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GM Moving Cadillac SRX Production To Tennessee
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Derek Kreindler
(IC: employee)
Published: August 27th, 2014
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GM will shift production of the Cadillac SRX crossover from a facility in Mexico to the former Saturn plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The move will bring $185 million in investment and 390 jobs to the plant.
In addition to the SRX, another unnamed “midsize” vehicle and a new series of small-displacement Ecotec engines will be built at Spring Hill. Reports claim that the GMC Acadia will move to the plant in 2016, which would suggest future commonalities between the two vehicles, which are currently built on separate platforms.
Spring Hill was once the production site for GM’s Saturn vehicles, and was an overflow site from the Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain and the Chevrolet Traverse.
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Published August 27th, 2014 2:11 PM
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But, but, but, isn't there the evil UAW in Tennessee? Doesn't the UAW only kill American investment and destroy American jobs that end up going to Mexico or southern states to avoid the evil UAW...
Southeast, southeast, southeast! Yay!!!!! Tennessee is right to work. They could whip the annoying union workers in the booty. I've been to Tennessee a lot, and it's a great place. Kudos to Cadillac. Shame is, GM loves their unions. But hopefully, they'll look at what happened to their home base, and realize locating in an RTW state is the right thing to do.
Regardless, I am happy to see some production moving BACK to the US. The wife saw an ad for the SRX the other day and actually kind of liked it. Of course, we're here in Saudi and in no rush (or ability) to buy any vehicle, but maybe we'll look at a TN-Caddy down the road, just for giggles.
There is an extraordinarily complex relationship involving free trade, NAFTA, shareholder wealth, union decline, RTW states, etc. I'm just glad to see some middle class workers return to the U.S., because (in general), they tend to pay their fair share in taxes and stimulate the economy by actually being part of it.