General Motors Extends Oshawa Plant Operations By Two Years
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General Motors announced Thursday that it will keep one of its Oshawa, Ontario assembly lines open two years longer than expected, which was set to shut down in August 2014.
The decision comes with the need to meet demand for the Chevrolet Equinox crossover and older fleet versions of the Chevrolet Impala sedan, which are assembled on Oshawa’s Consolidated Line. The line will remain open until 2016.
The Oshawa facility currently employs about 3,500 people, but the closure of the consolidated line could mean the elimination of as much as 1,500 jobs from the facility. The Flex Line will still assemble the Cadillac XTS, Buick Regal and Chevrolet Camaro (until the Camaro moves to Lansing, Michigan in 2016).
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So Impala Limited is continuing through 2016? Or will the line be retooled?
If Impala Limited is indeed living on through ’16, that would be a very long extension of the W body platform… I guess I can see the fleet demand, a lot of G6 orders probably switched to Impala and want to stick with it.
I think this one is talking about the Impala Impala… Not the Impala limited
Vic,
This is referring to the Impala Limited to clear up any confusion. My apologies if the article did not make that clear enough.
GM should move the CNG powertrain to the old W Impala as well considering it is a great fleet car.
There’s lots of taxi business out there too if GM wants to seriously pursue it.
The 2014 Impala is indeed one sexy car. I’ve been seeing a lot more of them on the road. The more of them I see, the more excited I get to hopefully own one sometime in the next couple of years.
vic1212,
All the reports seem to corroborate that the line being referred to is “older fleet versions of the Chevrolet Impala sedan…”
That sounds like Impala Limited to me.
I’m not saying Impala Limited is a bad car either. The W body finally started to rock when it got the same V6 as the Camaro. Having driven W bodies for a decade with little over half the horsepower, it was nice to see that platform get a proper mass-market sendoff.
Having owned a late W [GTP Comp G] The car is only suited for fleet use and will provide a good income. While it is the best W body the reality is the world has moved on my leaps.
Let the W take the hit for the fleet and protect the name and resale of the new cars is the best for all involved.
I’m sorry to read about that Oshawa plant closure. My 1995 Buick Regal was assembled there, and after 19 years, it still runs very well. Those Canadian workers did a excellent job!
It’s kind of obvious it’s the last gen. Impala as the text states “older fleet versions of the Impala” DUH. I kind of think this is good as the need is still there for it and also makes sure the new one doesn’t get the downgrade to fleet car humdrums so quickly. These new Impalas are starting to appear on the streets more and more. The more I see them, the more I like it.