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Old 05-18-2008, 11:15 AM   #66 (permalink)
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Re: GM confirms next Corsa will be built in the U.S.

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Originally Posted by nadepalma View Post
One solution is for GM to start building the car in the U.S. and latest reports claim that’s exactly what it will do for the next-generation Corsa. “We want the car as a Saturn in the U.S. and we certainly don’t want to import it from Europe,” GM product czar Bob Lutz told Automotive News Europe.
There's nothing in Bob Lutz' statement here that contradicts a scenario where they are built in a South or Central American GM plant, where GM already has a market for small cars like these.

It would avoid importing the cars from Europe, and allow GM to actually make a profit from lower cost labor.

I think it's a leap (unless I missed something in the rest of the article) to assume it will be built in Ohio or some place like that. Not unless the dollar takes a permanant nose dive.
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