Roadster 194 X5 (trk.) 2,471 X6 (trk.) 998 Total U.S. car 271 Total U.S. truck 3,469 BMW MFG. CORP.‡ 3,740 Chevrolet Equinox (trk.) 1,932 Pontiac Torrent (trk.) 756 Suzuki XL-7 (trk.) 298 CAMI 2,986 300 (Can.) 1,670 PT Cruiser (Mex.) 1,431 PT Cruiser convertible (Mex.) 0 Sebring 1,007 Sebring convertible 215 Aspen (trk.) 316 Pacifica (Can. trk.) 0 Town & Country (trk.) 104 Town & Country (Can. trk.) 1,704 Total Chrysler Division 6,447 Avenger 1,526 Caliber 3,942 Challenger (Can.) 1,184 Charger (Can.) 2,805 Magnum (Can.) 0 Viper 46 Dakota (trk.) 1,121 Durango (trk.) 224 Grand Caravan/Caravan (trk.) 1,480 Gr. Caravan/Caravan (Can. trk.) 998 Journey (Mex. trk.) 3,080 Nitro (trk.) 0 Ram (trk., 2008 model) 0 Ram (trk., 2009 model) 1,208 Ram (Mex. trk.) 633 Sprinter (trk.)† 337 Total Dodge 18,584 Commander (trk.) 708 Compass (trk.) 564 Grand Cherokee (trk.) 2,136 Liberty (trk.) 399 Patriot (trk.) 1,274 Wrangler ( trk.) 1,048 Wrangler Unlimited 4-door (trk.) 1,587 Total Jeep 7,716 Total Chrysler group 32,747 Mitsubishi Raider 0 Volkswagen Routan (Can. trk.) 266 Total U.S. car 6,736 Total Canada car 5,659 Total Mexico car 1,431 Total U.S. truck 12,506 Total Canada truck 2,968 Total Mexico truck 3,713 CHRYSLER LLC* 33,013 DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG* 0 Crown Victoria (Can.) 1,682 Fiesta Ikon (Mex.) 0 Five Hundred 0 Focus 5,035 Fusion (Mex.) 4,848 New Taurus 0 E series, Econoline (trk.) 3,820 Edge (Can. trk.) 2,131 Escape (trk.) 1,748 Expedition (trk.) 0 Explorer (trk.) 0 F series (trk.) 853 F-series Heritage (Mex. trk.) 1,088 F-series Super Duty (trk.) 2,418 F-series chassis (trk.) 27 Flex (Can. trk.) 3,409 Freestyle (trk.) 0 Ranger (trk.) 2,580 Taurus X (trk.) 0 Total Ford brand 29,639 MKS 0 MKZ (Mex.) 1,035 Town Car 0 Town Car (Can.) 461 Mark LT (trk.) 0 MKX (Can. trk.) 640 Navigator (trk.) 0 Total Lincoln 2,136 Grand Marquis (Can.) 691 Milan (Mex.) 628 Montego 0 Sable 0 Mariner (trk.) 379 Mountaineer (trk.) 0 Total Mercury 1,698 B series (trk.) 37 Tribute (trk.) 196 Total Mazda 233 Total U.S. car 5,035 Total Canada car 2,834 575 4,596 8,699 13,926 83,682 108,848 8,406 38,856 28,957 0 1,564 4,343 0 0 706 22,332 124,102 142,854 343 1,642 4,920 810 8,193 15,952 10,410 87,674 86,281 3,680 21,630 0 1,153 9,835 20,872 14,090 109,304 86,281 15,243 119,139 107,153 8,053 67,219 67,364 3,128 25,578 27,553 1,157 11,486 23,590 12,338 104,283 118,507 6,645 49,168 77,156 5,977 42,869 71,854 0 0 9,866 4,168 38,654 57,842 851 21,936 23,946 472 17,626 18,998 0 0 63,598 160 9,356 19,801 5,182 98,961 56,722 23,455 278,570 399,783 6,293 58,421 87,796 15,745 98,694 119,986 4,444 12,008 0 11,177 86,962 77,260 0 4,733 14,995 186 1,291 24 3,453 26,864 37,972 336 16,056 38,222 3,249 47,201 80,024 3,075 66,650 33,599 12,858 86,147 0 0 29,702 86,500 1,730 112,110 158,306 3,221 3,627 0 1,476 60,186 119,593 1,409 13,038 11,619 68,652 723,690 865,896 1,150 15,642 42,108 2,251 32,396 51,562 3,884 52,291 86,103 399 61,969 61,649 5,101 58,325 66,899 4,400 37,340 41,619 6,681 62,495 62,032 23,866 320,458 411,972 115,973 1,322,718 1,677,651 0 4,003 3,810 521 521 0 27,243 218,996 289,594 22,266 152,871 169,411 5,977 42,869 81,720 37,896 600,041 867,224 8,778 166,132 153,919 14,334 146,333 119,593 116,494 1,327,242 1,681,461 0 0 1,575,570 6,673 47,634 46,506 0 0 5,391 0 0 13,349 21,101 156,797 118,837 20,200 136,497 117,525 2,792 34,160 31,031 15,225 104,138 126,263 8,447 96,647 119,087 10,454 145,621 136,286 0 36,763 76,280 4,822 71,836 115,185 1,704 251,756 346,721 4,525 26,034 24,485 9,632 147,484 225,784 104 3,529 7,032 13,564 31,397 0 0 0 11,564 10,633 66,470 63,593 1,421 17,045 15,008 131,297 1,373,808 1,599,927 4,753 11,211 0 4,314 26,078 23,326 0 0 21,478 1,829 15,581 0 0 4,823 7,677 2,532 26,123 33,619 0 10,719 19,648 13,428 94,535 105,748 2,740 22,214 35,753 2,617 22,846 25,114 0 0 4,041 1,109 9,935 10,678 2,265 25,746 24,292 545 9,073 19,380 9,276 89,814 119,258 142 2,994 4,394 1,174 12,400 16,758 1,316 15,394 21,152 29,755 212,103 199,414 11,242 85,429 82,259 Total Mexico car 6,511 Total U.S. truck 12,058 Total Canada truck 6,180 Total Mexico truck 1,088 FORD MOTOR CO. 33,706 LaCrosse/Allure (Can.) 1,149 Lucerne 1,342 Enclave (trk.) 1,671 Rainier (trk.) 0 Terraza (trk.) 0 Total Buick 4,162 CTS (2007 model) 0 CTS (2008 model) 2,584 DTS 769 STS 372 XLR 42 Escalade (trk.) 0 Escalade ESV (trk.) 0 Escalade EXT (Mex. trk.) 0 SRX (trk.) 690 Total Cadillac 4,457 Aveo (Mex.) 1,449 Chevy C2 (Mex.) 2,242 Cobalt 6,215 Corvette 704 HHR (Mex.) 2,861 Impala (Can.) 6,969 Classic/Malibu 0 Malibu 5,401 Monte Carlo (Can.) 0 Avalanche (Mex. trk.) 0 Captiva Sport (Mex. trk.) 453 Colorado (trk.) 0 Express (trk.) 3,068 Medium (trk.) 225 Medium (Mex. trk.) 0 Silverado (trk.) 5,997 Silverado (Can. trk.) 2,782 Silverado/Cheyenne (Mex. trk.) 0 Suburban (trk.) 0 Suburban (Mex. trk.) 0 Tahoe (trk.) 0 TrailBlazer (trk.) 3,311 Uplander (trk.) 2,246 Total Chevrolet 43,923 Acadia (trk.) 2,412 Canyon (trk.) 0 Envoy (trk.) 1,230 Medium (trk.) 353 Savana (trk.) 677 Sierra (trk.) 2,728 Sierra (Can. trk.) 1,519 Sierra (Mex. trk.) 0 Yukon (trk.) 0 Yukon XL (trk.) 0 Yukon XL (Mex. trk.) 0 Total GMC 8,919 Hummer H3 (trk.) 0 Ascender (trk.) 0 i-280, i-350 pickup (trk.) 0 Medium (trk.) 25 Total Isuzu 25 Opel GT roadster 0 G5/Pursuit 1,311 G6 3,817 Grand Prix (Can.) 0 Solstice 0 Montana SV6 (trk.) 949 Total Pontiac 6,077 Saab 9-7X (trk.) 184 Aura 1,596 Ion 0 Sky 0 Outlook (trk.) 738 Relay (trk.) 0 Vue (trk.) 0 Vue (Mex. trk.) 2,196 Total Saturn 4,530 Total U.S. car 24,153 Total Canada car 8,118 Total Mexico car 6,552 Total U.S. truck 26,504 Total Canada truck 4,301 Total Mexico truck 2,649 GENERAL MOTORS 72,277 CSX (Can.) 0 TL 765 MDX (Can. trk.) 1,503 RDX (trk.) 803 Total Acura 3,071 Accord 7,869 Accord (Mex.) 0 Civic 2,260 Civic (Can.) 6,166 CR-V (trk.) 2,197 CR-V (Mex trk.) 1,263 Element (trk.) 462 Odyssey (trk.) 2,808 Pilot (trk.) 2,788 Pilot (Can. trk.) 0 Ridgeline (Can. trk.) 378 Total Honda Division 26,191 Total U.S. car 10,894 27,131 185,421 171,356 58,121 910,397 1,215,865 24,543 154,167 152,706 4,525 26,034 24,485 155,317 1,573,551 1,846,085 4,806 33,732 32,028 5,604 37,935 58,101 6,960 41,102 18,874 0 0 2,561 0 0 3,144 17,370 112,769 114,708 0 0 22,710 10,791 64,091 8,029 3,212 23,138 38,166 1,553 12,964 13,261 170 1,224 1,015 1,601 18,801 26,891 760 9,009 10,036 152 3,924 5,287 2,892 15,531 14,151 21,131 148,682 139,546 5,366 9,564 0 9,376 43,587 43,648 24,509 159,258 150,645 2,941 23,221 25,276 11,864 61,424 67,054 29,151 194,650 224,354 0 0 85,122 22,455 157,375 0 0 0 10,889 573 23,220 39,459 1,895 8,986 0 5,112 44,455 59,408 12,797 58,396 80,977 943 4,461 8,277 0 1,589 2,204 25,140 152,750 313,598 11,755 59,328 155,673 5,100 65,779 63,925 1,068 20,437 19,028 55 7,350 13,357 4,767 67,660 119,547 13,869 54,857 103,828 9,408 61,184 57,894 198,144 1,279,531 1,644,163 10,045 60,031 65,911 2,317 14,452 15,117 5,152 18,612 32,431 1,620 10,636 15,939 2,808 17,742 21,159 11,446 60,983 104,005 6,419 32,316 60,737 1,938 20,253 17,609 1,858 31,771 49,469 58
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