Automakers To Build Cars To Share More Parts Saturn will use the same platform to build the S-series car and its new sports utility vehicle on the same assembly line at its plant in Spring Hill this fall, said Guy Briggs, general manager of North American vehicle manufacturing for General Motors, Saturn's parent company.
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Building Vue, Ion Pushes Saturn Plant to Capacity Production on Saturn's new small-car line is set to begin this fall at the plant, replacing Saturn's standard S-series. Between the Ion, which has sedan and coupe versions, and the Vue, Saturn's new sport utility vehicle, the Spring Hill plant will be operating near capacity.
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Developers Refining GM Warehouse Plans A request for site-plan approval of a $12 million General Motors logistics warehouse on 60 acres in Spring Hill was withdrawn from consideration Monday evening, while the company scrambles to meet city drainage, sewer and water standards.
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Facilities When Saturn first set out to build and sell cars in the mid-1980s, they were literally starting from scratch. While the company had access to General Motors' world-class engineering and test facilities, they had no place to build or sell their cars.
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Fairfax in Lead to Make New Car The Fairfax plant last year succeeded in getting tax abatements for a new Saturn car that will be built on the same Epsilon platform. GM has invested $203 million in the plant to roll out the mid-size Saturn Aura in the fall of 2006.
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Filling the Void Now that S-Series production has come to end and ION production has begun, Saturn has found itself with a new dilemma: how will it fill the void left by its old engine and transmission plant?
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GM Halts Output of Troubled CVT 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.
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GM Looks to Expand AURA Plant 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.
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GM May Be Close to CVT Fix Production of General Motors' continuously variable transmission (CVT) may resume shortly, after being suspended for nearly two months to fix undisclosed problems.
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GM Scatters Saturn Build 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.
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GM to Upgrade Saturn Factory 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.
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