GM Launches Truck Production at Indiana Plant - Where's the Press Fanfare?

[1931Chevy]

http://wardsauto.com/ar/gm_truck_indiana/

I dont know if it was posted but if it was im sorry, it just that when I read this it makes me thing about all the Press that the New Tundra has received and about how it will steal a lot of sales from the domestic and I havent heard anything on the media about GM building trucks on the same state as Toyota and they have been there longer than them contributing for more years to their local economy

General Motors Corp.’s new fullsize Chevrolet and GMC pickups began rolling off the line this week at the auto maker’s Fort Wayne, IN, assembly plant.

In the last year, GM says it invested about $210 million in tooling the Indiana plant for the ’07 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra. The plant employs 2,900 workers.

Fort Wayne will produce multiple variants of the new pickups, including 2- and 4-wheel-drive versions; regular and extended cabs; and long-, short- and short-short-box models.

GM expects annual output to reach 260,000 units at the Fort Wayne plant.

GM’s Oshawa, Ont., Canada, facility produced Job One of the new pickups, a crew cab Silverado, during the first week of October.

[cincygoblue]

Good find and comparison. It could also be pointed out that GM makes fullsize SUVs in Texas, and have been in Arlington for many decades. So, Toyota isn't really creating jobs in Indiana and Texas. They're increasing sales of their imports, and then killing the GM plants (like Doraville, GA Baltimore, MD, Moriane, OH, OKC, OK, and a bunch of stamping plants).

GM lets go of 30,000 US workers. Is Toyota planning on hiring that many here? Not in the next 50 years.

[likearock00]

So how long before we see regular and extended cabs on the show room floors?

[rhvfd10]

I never did realise that there are five seperate plants in three countries producing pickups for GM.

[boblutzfan]

Originally Posted by likearock00

So how long before we see regular and extended cabs on the show room floors?

Saw a four door model on the road last week - looked good.

[ARTSBEST]

Should start to see the extended cabs early December. As for the regular cab I have no idea.

[mini1]

extended cabs are starting to show up at dealers. Most of my local dealers have one extended cab on the lot that just came in late this week.

[TOMHONE]

If the extended cabs are now arriving WHEN is GM going to account for them under their GMBUYPOWER website? Still, one can ONLY see the inventories of the CREW cab configuration.

[yellowlt4]

I passed 2 truck loads of extended cabs leaving Indiana last Sunday.

[mini1]

TOMHONE- I am wondering the same thing. When is GM's lazy webmaster going to get out of bed and update their website? I just cannot understand why you can still only build a crew cab. Half of the accessories are not even listed on the website. I have already sent a complaint in but never received a reply (what a surprise there!).

[TOMHONE]

All that money spent of research and producing these 900 units and their measly website hasn't even been adjusted yet. No wonder why they LOST $10B last year.