Why Mexico is winning the auto jobs war - Arizona Daily Sun
SOME KEY CANADIAN INVESTMENTS — Chrysler is spending $2 billion to retool the minivan plant in Windsor. — General Motors will close one of three assembly lines in Oshawa next year and is moving Camaro production to Lansing, which will result in the loss of 1,000 jobs with no new product to replace it. — Ford invested $565 million at its Oakville,... — Lexus is investing heavily in its Cambridge, Ontario, plant to make the next-generation RX crossover as well as the RX hybrid. — Honda is spending about $700 million at its three plants in Alliston, Ontario, to build the new Honda Civic as well as the CR-V and engines. SOME KEY US INVESTMENTS — General Motors plans to invest $5. 4 billion to update 40 U. S. plants over the next three years and has identified about $2. 8 billion so far. investment at truck and SUV plants in Arlington, Texas, and the Fort Wayne truck plant in Roanoke, Ind. investment at the Arlington, Texas, plant that makes large SUVs, as well as a new paint shop for the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky. Investment is also expected at the Flint truck plant and Arlington, Texas, truck plant. Source: azdailysun.com
