Production of the Chevy Camaro, Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 was heavily impacted by the semiconductor chip shortage throughout 2021, making these nameplates somewhat hard to come by at GM dealerships for a brief period. Unfortunately, the automotive industry isn’t out of the woods just yet when it comes to parts shortages, as GM has once again been forced to shutter the Lansing Grand River plant where these nameplates are built due to a lack of necessary components.
A GM spokesperson confirmed to GM Authority that it planned to return to regular production at the Lansing Grand River plant next week after it was forced to take downtime due to “temporary parts constraints.” The Grand River plant is a 3.4 million sq. ft. facility that sits on 111 acres of land in central Michigan and employs 1,485 employees between the production line and stamping operations there. It is the exclusive manufacturing site for the Chevy Camaro, Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5.
Production of the 2023 model year Cadillac CT4 and Cadillac CT5 began at the Lansing plant on July 11th, 2022, while production of the Chevy Camaro began there roughly a month prior on June 17th.
GM invested $510 million in its Lansing Delta Township and Lansing Grand River plants earlier this year to support production for near-term products at the two plants. These near-term products include the next-generation Chevy Traverse and Buick Enclave, set to be produced at the Lansing Delta Township facility, as well as the next-generation GMC Acadia. The investment will support “plant upgrades” at the Lansing Grand River facility, with specific models yet to be confirmed.
A report that surfaced in late July indicated GM was considering building a new Corvette EV at the Lansing Grand River plant, which is set to enter production in 2025. GM is also said to be plotting a Corvette-badged crossover, which is also expected to be produced at the Michigan facility.
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for the week of 8/8 or 8/16?
I’m confused. If they started building the 2023 Camaro in June, then why can’t you build a 2023 Camaro on the website? Are they just totally incompetent?
After waiting 6 mos. for my 1LE order to be “accepted” with an allocation at a large PNW dealership, I found a <1000 mile 2018 1ss 1le on carmax for about the same price as the new car would have been. Did it. Happy.
If and when you take it back there for repairs, Carmax likes to fix vehicles with used junkyard parts.
So here’s a thought,,,I just went to GM’s web for Build and Price to find that there is no order display for 2023 Camaros. For that matter, only one car C8. Kinda makes one wonder…..as of 11:30A 8-13-22.
Sure, glad I got my 2022 RS almost 10.000 mile so far love the long drives out west.
For any 2022 CT5-V BLACKWING that is already built, has been given a VIN number but is just sitting at Lansing lacking its necessary chips. Does this article mean that production will start back up the week of August 15 or August 22 that those cars will be officially finished and ready to transport to its allocated dealership?