The GM Oshawa Assembly Plant in southern Ontario will begin production of the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 next spring, GM Authority can confirm.
The Canadian assembly plant began producing the 2022 Chevy Silverado HD in early November following the completion of a $1.3 billion renovation to convert the facility to produce full-size pickup trucks. Production of the 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 has yet to begin at the plant, however, and won’t come online until sometime in the spring of next year.
As we reported previously, the GM Oshawa Assembly plant will not produce the GMC Sierra HD or GMC Sierra 1500 – setting it apart from GM’s other pickup plants, all three of which of build both the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra side-by-side. Oshawa is also the only plant to produce both light and heavy-duty pickups in the same plant. The automaker’s Fort Wayne Assembly and Silao Assembly plants build the light-duty versions of the trucks, while the Flint Assembly plant builds HD versions.
The Oshawa plant was closed in December 2019 when GM cancelled the Cadillac XTS and Chevy Impala model lines. The automaker kept a small portion of the plant open for limited parts production and also used the space to help make PPE amid the COVID-19 pandemic before re-opening it this year to produce pickup trucks. The $1.3 billion investment in the facility went toward a new body shop and flexible assembly module, among more.
Oshawa Assembly will produce the refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 once production begins next spring. The refreshed 2022 Chevy Silverado debuted on September 9th and introduces revised exterior styling, a significantly overhauled cabin with an available 13.4-inch color touchscreen and a new off-road-focused ZR2 model variant. Powertrain options include the turbocharged 2.7L I4 L3B gasoline engine (now with 20 percent more torque), the 3.0L I6 LM2 turbodiesel Duramax engine and the atmospheric 5.3L V8 L84 and 6.2L V8 L87 engines.
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Comments
As late as production is starting why not call it a 23? Dealers still have 21s in transit for Jan arrivals along with 22 limited as well.
The reason they still have them in transit is because they have over 500 000 orders not filled for costumers!! Never mind trying to find one on a lot. Cpu chip shortage along with Covid shut downs world wide killed the supply chain for vehicles and put all auto companies behind!
Capt Obvious how does that apply to my comment if why not call the restyled 2022 a 2023 given the overlap of the 2021 and 2022 LTD already?
You forgot to mention that Oshawa built light and heavy duty trucks from 2017-2019 as well before they closed the plant to dump salary so they only had to pay new hire wages to the majority of the workers!! If they would of kept plant open they would not be short on as many trucks
Waiting for a 2022 trail boss since October. Lets go!!
Ordered a 1500 in March of 2021. The order still has not been picked up by GM. Good luck
Waiting for 2022 Silverado 2500 that is built. I guess shipping is also an issue. I know be patient….
Waiting on a 2022 HD that was built on 8/24/2021 in Flint ,bayed since then probably need new tires when it arrives . Maybe be under 3 feet of snow till spring.
GM is not prioritizing SOLD, FLEET or MP’s (missing parts) orders or units. We have trucks that have been built in Feb 2021 that are not here yet. We have identical 2022 LTD trucks that were ordered in August that have been delivered to the customers.
It’s obvious that GM does not have a handle on this and do not value their committed customers.
What a crying shame. Gov’t Motors at their best.
it’s definitely fitting they changed their logo to an elephant.