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Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division
Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division was a designation applied from 1933–1965 to a group of factories operated by General Motors. The approach was modeled after the Chevrolet Assembly Division where cars were assembled from knock down kits originating from Flint Assembly and a collection of sites Chevrolet used before the company became a part of General Motors in 1917. The terminology is confusing because most plants assembled more than just Chevrolet or B-O-P, and refers to the management structure only. The five brands originated vehicles from their respective "home" plants, where vehicles were assembled locally for their respective regions. Vehicles were also produced in "knock-down" kits and sent to the branch assembly locations. The "home" branches for both Buick and Chevrolet were in Flint, Michigan at two separate locations; Oldsmobile at Lansing, Michigan; Pontiac at Pontiac, Michigan; and Cadillac at Detroit, Michigan. Plants operating under Chevrolet Assembly ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chevrolet Assembly Division
Chevrolet Assembly Division was a designation used from 1933 to 1965. Fisher Body produced trimmed out bodies (firewall rearward) and then passed the bodies to the Chevrolet Assembly Division which completed the assembly of the vehicle. To streamline production, the General Motors Assembly Division was created that incorporated both divisions. From 1965 to 1972, GMAD was given responsibility for former Chevrolet / Fisher Body assembly plants. Plants operated under Chevrolet Assembly management prior to General Motors Assembly Division management (most established pre-1920). Framingham, Massachusetts is unusual in that it changed from Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly management to Chevy management prior to becoming GMAD. The terminology is confusing because most plants assembled more than just Chevrolet or B-O-P, and refers to the management structure only. The five brands originated vehicles from their respective "home" plants, where vehicles were assembled locally for their resp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flint Truck Assembly
Flint Assembly is an automotive assembly plant in Flint, Michigan, United States, owned and operated by General Motors. The plant currently assembles heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks for the North American market. It is GM's oldest operating assembly plant, and since the closure of Buick City in 1999, Flint Assembly is the only vehicle assembly plant in the city, which was previously home to multiple GM plants. History The first factory location was in Flint, Michigan at the corner of Wilcox (now Chevrolet Avenue) and Kearsley Street, now known as " Chevy Commons", along the Flint River, across the street from Kettering University. It was commonly known as Chevy in the Hole. The current plant, at G 3100 Van Slyke Road, was built in 1947. In 1953 the first 300 Chevrolet Corvettes were hand built here before production was moved to St. Louis in 1954. This factory also produced Chevrolet Bel Airs for the North American market. Encoura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlington Assembly
Arlington Assembly is an automotive assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, United States, owned and operated by General Motors. It currently assembles the Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade full-size SUVs for the North American market. The Arlington plant was opened in 1954 to assemble both automobiles and aircraft, but has focused on the former use for most of its history. Arlington Assembly was originally part of the Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division and was used to assemble Buicks, Oldsmobiles, and Pontiacs. The Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division was renamed General Motors Assembly Division in 1965 after it also began to assemble Chevrolet cars in 1963. Early automobile production included models like the Pontiac Chieftain and later, the Chevrolet Bel Air. The factory would continue to produce many large GM cars through the 1990s including products from Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet and Cadillac. Arlington Assembly was the last GM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doraville Assembly
Doraville Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Doraville, Georgia, just northeast of Atlanta. The plant opened in 1947 and was under the management of GM's newly created Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division created in 1945. It was closed on 26 September 2008 as part of the company's cost-cutting measures. According to an article that appeared in the ''Atlanta Journal-Constitution'' on January 28, 2010, New Broad Street Doraville, LLC, a development company, has executed a purchase contract with General Motors to purchase the former plant, with plans to build a mixed-use, transit-oriented development. New Broad Street's deal fell through when DeKalb County decided against using its federal stimulus and property taxes dollars to partially fund the project. Doraville Assembly was one of two General Motors factories in Atlanta, the second one was called Lakewood Assembly, in the southeast community of Lakewood Heights, built in 1927. The site is adjacent to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairfax Assembly
Fairfax Assembly & Stamping is a General Motors (GM) automobile manufacturing facility in Kansas City, Kansas. The site was originally a World War II bomber plant, and has a comprehensive history of producing vehicles for numerous GM brands. It exclusively assembled the critically-acclaimed Saturn Aura, the 2007 ''Motor Trend'' Car of the Year. The plant employs over 2,200 hourly and salaried employees, who are represented by United Auto Workers Local 31. For many years, the plant was a key producer of GM's mid-size sedans, including the long-running Chevrolet Malibu. Following an industry-wide shift away from sedans, the plant became central to GM's evolving manufacturing strategy, undergoing retooling to produce the next-generation Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle alongside the popular Chevrolet Equinox SUV. History Fairfax I (1945–1987) The original Fairfax assembly plant was located next to Fairfax Airport, the former location of the North American Bomber Production Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Framingham Assembly
Framingham Assembly was a General Motors factory in Framingham, Massachusetts which opened in 1947. History and models The plant was built on the location of Framingham Airport, and ground was broken in 1945. The plant cost $12 million ($ in dollars ) and was one of three new plants that year. At one point, the Framingham Assembly plant was one of the largest automotive manufacturing plants in the United States, employing over 5,000 workers from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire. The first vehicle, produced on 26 February 1948, was a Buick, with 23,388 more produced that first year. The factory was used by "BOP" (Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac) and was under the management of GM's newly created Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division created in 1945. The factory had produced 697,574 cars by 1959. In August of that year, it became part of Fisher Body, producing Chevrolet, Pontiac, and Oldsmobile cars. The factory was re-purposed again in May, 1968, changing from s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fremont Assembly
Fremont Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Fremont, California, in the San Francisco area, replacing the older Oakland Assembly. Groundbreaking for the plant occurred in September 1961, and the plant produced its first vehicle on May 1, 1963. Production continued through March 1, 1982, when the plant was closed after production problems. After closure, the plant was refurbished and reopened as the more successful NUMMI (New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc.) joint-venture between GM and Toyota between 1984 and 2010, and later became the Tesla Factory in 2010. History Chevrolet opened the auto industry's first West Coast assembly plant, Oakland Assembly, in 1916, with production of the Chevrolet Series 490 beginning on September 23 of that year. In the 1940s, Oakland Assembly would contribute to the war effort during World War II building the Chevrolet Fleetline for the military and also producing munitions, aircraft engines, guns and billions of pounds m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linden Assembly
Linden Assembly was a General Motors Corporation, General Motors automobile factory in Linden, New Jersey, United States. The plant operated from 1937 to 2005 and made cars, trucks and SUVs for various GM automotive divisions. History The factory opened in 1937 to build Buick, Pontiac (automobile), Pontiac, and Oldsmobile vehicles from "Knock-down kit, knock down kits". Linden was the second of several B-O-P "branch" assembly plants (the first being the Pontiac-operated South Gate plant), part of GM's strategy to have production facilities in major metropolitan cities. The originally Buick operated Linden plant was part of GM's Linden Division through 1942. A total of 343,000 automobiles between 1937 and 1941 ( Buicks, Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles). During World War II, as part of the Eastern Aircraft Division (EAD) of General Motors, the plant was also used to produce fighter planes for the United States Navy, primarily the FM-1 Wildcat and the FM-2 Wildcat, an improved version of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Gate Assembly
South Gate Assembly was a General Motors automobile plant located at 2720 Tweedy Boulevard in the Los Angeles suburb of South Gate, California.Photos of South Gate Assembly plant It opened in 1936 to build B-O-P (-- Pontiac) cars for sale on the West Coast. It was the first GM plant to build multiple car lines, resulting from a Depression-spawned mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilmington Assembly
Wilmington Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Wilmington, Delaware. The factory opened in 1947, and produced cars for GM's Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Saturn, Opel, and Daewoo brands during its operation. GM closed the plant on July 28, 2009. History The plant was located at 801 Boxwood Road. It was under the management of GM's newly created Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac Assembly Division created in 1945, manufacturing cars for Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. Some of the cars produced at the facility starting in the 1970s included (model years in parentheses): * Chevrolet Chevette (1978-1985) * Pontiac T1000/1000 (1981-1985) * Pontiac Tempest (1987–1991) * Chevrolet Corsica (1987–1996) * Chevrolet Beretta (1987–1996) * Chevrolet Malibu (1997–1999) * Saturn L-Series (2000–2005) * Pontiac Solstice (2006–2009) * Saturn Sky (2007–2009) * Opel GT (2007–2009) * Daewoo G2X (2007–2009) As part of the 2009 bankruptcy and restructur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
