GM Slowing Down Chevy Tracker Production In Argentina

General Motors has just officially announced that it plans to slow down production of the Chevy Tracker in Argentina during the month of May.

The automaker’s Argentine subsidiary announced on Monday, May 12^th, that it plans to slow production of the Chevy Tracker at the GM Alvear plant in Argentina, suspending assembly of the subcompact crossover for several days in May in order to adjust production to export volumes to Brazil – the Tracker’s largest and main market in South America. By doing this, the company will significantly reduce production days at the Argentine plant.

“GM reports that, in order to adjust its export volume to Brazil, it will suspend production at the Alvear plant in the province of Santa Fe on Fridays in May, in addition to the 28^th (Wednesday) and 29^th (Thursday) of this month inclusive,” said the GM Argentina Communications Department in an official statement.

Specifically, GM Argentina will stop producing Chevy Tracker units at the Alvear plant on five Fridays in May, as well as on Wednesday the 28^th and Thursday the 29^th , for a total of seven days of reduced production during the month. The manufacturer plans to adjust the crossover inventory specifically to the demand for the model in the Brazilian market, which the plant has been supporting through exports.

GM’s Argentine plant produces the Chevy Tracker exclusively for the domestic market and for export to other South American markets, including Brazil and Colombia. However, the Tracker units produced in that country that end up being shipped to Brazil only supplement the model’s core production, whose main manufacturing center in the region is the GM São Caetano do Sul plant in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

According to the company’s own statement, the official plan to slow down Chevy Tracker production at GM’s industrial complex in Argentina is projected to be implemented only during the month of May. At least for now, it is unclear whether the manufacturer plans to fully resume the assembly program in June or if the partial suspension will extend beyond the announced dates.