It’s clear from the comments section of many articles here at GM Authority that readers place a high value on where General Motors vehicles are built. With that in mind, we’re now presenting a guide to the birthplaces of all the GM trucks sold in the United States. Naturally, this means vehicles produced by Chevrolet and GMC, since neither Buick nor Cadillac is in the pickup truck business.
| Model | Cab | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Colorado | Extended | Wentzville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Colorado | Crew | Wentzville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Hummer EV Pickup | Crew | Detroit-Hamtramck, Michigan, U.S. |
| Silverado 1500 | Double | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
| Silverado 1500 | Crew | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
| Silverado 1500 | Crew | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Silverado 1500 | Regular | Silao, Mexico |
| Silverado 1500 | Crew | Silao, Mexico |
| Silverado HD | Regular | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Silverado HD | Double | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Silverado HD | Crew | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Silverado HD | Crew | Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Silverado MD | Regular | Springfield, Ohio, U.S. |
| Silverado MD | Crew | Springfield, Ohio, U.S. (Navistar) |
We’ll start with Chevrolet, partly because alphabetical order is a thing and partly because the Bow Tie brand sells the most GM trucks. So then, the smallest Chevy pickup is the Chevy Colorado, which is built at the GM Wentzville plant in Missouri.
Silverado 1500 production is split between the GM Fort Wayne plant in Indiana and the GM Silao plant in Mexico. The latter builds the Regular Cab and Crew Cab versions, and is the only factory outside of the United States that currently builds GM trucks sold to U.S. customers.
The Chevy Silverado HD, consisting of the 2500HD and 3500HD, is built at the GM Flint assembly plant in Michigan.
Finally, the Chevy Silverado Medium Duty is built in Springfield, Ohio. This is not a GM facility, but rather one owned by Navistar. That company collaborated with General Motors on the development of the Silverado MD, which is not closely related to any other Silverado model. The exceptions are that it uses the same cab as the previous-generation K2 Silverado HD, while sharing the 6.6L V8 L5D turbo-diesel Duramax engine with the Silverado HD, albeit in a different tune (the Duramax in the Silverado HD carries RPO code L5P).
Now, let’s take a look at GMC trucks.
| Model | Cab | Facility |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon | Extended | Wentzville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Canyon | Crew | Wentzville, Missouri, U.S. |
| Sierra 1500 | Double | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
| Sierra 1500 | Crew | Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. |
| Sierra 1500 | Regular | Silao, Mexico |
| Sierra 1500 | Crew | Silao, Mexico |
| Sierra HD | Regular | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Sierra HD | Double | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
| Sierra HD | Crew | Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
All GMC trucks are corporate cousins of Chevy trucks. The GMC Canyon is closely related to the Chevy Colorado, as are the GMC Sierra 1500 and GMC Sierra HD to the Silverado 1500 and Silverado HD, respectively. The division of Silverado 1500 production between Fort Wayne, Indiana and Silao, Mexico, mentioned above, also applies to the Sierra 1500.
The only notable difference is that there is no GMC equivalent of the Silverado Medium Duty, which is available exclusively as a Chevy.
The situation will change slightly in the near future. As GM Authority reported in May, The General has invested CAD $1.3 billion in the GM Oshawa Assembly plant in Ontario to produce the Silverado and Sierra. The facility has been idle since the discontinuation of the Chevy Impala and Cadillac XTS sedans.
Production of the Silverado and Sierra was originally scheduled to begin in January 2022, but will now start in Q4 of 2021. At that point, Oshawa will become the only factory in Canada to assemble GM trucks for the North American market.
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I will only buy a GM vehicle if it is made in the US. I am proud both my 2016 Canyon and 2018 Colorado were built in the US.
We’re built in the USA and all parts from other country’s mostly mexico
The Toyota Tundra, typically rated the most reliable half ton truck on the road, was designed in Newport Beach, California, engineered in Ann Arbor Michigan, and assembled in San Antonio Texas with more US components than competitors from the so called Big 3. And Toyota does it without a communist labor union. I love my Toyota tundra four-wheel-drive crew max Limited. Made and designed in USA. No more vehicles from the Big 3, I’ve had my share of problems with their vehicles. No thanks.
I hear you, I loved Chevy my whole life, I don’t think i’d want another one. Unless it’s a 99 suburban.
I will never buy a Chevrolet or gmc until GMC gets rid of dfm causing them to burn
Oil.Gm will not repair them until they stop in middle of road way.GM says a quart of oil every Two thousand miles is ok.on a brand new $70,000 truck.thats because they didn’t
Pay $70,000 they just screwed me out of the money DONE !!!!
Those two trucks you named are not Chevy or gmc.
They are Isuzu D max trucks. There very good with hiding
The truth. Engine is Australia and Canada built. One thing
That’s off is all the USA plants, and if so they don’t mention most to all the parts are from overseas. The new ranger is the d max also, look close at the center of all these trucks and they are d max . More profit this way. Chevy gm or ford never built a small truck
no hables
Like to know the real differences other than the nameplate of the Chev. truck brand and the GMC brand. Many years ago the GMC was known for its superiority over the Chev brand. Now it looks like it is just exterior styling. Am I right in thinking so?
It’s been a long time since there was anything but a cosmetic difference between a GMC truck and a Chevrolet truck. “ Beginning in 1920, GMC and Chevrolet trucks became largely similar, built as variants of the same platform, sharing much the same body sheetwork, except for nameplates and grilles – though their differences, especially engines, sometimes have varied over the years. GMC advertising marketed its trucks to commercial buyers and businesses, whereas Chevrolet’s advertising was directed towards private owners. “
From what I remember the chassis components were beefier on the GMC’s 50+ years ago also.
I remember the gmc trucks having heavier suspensions- i remember trying to put a front sway bar off a gmc on a chevy same series and years- The gmc was much thicker and i had to go back to the bone yard and get the gmc mounts the chevy mounts wouldn’t work.
It wasn’t “superiority “. It was different drive trains, bigger brakes and wheel bearings, that sortvof thing. In a manner of speaking, it was a heavy duty series of trucks. Gardeners, carpenters, electricians bought Chrvy. Mechanics, oil field workers, some ranchers, et al bought GMC.
Chevy: 6 cyl Chrvy engine and a LoadMaster 2-speed automatic. GMC: Pontiac 8, HydraMatic 4-speed.
Etc cetera.
Of course some troller will come and say GM trucks are made in China or some crap like that.
their made in Mexico- Regular cab and crew cab i think!
I bought my Silverado Custom Trail Boss Z71 crew cab in 2019,ordered it and I love this truck! No issues mechanically and only the occasional infotainment system glitch which all manufacturers seem to suffer from. My truck is made in both the USA and Mexico which is OK but I would prefer them all to be made in the USA. However I understand that there is a trade agreement with both countries and Canada. Even if they were made in the USA exclusively the parts aren’t all made here…a mixture of a global supply chain unfortunately. Even so I only drive Chevrolet and proud to say that,they don’t make me walk like the Fords I have to drive at work,lol.
I don’t know where you’re getting your information at. My 2018 regular cab has a manufactured in Fort Wayne Indiana sticker in the door.
The parts come from other countries and the metal to make the panels also, just put together here in the states.
This changed with the current gen trucks. Used to be that Fort Wayne did not assemble crew cabs either.
So where is the rest of the gM lineup made?
I TAKE IT THAT SOME GM’S TRUCKS ARE MADE IN MEXICO, BUT THE PRICE IS ALWAYS THE SAME VS GM’S TRUCKS THAT ARE MADE IN THE “USA” WHY ??
They like to rip people off.
LOL i was a certified mechanic at Freguson Ford – just outside north of Detroit-Retired now- Sorry i would never own 1. I tried they just need too much work! their not reliable.
Mexico, what a shame. Real trucks are built in Dearborn, Kansas City, Louisville, and Avon Lake.
Judging by your name, you must have missed the stories about Ford trucks rusting on dealer lots?
Downvotes from clowns. Best selling vehicle for several decades. The Shebbies can barely stay ahead of Dodge junk fer cripes sakes
Best selling because their aFORDable- cheapest priced-I worked as a mechanic for ferguson Ford in Fenton Michigan- about 40 miles north of Detroit- Retired now- I bought 1 new ford truck and sold it 6 months later- i would never own another- I prefer to get in and drive not work on it all the time.
and burning down houses.
https://www.jdpower.com/cars/shopping-guides/where-are-chevy-trucks-made
On the global level, Chevy sources parts from five Mexican companies, four Japanese companies, three companies each in Canada and Brazil, two each in South Korea and France, and individual partners in Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Egypt, Hungary, India, and Thailand. So while Chevy trucks are assembled in America, they’re truly a global product.
F(Junk) Series guy let me tell you about that product. I work in the Morenci copper mine in AZ and they use super poopies,which are made so cheaply that the so called “military grade aluminum” is garbage. The beds crack up the sides inside of a week so they have gone to a steel flatbed manufacturer.The beds are in a yard all stacked up now, pitiful. There are mechanical issues as well, mainly poorly built fuel pumps that fail often. This mine is the largest and most productive one in the USA and it’s a tough place for any truck. Supposedly they get a big tax break by buying these trucks in NM,they used to have GM and Dodge in there also. There are some of the GM and Dodge trucks left over here and there and their beds are all still intact,these trucks are from the mid 2000’s. The previous Junk 250 had steel beds but they fell off too…and they are stamped “Made in Mexico” right on the frame and so are the new models. Stop pretending that the Junk Series is only made in the USA.
The Fraud Junk Series…lmao. I watch those things fall apart at the mine I work at. The frames are donning the “MADE IN MEXICO” stamp in yellow and you want us to believe that they’re made exclusively in the USA? Better check the Kool Aid you’re drinking pal…it might have floaties in it.
GMC makes garbage now. I have a 2015 sierra with 45,986 and it needs a complete engine rebuild. I bought it used with 28,00 miles. I average about 4500 miles a year. I don’t haul anything and followed the maintenance schedule. It is a shame. I never had problems with any of my GM vehicles going back to 1987, now this. They just lost a life long customer. STAY AWAY FROM GMC. I will let all my co-workers at Amazon know to stay away also.
Are GMC Sierra HD trucks built in batches?
I ordered a truck several weeks ago and the dealer was told that GM would not issue an order number or place my order in the queue because they were not currently building double cabs.
Guy’s if you look at the VIN tag thur your windshield and/or door you’ll find/see were any car/truck is built.
The very first number/letter tells it all…
1-4-5 is for ALL USA Then 2 is for CANADA 3 is for Mexico J for Japan K for Korea S for UK V for Spain and France W for Germany there are more.
Just saw a new 2023 US dependability study and Chevy is #5,Buick #4,GMC is 14,Cadillac is #12,Ram is#16,Toyota is #7 and Ford(FRAUD) is #28! LMAO