Spring Hill Tenn.

**Skip** · 03-31-2007, 12:51 AM

Just in on the local news tonite that the Saturn plant at Spring Hill is officially shut down and 2400 workers are now out of a job. Eighteen months from now it will be retooled for another line of vehicle...Skip...

cerberus · 03-31-2007, 12:54 AM

Tenn. Saturn plant will switch to building Chevrolet crossover
By ROSE FRENCH
AP
SPRING HILL, Tenn. (AP) - General Motors Corp. announced Thursday that its plant in Spring Hill, which has built
Saturn models for nearly 17 years, will be building a new brand.

The brand's birthplace rolled out its last models for the Saturn brand this week as the plant gets ready to reconfigure
its production lines to build new GM vehicles.

GM executives and union officials who met with employees at the plant said the product will be a Chevrolet crossover
vehicle, according to people familiar with the meeting who requested anonymity because the automaker hasn't yet
officially announced its plans.

Troy Clarke, GM's North American president, and Tim Lee, GM vice president for manufacturing and labor relations,
attended the meeting along with Cal Rapson, vice president of the United Auto Workers union.

Designed to compete with low-cost Japanese imports, GM launched the Saturn brand at its plant in the small
Tennessee town of Spring Hill in 1990.

Close to 2,400 of the plant's nearly 4,700 workers are being laid off for about 18 months while the plant is remodeled.

GM has promised to bring the workers back once the facility is equipped to produce other GM vehicles.

AP Business Writer Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.

RMFNSKY · 03-31-2007, 02:26 AM

Sad really Sad. I remember going to one of the Saturn Homecomings. Made you feel you were really part of something.

wt2ga · 03-31-2007, 11:45 AM

Do we have anyone here on the forum that lives in that area ... ?

SILVER ANNIV · 03-31-2007, 03:03 PM

That's a shame. We were down there for a plant tour last year, 2 weeks before my Sky was delivered. The employees were so nice and they treated me like a celebrity when they heard I was about to get a Sky. I wish all of them the best of luck.

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SILVER ANNIV First 2000 Sr. Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 151 My Photos: (0)	That's a shame. We were down there for a plant tour last year, 2 weeks before my Sky was delivered. The employees were so nice and they treated me like a celebrity when they heard I was about to get a Sky. I wish all of them the best of luck. __________________ VIN 2262, Delivered 5/13/06 Silver Pearl, Black Leather, Chrome Wheels, Red Cali's Manual, 6 Disc, LSD, Kappa CAI, L'il Chromies Magnaflow 14267 Dual Exhaust, 35170 Quad Tips

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cerberus Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,400 My Photos: (19)	Tenn. Saturn plant will switch to building Chevrolet crossover By ROSE FRENCH AP SPRING HILL, Tenn. (AP) - General Motors Corp. announced Thursday that its plant in Spring Hill, which has built Saturn models for nearly 17 years, will be building a new brand. The brand's birthplace rolled out its last models for the Saturn brand this week as the plant gets ready to reconfigure its production lines to build new GM vehicles. GM executives and union officials who met with employees at the plant said the product will be a Chevrolet crossover vehicle, according to people familiar with the meeting who requested anonymity because the automaker hasn't yet officially announced its plans. Troy Clarke, GM's North American president, and Tim Lee, GM vice president for manufacturing and labor relations, attended the meeting along with Cal Rapson, vice president of the United Auto Workers union. Designed to compete with low-cost Japanese imports, GM launched the Saturn brand at its plant in the small Tennessee town of Spring Hill in 1990. Close to 2,400 of the plant's nearly 4,700 workers are being laid off for about 18 months while the plant is remodeled. GM has promised to bring the workers back once the facility is equipped to produce other GM vehicles. AP Business Writer Tom Krisher in Detroit contributed to this report.

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