Production of the Chevy Camaro, Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 will restart at the GM Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan next week.
While the Lansing Grand River plant has been semi-operational in recent weeks, it has only been producing the Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing performance sedans. The standard versions of the Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 have not been produced since May 10th, while Chevy Camaro production has been offline since September 13th.
Full production of the Chevy Camaro, Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 will now come back online at Lansing Grand River on Monday, October 4th. The plant will resume building 2022 model-year Camaros as well as 2021 model-year CT4s and CT5s.
The majority of GM’s North American assembly plants will be operational next week, including the GM Ramos Arizpe plant in Mexico, GM Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri and GM Fairfax plant in Kansas. The automaker has experienced recurrent shutdowns at its plants throughout 2021 due to the global semiconductor chip shortage and has prioritized its limited chip supply for hot-selling, profit-heavy large vehicles like the Chevy Silverado 1500 and Chevy Tahoe.
Speaking at a Detroit Regional Chamber conference held in Michigan this week, GM President Mark Reuss said he expects the chip shortage to stabilize in the near future, but expects it will be a while before supply returns to pre-pandemic levels.
“We’re going to see a stabilization to some extent before we see getting the volume we really need,” Reuss said.
GM has lost about 800,000 vehicles due to chip-related plant shutdowns. GM CFO Paul Jacobson has also said the automaker expects it will miss out on another 200,000 vehicles in the second half of the year.
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Full production of the Chevy Camaro, Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 will now come back online at Lansing Grand River on Monday, October 4th. This will mark the start of production for the 2022 model year for all three nameplates.
Technically this is not the “start” of production for the 2022 model year for the Camaro as that started 8/16 and went for 4 weeks before the recent shutdown.
Thank you for bringing this error to our attention. We have updated the article.
Get rid of the LT1 and lower the price of the manual 1SS to 36k. There I just increased the sales of Camaro 50%. Also get rid of AFM.
Gee, I hope they get my 2022 LT1 done before they take your advice.
You have no idea what you’re talking about. The LT1 is the best selling trim.
Oh wow selling trim does that mean it sells 500 a year? Considering the camaro sells extremely poorly each year.
The LT1 is selling cause of the price. The front end isn’t the best looking and they don’t even have rear Brembo’s. You make a base 1SS without the RS package for 36k and it would way outsell the LT1.
Steve yes they did start up Camaro line but did mostly basic cars.. Yes I’m waiting for a build number on my 2022 Camaro that I ordered in April like most of us that wanted it. Now we wait for all the haters to put in their 2 cents on no able to see out and it should be a EV.
Jesse, you are absolutely correct that the Camaro sells very poorly compared to the Mustang and Charger/Challenger. In my opinion, a lot of that has to do with some horrendous marketing on behalf of GM. I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen a commercial advertising the Camaro. Ford has done a decent job with the Mustang, but Dodge has marketed theirs very well, and it shows in sales. Another thing GM has crashed and burned on is their presentation at dealerships. I am not a numbers person, just an average Joe driving by. Prior to the pandemic, driving past a GM dealer was, to be frank, quite boring. The lot was packed with white, silver, navy blue and black vehicles, with a sparse amount of red, and, very very few regular blue (like the Riverside Blue I ordered). The number one thing that draws people into a car lot is COLOR (my wife bought her oasis blue 2021 Trailblazer based mainly on the color, it’s beautiful). Then, if you did see a Camaro, it was almost always a V6 with an automatic (YAWN). The one thing that was a plus during the pandemic, as far as buying a car, I was able to sit down with the dealer and put one together. I’ve purchased three brand new Silverado trucks, and every one was off the lot. Had most of the features I was looking for, but several I wished I had. The dealers heavily push their inventories, as opposed to ordering what you wanted, in fact, for my 2017 2500HD, the dealer wouldn’t even consider ordering me exactly what I wanted. Don’t need a truck anymore, so ordered my 2022 Camaro. GM may be looking at their Wall Street portfolio with pride, but if they chase enough people on main street to Ford or Dodge, those numbers will fall very quickly. Again, I speak from just my own experiences, but I’ve seen at least a dozen of my friends that were dyed in the wool GM, sitting behind the wheel of F150’s and Rams. I’m not here to bash anyone, and we all have our opinions. GM has to realize, although a vehicle is a necessity for most, there is a lot of WANT in that necessity. I still believe GM has the best gasoline engines on the planet. The LS V8’s have been around for almost 25 years, morphing into the direct injected engines of today. I know this thread is about the Camaro, but GM’s issues are far deeper than one model. GM may be planning for a future with electric vehicles, but they got to get there first.
GM is playing things safe I feel. It’s to bad they don’t drop the LT1 in everything. That’s the point of the GM parts bin. I feel Stillantis ( which sounds like d!ck pills) is doing everything they can to get sales out of dodge and ram. Probably getting more sales cause of what GM is not doing. I’m sure GM would say the strategy is helping them with better profits.
Kirt, I agree with you that they may be playing it safe. It is just so sad to watch. I’m old enough to remember the original muscle car era, the pride GM exhibited, the CAR people that were running the show. EVERYONE wanted an A body (Chevelle, Cutlass, etc), Nova, Camaro/Firebird, or GTO/LeMans. We are kind of in another muscle car era. The power with the efficiency they are getting from these cars and trucks is mind blowing. Just would love to see GM get it’s swag back, set the pace.
Will Rodgers said that “even a leader will be run over if he sits in the middle of the road for too long”
Yup I agree 100%
Why are you putting down the V6. Still has a punch and runs on 87 octane. There’s a speed limit on every road I drive on. I’m a Ford truck guy, but when it came to choosing a convertible, couldn’t beat the look of a white RS with redline accent and the 21st century drop top.
I was wondering how long it would be before the fraudulently offended would come out. And I was trying SO HARD to be polite. If you’re worried about the speed limit, then go with the 2.0 4 cylinder. Probably gets better fuel economy, too. Definitely things topping my checklist when buying a Camaro, LOL. I am not putting down the V6. The power is very impressive without forced induction and within 30 HP to the base model 5.0 Coyote motor that Ford stuffs in their Mustangs. I’ve waited 40 years to buy the Camaro I want, and I want a V8 with a 6 speed stick. I also found out one of the nearby oval tracks allow people to rent time and I may take it over and run it. This is the beauty of America. We can all have our preferences and opinions. If it offends you that I think a V6 with an automatic is a bit dull, suck it up, buttercup. My money, my choice, MY OPINION!!!
Hello everyone!
Can anyone tell me if GM has started production on the 2021 CT5-V’s yet? I ordered my CT5-V back in June of this year! I need my car very soon! I know they started production of the 2022 models today (Oct,4th), but what about the ones the customers ordered for the 2021 model CT5-V? Can some someone shed some light on it and let me know please?
Hey Tina,
According to the article, they are still building model 2021 year CT5’s and CT4’s (even though they’ve started building the 2022 CT5-V Blackwing). I just recently ordered a 2022 CT5-V and the dealer was not sure, but felt it could be April-May before I take delivery…
Hi Tina As of 10/18/21, I just ordered a CT4 for my wife. Retail sold order as they call it. Built as a 2021 on the Cadillac dot com site but ordered as a 2022 by the dealership. Anyway the dealership manager is telling me that all production for 2021 cars is over as they have received all they had planned on getting and anything from today forward is a 2022 model. Absolutely true, I don’t know but it’s what I was told. I’ll add that my 2021 GMC 2500 was ordered 1/5/21 and was delivered to the dealer 7/28/21,sorry if this makes you feel unsure about things. The dealer did keep me relatively updated but they also said they have weren’t getting any input from GM about the truck order. Let’s hope we get our cadillacs quicker than the GMC. We could always buy a 10 year old S class Mercedes as a temporary car lol
Just received notice that my 2021(!) CT 5V was just built. I was given a build code of 4300 and a VIN number after waiting almost 8 months for the car. Now no one seems to know the delivery date to dealer. Was advised today that car was held up by GM. Nobody seems to know anything. I am not really surprised, they have been screwing me around since February 2021.
Hello Jellybean!
I was told by my Cadillac Dealership that once you get a vin number, it can take another three months after that. I haven’t even gotten that far yet…I’ve yet to get my vin number. I’ve been waiting since the beginning of summer. I do hope we get our cars soon!! Good luck to you! Let me know if you get any good news. I used to inspect Microchips for the Department of Defense. I inspected some that went into the Space Shuttle/Hughes Aircraft, General Dynamics, mostly for the Military etc……I could bust thousands out in a day! We should be building our own microchips here in the US and not depend on other countries like, Taiwan. Anyways, I do hope we get some good news soon. Take care!
Tina
I ordered a zl1 back in August. I have still not had allocation. If someone had to guess when due you think I will receive my build? Seems like this chip thing is really putting a hurting on gm. I am ready to pull the order due to the fact people put orders in several months before I did and still have not even come close to receiving their builds. It is very, very frustrating!!!!!!!!! I traded a hellcat redeye for the zl1 and that model was built in six weeks. Two months and still nothing.