GM To Invest $420 Million In Mexico For Upcoming Chevrolet Trax, Full-Size Truck Production
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With an investment of $120 million in a plant in the central state of San Luis Potosi, General Motors plans to produce the upcoming Chevrolet Trax subcompact crossover just south of the border. Currently, it’s not in the plans to market the little SUV in the United States.
Additionally, another $200 million will be invested in GM’s Silao plant in the Guanajuato state of Mexico for upcoming full-sized truck production next year. Between this investment and the Trax investment, GM Mexico expects to create 1,000 new jobs. Viva el empleo!
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Is the Trax the same thing as an Encore?
Does anyone know what model or trim of trucks will be made at Silao?
Yaa, it is on the same platform Yaa
The truck are for the latin markit only, yaa… I would imagine anyway…
Is there any way of knowing where a specific vehicle is produced? I’d rather have an American or Canadian made vehicle, I’m just unaware if there’s a tag somewhere on them that may say.
Iceman, this info is available on the window sticker under final point of assembly. Or you could just follow the GM Authority manufacturing guide:
http://gmauthority.com/blog/guides/manufacturing/
Why am I just learning about this guide now?
Because we haven’t officially launched it yet. Keep it in the DL for now, would ya?
The “tag” that tells where a vehicle is made is the vehicle identification number (VIN). The first digit tells the country of origin. 1, 4, and 5 are US, 2 is Canada, 3 is Mexico. With that knowledge you may be frightened to know just where some of your favourite vehicles are made. I’ve been exposed to many Canadian and Mexican built cars and I can’t say that either are better or worse built than their US-made counterparts. Just saying…
I worked for several years documenting electrical systems on large GM SUV’s. The long wheelbase models, the SUT’s, and the crew cab pickups were all assembled in Silao at that time. The short wheelbase models were assembled in Texas. You really had no choice there. If you can find a description of the VIN system, what each digit or group of digits means, you can find the final assembly plant and the country of assembly. I believe the first letter indicated the country.
Another thing I noticed was that when I needed some information, the engineers at Silao were very knowledgable and helpful. Often those at the GM Technical Center where I worked in Warren, MI, were not. Let’s not disparage people just because they don’t live here, nor for that matter, the products they make. Did you know the Escalade ESV Platinum Edition that went for around $80,000 was assembled in Silao, and most of the extra equipment that made it Platinum Edition was engineered by a third party company in the Detroit and sourced from other companies that had the components made in China?
Did GM give up the USA made cars & trucks, I have owned 30+ gm new cars and trucks and over 15+ used GMs. I may look at something else next time
Earth to Paul, come in Paul… Those trucks are meant for the south American market,GM truck production in the united states still exists, in fact they are investing just as much here for the next Gen trucks… How is it that people think so one dimensionally about the rest of the world, GM has manufacturing all over the world that caters to those markets…
sending money and jobs to MEXICO, what the fuck???????