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Old 06-03-2008, 01:51 PM
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Default GM move to scrap 4 pickup and SUV plants, including Oshawa

Do you guys think it will affect Camaro building plants in Ontario??link:
http://ca.news.finance.yahoo.com/s/0...-4-pickup.html
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Considering the Camaro is being built at the Oshawa plant, I can imagine they're only scrapping the SUV portion, and will carry on with the Camaro production. As far as we've been informed, no other plant has been re-tooled to start building them. It also makes me think just how hard GM is going to be riding on the Camaro V6's as a huge success with the public. It appears that they're really going to market the V6, hard, as a fun, fuel-efficient coupe.
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I hope the V6 camaro gonna look as good as the high end version, or very close to it, so GM can hopes to sell a bunch..like the mustangs.
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I imagine they will. With the new V6 supposedly outperforming the Mustang GT of this generation, and the most likely smaller CID (3.6), it will get both more power and better gas mileage than the V6 Mustang.
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To the best of my knowledge - I've been known to be wrong - and I never post any important information.

That plant would currently build the Equinox and its brothers and sisters.

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At Oshawa Assembly there are 3 plants.
2 car plants, and 1 truck plant.

Oshawa Truck is closing.
Oshawa Car 1 is being rebuilt for building Camaro.
Oshawa Car 2 builds Impalas and LaCrosses.
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^thanks for the info^



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