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After today Oshawa no longer will have its famous truck plant, which set quality standards and produced more than 10 million of the vehicles since 1965.
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GM should be "hanging their heads in shame because they are closing the best truck plant in the industry."

Former CAW president Buzz Hargrove adds, "The fact that GM is continuing to make trucks elsewhere is an insult -- especially when they agreed to keep it open."

An analysis of General Motors' production plans for the next six years shows the company will not maintain 20% of its North American output in Canada despite what it has told the federal and Ontario governments.

The analysis by industry adviser AutomotiveCompass indicates GM Canada won't provide more than 14.5% of the company's North American volume between now and 2015, with the proportion falling as low as 12.2% next year.

General Motors Corp., the world’s largest carmaker until its 77-year reign ended last year, filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. with a plan to create a 21st-century company that can compete in world markets.

a victim of tumbling sales and higher gas prices

judge hat geschrieben:

a victim of tumbling sales and higher gas prices

- 15 jahre fest verpennt, kundenwünsche ignoriert und dem management millionen nachgeworfen: das überlebt kein unternehmen.

wenn ich mir die weltweiten trends der letzten 15 jahre anschaue (retro,tdi, safety, esp, hybrid, dsg oder auto-trannys mit 7-8 gängen wie bei mb und lexus,etc.)- gm hat keinen einzigen früh erkannt. und das als global player...

ryoga hat geschrieben:Stunde Null bei GM.
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