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Proud Oshawa mayor and his Camaro SS ruffle some feathers

The hot-selling 2010 Chevy Camaro is made in Oshawa, Canada. The mayor of Oshawa, John Gray, drives a spanking new red Camaro SS with a white racing stripe, just like the one that introduced the bowtie muscle car to the Middle East back in June. Supporting locally made products sounds like a shrewd move for any politician, especially when the city is footing the bill for your ride. A free Camaro is a great job perk, but one Oshawa resident – Bill Steele – doesn't agree. Steele says the mayor is "flaunting this gas-guzzling ... Read more →

REPORT: Cadillac DTS to be replaced by XTS, which will be built in Canada alongside new Buick Regal Sam Abuelsamid

The days of Cadillac's big DTS sedan are numbered as the plant that builds it will soon be shut down and re-tooled. The Detroit Hamtramck assembly plant that builds the DTS and Buick Lucerne will ...

GM adds shift at Oshawa to keep up with Camaro demand Jeremy Korzeniewski

- Might the newly-revived Camaro be the bright shining sales star that General Motors so desperately needs? That remains to be seen, but at least initial reports are favorable. According to The ...

GM and CAW reach deal over truck plant closure Jeremy Korzeniewski

In a deal designed to assuage the tensions between General Motors and the Canadian Auto Workers union, GM's new car plant in Oshawa, Ontario will gain two additional models to build. The old truck ...

Embattled Oshawa plant to get GM hybrid truck production, will still close in 2009 Chris Shunk

GM's Oshawa Truck plant has been slated for closure in 2009, but GM has announced that the embattled plant will still build the Silverado Two-Mode hybrid beginning later this year. The move was well ...

GM may add car line to closing Canadian truck plant 1 year ago on Autoblog

Despite rising tensions (and a lawsuit) between General Motors and the Canadian Auto Workers union, the automaker may be interested in adding a new car line at its soon-to-closed truck plant in Oshawa, Ontario. Though that plant was originally scheduled to stay open a few more years, slumping sales ...

GM Canada suing CAW for C$1.5 million 1 year ago on Autoblog

Hold on to your britches folks. General Motors dealings with the Canadian Auto Workers union just took another turn for the worse. GM, like every other full-line automaker selling vehicles in the United States, has been unable to move as many pickup trucks as it had hoped since the price of gas has ...

Camaro, eh? Oshawa plant tapped to build Chevy's ponycar 3 years ago on Autoblog

Several readers alerted us to a report out of Canada on Friday stating that GM has selected its Oshawa, Ontario plant to build the new Camaro. A formal announcement is expected on Monday. The news caps a good week for the Canadian Auto Workers union, who also learned that GM's plans to eliminate ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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