General Motors announced more downtime than planned will affect the Lordstown, Ohio assembly plant, which builds the 2017 Chevrolet Cruze.
The Detroit News reports GM notified employees this morning of the additional downtime for 2017, but would not confirm when it would take place, or how many additional weeks were scheduled.
Last month, GM cut its third shift at the Lordstown assembly plant amid slowing passenger car sales. At the end of January, GM had a 100-day supply of Cruzes; a 60-day supply is deemed healthy. The third shift was comprised of 1,200 hourly workers and 43 salaried workers.
The Lordstown plant was also among several facilities idled to curb mounting inventories.
During the month of January, Chevrolet Cruze sales jumped 38.9 percent, but 2016 saw overall sales fall 16.6 percent. Union leaders are hoping Cruze sales rebound to put employees back to work.
“We want our members to get back to work,” Robert Morales, president of UAW Local 1714, said. “We’re keeping our hopes up.”
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Give us a more potent powertrain and better options.
I shouldn’t have to spend almost a 1000 on the RS package to get fog lights that cost $200. Goofy trim levels on the Cruze are one of its biggest problems. Sure, it has a good base of equipment, but things start to add up quickly. The 2017 I picked up was a mid-range trim, but I refused to spend more than 27,000 on a car that has only 155 horsepower and still can’t even get fog lights unless I tack on an RS trim. It doesn’t help the fact that all Cruzes sold outside of the US come with fog lights standard. A 1.6T from Holden or even a 1.5T sourced from their SUV line/Malibu would be ideal. Since the 2.0T doesn’t seem to ever be happening, at least give us that. The 2.4L/2.5L would of even worked and probably of been more reliable.
I also shouldn’t have to get a diesel for more power. Head over to CruzeTalk and see the multitude of issues Gen 1 owners have with them. I don’t want to be a diesel test dummy.
Well adding fog lamps and some better option packaging would not hurt but it is not going to solve the issue here.
Even a performance model would only add a small number of sales.
I have not put my finger on it but there are other issues that are hurting this car. Price I know is a factor as once you option it up it gets expensive. While it is a better car than most people are willing to accept less for price in this segment.
The car also does not stand out. It kind of blends in and just really looks like the others in segment. Even the Volt is better looking.
Diesel sales are going to be small too.
I think to move this car they need to repackage options and get more aggressive on price. I do not mean just incentives as this is not a case of lowering inventories.
I was not excited about this car when it appeared and I thought I would give it time. Now that I have I still have little enthusiasm for this car and I am a GM guy. With that in play how are you to attract people from other places if you can not get the base.
Add to the better package and price more marketing. It will be two years before any real changes can be made so they need to start now to make what they have work.
I really think many people have no clue in the public that this is a Chevy and it is the new Cruze.
You can add a performance car and other things but you really need to fix the mid priced model to where it carries the volume as it should. 5K SS models are not going to fix anything right now.
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I’m a 2014 diesel test dummy, so far with good luck and not too worried. I rationalized the purchase about a dozen different ways, but a big one was I didn’t like the ’15 refresh or the new body style as much. Gen 1 diesels are only an upper trim that does not matter to me and with discounts, I didn’t pay for. So, I agree options/packaging can make more sense.
I also drove a ’16 rental for a bit. It impressed me. Gas mpg is up, more rear legroom. The automatic sort of mimics a traditional auto. Maybe people like the joystick denied shifts? The start/stop is odd to experience at first.
A 200 hp option should make many buyers happier. There are reviews where the ride is criticized with the larger wheels. The RS trim could combine larger wheels and the watts link. Make that optional for the premier.
The 2nd gen had to have been aimed to win more foreign buyers over. GM knows their core buyers don’t have much place to go. If they don’t want to impact residual prices as much, from the over-production, offer big conquest discounts to Corolla, Sentra, buyers. They shouldn’t be coy about doing it either. Advertise the heck out of it. It could help the Malibu also. A lot of us have recently bought a GM car that we hope to get 10 years from anyway.
To clarify the denied shifts is a reference to the 1st gen car.
with gas prices low and going to stay low as the US now controls the price of oil because of fracking people are not interested in a economy car no matter how good it is. my son has a 2011 that has been a great car with good MPG and trouble free and was bought because he drove 100+ miles a day to work.
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