GM Kicks SUV Production Into High Gear Amid Scorching Sales - Fox Business
) is increasing production of large sport-utility vehicles with sales moving at a scorching pace this year. 1, GM added Saturday overtime shifts at its Arlington, Texas, assembly plant where full-size SUVs like the Chevrolet Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade are made. The move will reportedly add 48,000 to 60,000 vehicles to GM’s output of model-year 2016 SUVs. “Industry sales are running ahead of expectations, sales of our full-size SUVs are very strong and we have been working to find creative ways to increase production to meet demand and rebuild our inventories,” GM spokesman Jim Cain said in a... Reuters, which first reported news of the SUV production boost, said GM is working on plans to build more pickup trucks as well. A growing number of consumers are shifting away from family sedans in search of roomier vehicles, and cheaper gas prices have buoyed sales of SUVs and other fuel-thirsty cars this year. Rising gas prices in the previous decade convinced some automakers, including Ford Motor Co. (. The Cadillac Escalade ESV, the largest version of the luxury SUV, has outpaced every other GM vehicle in sales growth this year. Source: www.foxbusiness.com
