General Motors recently announced it will be closing 14 of its North American plants, but three of those plants marked for closure received a bit of good news on Wednesday. GM confirmed late last month that one of its closed U.S. plants would re-open to produce a new small car, with the Detroit automaker announcing three assembly plants under consideration for the project today.
GM announced on Wednesday that its Orion (Michigan), Spring Hill (Tennessee) and Janesville (Wisconsin) plants are currently under consideration for the new small car project. All three plants were marked for closure under GM’s restructuring plan.
GM’s Orion plant was responsible for producing the Pontiac G6 sedan. GM’s Spring Hill plant had been the former site for Saturn production but was recently converted to produce the Chevrolet Traverse . Janesville was formerly one of GM’s most profitable plants, building full-size SUVs. GM’s family of GMT 900 SUVs were the last to roll off the Janesville production floor.
GM has yet to confirm what small car it will produce in the U.S., but it widely believed to be the upcoming Chevrolet Spark. However, the small car in question could also be the Chevrolet Viva – the car tipped to replace the current Aveo.
