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Last of Cavaliers still a good deal

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Note that the Pontiac Sunfire will continue past the Cobalt introduction, so it's not REALLY the last of the "Cavaliers".  Whether Pontiac will offer a low-priced "1SV" model of the Sunfire for 2005 remains to be seen...
Where did you hear this from? I'm an engineer at Lordstown and we're actually producing our last Sunfire sometime in the late April/early May 2004 timeframe, so the Sunfire will be phased out before the Cavalier. We won't be producing any J-car variants once we start production of saleable GMX-001 units, in mid October 2004.
 
" GM will stick with Sunfire for Pontiac, but Canada will get small-car replacement
(08:30 July 01, 2003) - Pontiac has no plans to replace the Sunfire small car in the United States, even though Chevrolet is replacing its sister vehicle, the Cavalier, next year. General Motors' Lordstown, Ohio, plant will assemble the Sunfire for several years alongside Chevrolet's new car, the Cobalt, according to Lori Queen, GM vehicle line executive for small cars. ..."
It sounds like whoever wrote this article above is making some assumptions. It's true that Pontiac won't get a Sunfire replacement in the USA, however this does not mean that production of the Sunfire will continue. The Vibe will carry on as Pontiac's small car for the US market, since Sunfire sales have gone down since the Vibe's intro due to cannibalized sales. Lordstown won't be building any Sunfires after roughly May of this year. We will carry on with Cavalier-only production until mid-October 2004.

I don't know if the reporter got his information wrong or if Lori Queen was smoking something, but her statement above is inaccurate as well. It would be kind of hard to build any J-car alongside the Cobalt after we tear out the J-car body shop sideframe equipment and the J-car chassis/body marriage area! :lol: Rest assured, after October of this year, Lordstown will be a GMX-001 plant only, without the capability to build anymore J-cars. That might sound sad for some of you, but the Cobalt SS Supercharged should cheer you up!
 
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