General Motors has announced plans to double-down on its investments in its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant — which was closed in 2009. Today, the company  announced an additional $167 million investment, adding to the previously announced $183 million investment, which in total amounts to $350 million. The capital will go towards the production of future vehicles, and is expected to create or retain about 1,800 jobs.
The new investment is for two projects:
- An additional $40 million added to the previously-announced $183 million investment to support a future mid-size vehicle program, bringing the total amount of the investment to $223 million. This program is expected to create or retain approximately 1,000 jobs.
- A second mid-size vehicle program with an investment of $127 million that will create or retain approximately 800 jobs.
General Motors wouldn’t specify which vehicles we can expect to see produced here, nor if the investments involve moving production of vehicles from other plants to Spring Hill. It’s also not clear whether or not these “programs” entail a single vehicle, or an entire platform for multiple vehicles.
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Yay for Tennessee!!!
Originally being from Florida, I’ve traveled by the Spring hill numerous times. Knowing that the plant produced Saturn’s, I was always amazed that I saw few, to little, Saturn’s on the road.
This time… I hope the good people of Tennessee support their plant better.
Yea cause im getting real sick and tired of seeing all those Nissans taking over middle TN… Come on GM… bring us some happiness 😉
I read somewhere that the new 2015 Equinox and Terrains will be built there, and slowly replace the Ingersoll assembly of the present vehicles. If the plant is versatile, it could also build the Chevy Spark, both gas and electric versions.
GM must continue to bring more vehicle assembly back to the U.S.
This is an invesment that will allow GM to have the ability to produce all vehicles at more than one location. The days of one plant being the sole provider of a vehicle are over. What vehicle will be produced as a result of this investment is all speculation at this point.
or built the Encore here??
Could Saturn be coming back? How is that possible?? 🙂