General Motors will close the Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan where the Chevy Camaro is built until late June, a source revealed to local news outlet WLNS 6 last week.
The assembly plant closed on May 10th due to a semiconductor chip shortage and will remain closed until at least June 28th. The Grand River Assembly plant builds the Chevy Camaro, as well as the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 sedans.
GM shut down the Lansing Grand River plant at the beginning of March due to the chip shortage, with the facility remaining offline for the rest of March and all of April. Production returned for a brief period between May 3rd and May 10th, but the facility has now gone back offline amid another shortage of chips.
In addition to the Lansing facility, GM has also temporarily idled its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas and CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario until late July. The Fairfax facility produces the Chevy Malibu and Cadillac XT4 crossover, while the CAMI plant builds the Chevy Equinox. As of May 3rd, GM had missed out on the production of roughly 79,600 vehicles in North America over the chip shortage, including 17,000 examples of the Chevy Equinox and a combined 24,100 examples of the Chevy Malibu and Cadillac XT4.
GM is funnelling the majority of the chips it has access to toward its various pickup truck and SUV plants, as these vehicles are the bread-and-butter of its business. The Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra are built at the GM Fort Wayne Assembly plant in Indiana and GM Silao Assembly plant in Mexico, while the heavy-duty Silverado HD and Sierra HD are produced at Flint Assembly in Michigan. The automaker’s line of full-size SUVs, such as the Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon, are built at Arlington Assembly in Texas.
Many experts predict the semiconductor shortage will persist to some degree throughout the year and could extend into early 2022. A variety of factors have led to the shortage, including increased demand and production setbacks related to factory fires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In the north camaros sell in the spring,so I think dealers will cancel camaro orders,it is time for 22s anyway.
Used camaros are going for than new ones that dealers have. Some are 3-5k over what they should be used. If you have a car or truck you don’t need now is the time to make the most possible on it.
I have a 2018 XT5 coming off lease in July. The purchase option is $29,000. I was looking on Auto trader and that year XT5 with the same options is listed between 33,000 and even up to 42,000 bucks. I believe I’ll be buying it. Besides, My dealer has NOTHING in his inventory that I want. He only has 62 Vehicles total on the lot at this writing and he sells all the GM line, GMC, Chevy, Buick and Cadillac.
A wise move
Our Acadia Limited is up in November and there won’t be anything to choose from by then. Autotrader is showing $26K and buyout is $21K. Pretty easy math if we want to keep it but want PHEV of some sort. Leaseswap with some cash on the hood I would break even.
Try a great car like Audi, BMW, Mercedes, not the crap your driving, you lease it anyway so what’s the difference.
I am still waiting for my CT 5-v vehicle which was ordered in October.
Len
Mine as well, just ordered in January though 🙁
Hey, the 2021 CT5 V Series’ are Uber low in production numbers, this makes for a rare model year of this series due to less then maybe 100 being made. Last count on a famous New & Used Car sites, I counted only 18 nationwide! I was going to by a 2020 model but the 21 models have the new digital gauge setup in the dash. However, if you like analog tach & speedos, the 2020 version is the one to get as they are the only model year that you can get them. I am undecided myself, but I will be getting the V soon,. Both years are low in production, but 21’s may be lower due to the shutdown.
I have a 2008 STS-V! They made about 2500 in four years of production. With 77,000 miles it’s just broken in.
This is what happens when you do not control your own supply, invest in your own manufacturing, use some of Barra’s over paid salary to fund it. Be sure to keep her, she’s doing a fine job, Lol. Where are you Bill Mitchell.
Right, it’s only her. No other manufacturers are having a chip shortage. Only GM, only because of her. I wonder what rock some of you live under.
I’m surprised people as stupid as a ^ even knows how to drive a car let alone type a sentence regarding an incorrect fact about Barra.
Have a new truck ordered in March and was told it is made. What is the hold up.
Is a colorado