Production of the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon at the GM Wentzville Assembly plant in Missouri will be idled for three weeks this month, GM Authority has learned.
The plant will go offline during the weeks of January 3rd, January 10th and January 17th, with production set to return on January 24th. The shutdown is likely related to renovation work that is being carried out at the assembly plant, which also paused production at the facility for three weeks in December, Chevrolet Trucks & Full-size SUV Communications Director Megan Soule confirmed previously.
“The launch-related downtime at Wentzville Assembly is a continuation of the construction updates that are needed in various departments in order to support production of our next-generation mid-size trucks,” Soule said in a statement provided to GM Authority last month.
As we already know, GM is currently preparing Wentzville Assembly to produce the next-generation 2023 Chevy Colorado and 2023 GMC Canyon pickups. The 2023 Chevy Colorado will feature a heavily revised version of the current model’s 31XX platform, along with all-new exterior and interior styling. The 2023 GMC Canyon, meanwhile, will tap the same platform and implement similar exterior and interior changes.It will also introduce a AT4X off-road variant to its lineup, which will essentially be a Canyon-badged equivalent of the Colorado ZR2. The 2023 Chevy Colorado and 2023 GMC Canyon are expected to debut in the first half of this year.
GM invested $1 billion in Wentzville Assembly to prepare it for the arrival of the next-generation Colorado and Canyon. GM President Mark Reuss said in 2019 the investments were part of the automaker’s “comprehensive strategy to invest in growth areas and strengthen our U.S. manufacturing base.”
“GM sells more pickups than any other automaker and we have aggressive plans to build on our strengths,” he added.
In addition to the Colorado and Canyon, Wentzville Assembly also builds the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana utility vans.
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To Megan Soule 11-2=21 ordered t2v43-Canyon Denali crew cab long box 2022 can I upgrade to new exterior and interior styling of 2023 order at Barlow Buick GMC NJ Thanks Harry
I don’t think you understand where you are on the Internet.
This is good news, If the time line holds. Now if we could get some engine options
Gearbox problems with no support,never buy one again
If they’re taking 2 months to upgrade the plant to build the 2023’s and then have them available mid year, I wonder how many 2022’s will actually be built?
not many, same as the 2021 anyways.
The only thing that I noticed was they changed the shifter handles on the 2022’s and offer a trail boss package option, otherwise they are identical.
Please let us know the open order date, my dealer has no idea. thank you
I just talked with a Phoenix dealer. He said he’s had Express vans on order since June/July that still haven’t come through. I certainly understand why Chevy would concentrate on their big sellers but I sure hope things open up over the next couple of months.
I ordered a 2022 Colorado ZR2 on December 10th. With all of the plant shutdowns, I’m wondering if my truck has even been started or will I have to wait until the 2023 models are available? Fingers crossed…my dealer estimated a 3 month delivery date…who knows now!
We ordered our Colorado back in October. I spoke to the dealer on Friday “just checking in,” you know. Our guy said that the order has not be taken up by Chevy and still remains at the dealership – but we are at the top of the list. B-B-B-But wait, it gets better, the manager told him to tell us we may not see a truck before LATE OCTOBER. Big question: We ordered a 2021. We estimated our monthly payments and put down a deposit based on those values. Is Chevy going to play games? Are the dealerships who have no inventory but tons of leverage? Im betting >75% of the staff on showroom floors is gone by the end of the year including our guy. After that, its the gigantic buildings with loads of HVAC and overhead. Except for the service department, why have an expensive sales floor with nothing to sell???
When are they building extended cab Colorado’s? Ordered mine in October.