General Motors president Mark Reuss will make an announcement at the Flint Assembly plant on Wednesday, June 12.
Reuss is expected to make the announcement shortly after 11 am ET. The automaker did not offer media any details on what the announcement will include. Executives will typically make announcements related to new investment or product allocation at assembly sites.
In February, Reuss appeared at Flint Assembly to debut the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD pickup, which is built at the plant. GM also added roughly 1,000 positions at Flint to support production of the next-generation HD pickups, many of which were filled by workers from closed GM plants like Lordstown Assembly in Ohio.
In 2013, GM invested $600 million to construct a new paint shop at Flint Assembly. It also sunk another $877 million into the plant for a new body shop in 2015.
Flint Assembly was temporarily shut down in May for retooling and upgrades. Production of the 2020 Silverado HD was expected to begin on June 3.
We expected Flint Assembly would play a larger role at GM going forward, with truck sales growing and Detroit relying on larger, more profit-heavy vehicles to drive business. The plant, which is GM’s largest assembly site with 3,500 employees, has an output of around 250,000 trucks per year – equivalent to one every 90 seconds.
Flint builds Crew Cab and Regular Cab variants of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD.
Source: ABC12
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Full Size Chevrolet Avalanche / GMC Jimmy based on the Silverado / Sierra…
Oh wait, that was a dream, I just woke up.
GM used to swing for the fences in terms of design,on many models. Now it stumbles in making DESIRABLE cars / trucks.
Their engineering is solid, and put good content in their vehicles, but where is the ” What is that!” reaction from non GM owners / enthusiasts?
Agree 100%. “What is that” when it comes to a vehicle is both a compliment to that vehicle (positively) when it comes from a fan of the vehicle manufacturer but even better when it comes from a fan from another make. So the passion is evident in the vehicle and from the minds and hands that created it. And that’s a good thing!
I was going to post something negative, because GM had squandered their century long equity with an absolutely stupid careless and tone deaf announcement right before Thanksgiving in 2018. But I remain hopeful and positive to see what Reuss will be announcing tomorrow.
Sad to say, with these fools running GM anything good will be a pleasant surprise.
He probably just wants to talk about that vette he wrecked.
I think he will be announcing they are changing the names of their cars again!
2.0t to V8 powered Chevy, Buick, Holden and Pontiac versions of the CT5!!, Hey I can dream can I?….
Electric Silverado.
Maybe he could announce a new Chevrolet Chevelle to be built on the Alpha 2 platform ?. 5 seater performance car for the masses.
Good for Flint, but another PR move before contract talks. Those are sure to be interesting.
2 cylinder engines in all the cars is his announcement. From now on, Marry Barry will be lead designer. Forgot, she already is . She penned the Cadillac Altima blob.
Announce the NEW K5! 6.2 V8 is standard ?
Other news outlets reporting are reporting a $150 million investment to increase truck production.
What I would love to hear from him is ———– Now that we have started to build the ALL NEW HD truck ————
Surprise we upgraded the dash on the AT4 and Denali to be more in line with the price tag.
But I am guessing it is not product design related just production related.
We will see.