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GM Extends Car Production Cutback in Canada
General Motors Co. is stretching out a current production cut at its car plant in Oshawa, Ont., by another nine weeks because of slumping demand, according to a Unifor union memo cited by Toronto’s Globe and Mail.
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General Motors Co. is stretching out a current production cut at its car plant in Oshawa, Ont., by another nine weeks because of slumping demand, according to a Unifor union memo cited by Toronto’s Globe and Mail.
Oshawa builds Cadillac XTS and Chevrolet Impala large sedans. But U.S. sales of the two models last year dropped 27% and 22%, respectively, according to Autodata Corp. The statistical service says deliveries last month plummeted 34% for the XTS and 47% for the Impala.
Oshawa suspended two-shift production of both cars for three weeks in January. It then resumed single-shift operation in hopes of resuming normal output by March 31. But the Unifor memo says two-shift production isn’t currently expected to begin until at least May 28.
GM tells Automotive News it is aligning production with market demand but expects no change in employment level at the Oshawa facility.
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