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Username: Udmphikapbob
Post Number: 273
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 4:56 pm: |    |
I was wondering over the weekend...which cars are the most "Michigan" today? I'd like somehow, though our greater collective knowledge, to list all the remaining Michigan assembly plants and what products they are responsible for. |
Detroit_stylin
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Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3854
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 4:59 pm: | |
Ford F150, Dodge Viper, and the Cadillac.. |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 283
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:06 pm: | |
Flint Truck: Crew Cab HD Silverado and Sierras, heavy duty Chevy, GMC, and Isuzu trucks
Orion: G6
Lansing Grand River: CTS, STS, SRX
Lansing Delta Township: Acadia, Outlook, Enclave
Detroit-Hamtramck: Lucerne, DTS
Pontiac: Silverado and Sierra |
Udmphikapbob
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Username: Udmphikapbob
Post Number: 274
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:08 pm: | |
Ford:
Flat Rock produces Mustangs and the Mazda-6.
F-150 @ Dearborn Truck.
Expeditions & Navigators in Wayne @ Michigan Truck. |
Focusonthed
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Username: Focusonthed
Post Number: 847
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:08 pm: | |
Ford Focus is built at Wayne Assy. |
The_nerd
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Username: The_nerd
Post Number: 392
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:08 pm: | |
Detroit Jefferson North - Jeep Grand Cherokee |
The_nerd
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Username: The_nerd
Post Number: 393
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:10 pm: | |
Warren Assembly - Dodge Ram Truck |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 284
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:11 pm: | |
Flat Rock: Mustang, Mazda 6
Dearborn Truck: F-150, Lincoln Mark LT
Michigan Truck: Expedition, Navigator
Wayne: Ford Focus
Wixom: Town Car, Crown Vic |
Udmphikapbob
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Username: Udmphikapbob
Post Number: 275
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:11 pm: | |
DCX:
Grand Cherokee @ Jefferson North
Viper @ Connor Ave
(all this is coming from Wikipedia, so I hope people who know can verify our lists)
Stratus & Sebring @ Sterling Heights
Ram & Dakota @ Warren Truck |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 285
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:13 pm: | |
Connor Ave: Viper
Jefferson north: Grand Cherokee
Sterling Heights: Avenger and Sebring
Warren Truck: Ram, Dakota, Mitsubishi Raider
(Message edited by scottr on February 19, 2007) |
Udmphikapbob
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Username: Udmphikapbob
Post Number: 276
Registered: 07-2004
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:24 pm: | |
Dodge doesn't make the Stratus anymore...are they building the new Avenger in Sterling Heights? |
The_nerd
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Username: The_nerd
Post Number: 395
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:30 pm: | |
^ Seibring/Stratus = same car, but different trim |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 289
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 5:40 pm: | |
yeah, you're right. i forgot that changed this year, i should have caught that. fixed on my list now. |
Jerome81
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Username: Jerome81
Post Number: 1306
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 6:17 pm: | |
I think you guys hit pretty much all of them. I can't think of one that you're missing. |
Hagglerock
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Username: Hagglerock
Post Number: 406
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 6:27 pm: | |
The new Saturn Aura. Is that in Orion too? |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 292
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 6:33 pm: | |
no, not orion. i forget where exactly - st louis i think? wherever the malibu is built. they are on the same platform though, so it's possible that could change in the future, should the aura really take off. |
Detroitstar
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Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 495
Registered: 01-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 6:33 pm: | |
I'm pretty sure the Saturn Aura is built in Lansing. I could be wrong though. |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 293
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 6:35 pm: | |
kansas city, not st. louis. knew it was somewhere around that area of the country.
and they just announced they're cutting production and laying people off... not doing any better there either. probably will do better with the 08 malibu though.
(Message edited by scottr on February 19, 2007) |
Lmichigan
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Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 5134
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 7:24 pm: | |
I think the Aura is made in Kansas City, if I'm not mistaken.
Oops...I see Scott already replied.
(Message edited by lmichigan on February 19, 2007) |
Mercman
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Username: Mercman
Post Number: 5
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 10:17 am: | |
Wixom does not make the Crown Vic- the Crown Vic & Grand Marquis are built in Ontario.
Wixom has only the Town Car, I believe the GT-40 and Thunderbird production there has ended. The plant is closing this year.
(Message edited by mercman on February 20, 2007) |
Treelock
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Username: Treelock
Post Number: 184
Registered: 03-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 10:25 am: | |
My wife has a new Aura and loves it. It deserves to do well.
Speaking as someone who drives a Japanese car, I think this is the kind of car the domestics need to start emulating. |
Mikeg
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Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 605
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 10:39 am: | |
quote:Speaking as someone who drives a Japanese car, I think this is the kind of car the domestics need to start emulating.
Emulating something that is already on the road is a ticket to failure. Auto manufacturers are well along with work on their 2010 models. They are always trying to hit a moving target and the bar gets raised a little higher every year. |
Scottr
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Username: Scottr
Post Number: 301
Registered: 07-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:17 pm: | |
thanks mercman. i guess my source was outdated - it included the gt for the wixom plant as well, which i knew to be a discontinued model, so it doesn't surprise me. |
Mike
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Username: Mike
Post Number: 856
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:34 pm: | |
the new malibu builds on the sucess of the aura and exceeds it in every possible way. thats how GM should do things, year after year, models get better and better.
if GM built on the olds intrigue (last great american sedan) and applied those aspects and exceeded them on cars that followed (G6, Malibu, LaCrosse, Impala, etc) they would be in a much better posistion. |
Mercman
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Username: Mercman
Post Number: 6
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2007 - 12:44 pm: | |
Quote: thanks mercman. i guess my source was outdated - it included the gt for the wixom plant as well, which i knew to be a discontinued model, so it doesn't surprise me.
Yeah, I thought the GT was still there, but it looks like it's done for. My father recently retired early from Wixom this past year...40 years...they forced him out. He's not even 62 yet. |