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During the last 4 decades, General Motors has opened more than 20 new assembly plants around the world. The company embarked on an ambitious building spree in the 1980s as part of an unprecedented $40 billion capital spending program. New plants cropped up in Bowling Green, KY; Detroit/Hamtramck, MI; Fairfax, KS; Orion, MI; Roanoke, IN; Spring Hill, TN; and Wentzville, MO. Joint-venture plants opened in Fremont, CA, and Ingersoll, ON. General Motors also invested $2 billion in a European expansi...

Because of concerns about the durability of Saturn's continuously variable transmissions, General Motors is extending the warranty.

Lingering quality problems with General Motors' first continuously variable transmission have forced GM to halt production. "We're working around the clock to get the issues fixed," says GM spokeswoman Debbie Frakes.

GM Powertrain spokeswoman Debbie Frankes said high-mileage tests revealed an issue with the transmission.

Automotive News reports GM stopped production of the CVT used in the ION quad coupe and VUE.

Andrew Eder from the Delaware News Journal: In the midst of a fight for survival, General Motors Corp. is laying off more workers in Delaware as the automaker slows production at its Boxwood Road assembly plant. GM spokesman John Raut said 90 employees will be affected by a "re-rate" at the 62-year-old factory near Newport, where the Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky are assembled. The plant is idle this week to implement the re-rate, which will cut production at the plant from 7.5 jobs per hour t...

General Motors is reportedly interested in expanding its Kansas City, Kansas plant to product a new midsize car that will be based on the company's Epsilon architecture. The plant currently builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Malibu Maxx. The Saturn AURA will start production at the facility sometime next spring. GM said the expansion could bring an additional 100 jobs to the plant.

Production of General Motors' continuously variable transmission (CVT) may resume shortly, after being suspended for nearly two months to fix undisclosed problems.

General Motoros plans to resume production of the continuously variable transmission.

General Motors will spread the production of the next run of Saturn products throughout its vast production system - and it will continue to loosen the ties between the Saturn and the Spring Hill, TN, complex that had served as the brand's spiritual home for nearly two decades.

General Motors recently outlined a revolutionary design and manufacturing process for its new Grand River Assembly Plant under construction in Lansing, Michigan.

General Motors may build a large crossover vehicle for Chevrolet at a Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant that now builds Saturns. GM will invest $700 million in the plant near Nashville so it can build the seven- or eight-passenger crossover there, according to industry publication Automotive News, which did not say where it got the information.

General Motors plans to invest about $225 million in its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant, reinforcing the automaker's commitment to the facility. Spring Hill, the original home of the Saturn lineup, employs 3,500 UAW and 230 salaried workers. These workers were left wondering whether the plant would stay open when GM last month canceled a minivan program tentatively scheduled to be built in Spring Hill.

General Motors will also extend the warranty of the transmission used in 2002-04 Saturns.

The Saturn plant will get a $400-million to $500-million upgrade to produce the next generation of the Ion compact and Vue sport-utility vehicle. GM's board of directors approved the expansion Tuesday as part of a contract that is moving farther away from the "different kind of car company" theme under which Saturn was created.