General Motors announced today that it will build its upcoming Buick Regal in Oshawa, Ontario, rather than in Germany as the company had previously announced. The Regal will join the Chevrolet Camaro and, also in the first quarter of 2011, the Camaro Convertible at the Canadian plant.
The decision to build the Regal at the Oshawa plant could come at the expense of the Chevrolet Impala , although GM has made no comment on the matter. It’s expected that the Oshawa plant will also get a new full-size Cadillac that will replace the STS and DTS.
The plant has been running on overtime since the summer to build the Camaro, but GM expects demand to decline enough to add the Regal into the plant. Early estimates pin the Regal at around 35-40,000 units annually.
GM confirmed that the Camaro Convertible will begin rolling off the assembly line around the same time as the Regal – in the first quarter of 2011. Previously, GM had not made it entirely clear when the Camaro was to be introduced.
