GM To Purchase Strasbourg Transmission Plant
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General Motors has announced that it has signed an agreement with Motors Liquidation Company (MLC) wherein GM will purchase the Strasbourg transmission development and manufacturing center in Strasbourg, France.
Just in case you’re a bit foggy on Motors Liquidation Company, it’s the “bad” GM that was left in bankruptcy court from which the new “good” GM purchased the assets that The General puts to use today.
GM expects to finalize the purchase agreement for the plant within the next few months. The facility is used for manufacturing six-speed automatic transmissions and serves third-party car manufacturers as well as GM’s own products worldwide. The 6L50 GM’s Hydra-Matic transmission, for example, is used in the current Cadillac CTS, last-generation SRX and STS, the Chevrolet Camaro, as well as the Holden Commodore and Statesman lines. The 6L45 ransmission, also made at Strasbourg, is used by BMW in the 1 and 3 series as well as the X1 and X3.
According to GM, the plant was founded in 1967 and is a major industrial employer in the Strasbourg region, employing about 1,100 people.
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Why did GM need another transmission plant?
General Motors has sold off EMD and other valuable assets.
Well, I’d think they would need one in Europe as well as in the U.S… right?
i ask about GM HYDRAMATIC STRASBOURG PART NO. 96013897
Hmmm… so what are you asking, specifically, about the part?
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I was wanting to get to know the date of manufacture of my GM Autobox.
It is from a 1994 BMW 325td – but I think the box is of later manufacture.
It is a GM 96017, Seriel Number 4346173RMY