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08/03/2004, 22h04
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Last Oldsmobile will roll off the line in June
By K.C. CRAIN | Automotive News
DETROIT -- After 107 years in business, Oldsmobile will build its last car in June.
The last Oldsmobile, a 2004 Alero, is scheduled to roll off the line in the first week of June, an industry source says. General Motors had planned to assemble the last Alero on April 30, but demand warranted extra production, GM spokeswoman Rebecca Harris says.
The 2004 Pontiac Grand Am and the Alero are built on the same assembly line in Lansing, Mich. As long as demand holds, GM says it will keep the line running.
Production could continue until the annual model changeover on June 25, but no longer. GM will not produce 2005 Oldsmobiles.
And Pontiac will drop the Grand Am for 2005 and start producing the new G6 sedan in Orion Township, Mich.
But Oldsmobiles will linger on dealership lots much longer than June.
Dealers will receive a letter in the next few months from GM announcing the end of the brand. When dealers receive the letter, they will be allowed to sell Oldsmobiles for one more year.
Dealer George Nahas of Tavares, Fla., co-chairman of the Oldsmobile dealer council, says he plans no promotions because demand is holding for the cars.
GM stopped assembling the Oldsmobile Bravada SUV in January. Production of the Silhouette minivan, the only other Oldsmobile still in production, will end before the Alero, the company says.
As of Feb. 1, Oldsmobile had a 78-day supply of vehicles. Sixty days is considered normal.
About 1,500 Oldsmobile dealers are still selling cars. Since early in 2001, GM has been offering cash settlements to dealers to terminate their Oldsmobile business.
At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in February, GM said about 175 dealers hadn't settled and about a dozen were involved in litigation over the settlement.
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Eh oui, c'est la fin d'une époque. :( La dernière Oldsmobile à être construite, une Alero 2004, est programmée pour sortir de l'usine d'assemblage de Lansing au Michigan, dans la première semaine de juin prochain. GM enverra à ses concessionnaires une lettre au cours des prochains mois les avisant de la fin définitive de la marque mais ceux-ci seront autorisés à vendre pour au moins un an ce qui reste de l'inventaire de véhicules Oldsmobile.
Au 1er février, l'inventaire de production de véhicules Oldsmobile était de 78 jours, 60 jours est considéré normal.
Dommage que GM ferme cette division que je considérais comme étant la plus équilibrée de son empire.
Last Oldsmobile will roll off the line in June
By K.C. CRAIN | Automotive News
DETROIT -- After 107 years in business, Oldsmobile will build its last car in June.
The last Oldsmobile, a 2004 Alero, is scheduled to roll off the line in the first week of June, an industry source says. General Motors had planned to assemble the last Alero on April 30, but demand warranted extra production, GM spokeswoman Rebecca Harris says.
The 2004 Pontiac Grand Am and the Alero are built on the same assembly line in Lansing, Mich. As long as demand holds, GM says it will keep the line running.
Production could continue until the annual model changeover on June 25, but no longer. GM will not produce 2005 Oldsmobiles.
And Pontiac will drop the Grand Am for 2005 and start producing the new G6 sedan in Orion Township, Mich.
But Oldsmobiles will linger on dealership lots much longer than June.
Dealers will receive a letter in the next few months from GM announcing the end of the brand. When dealers receive the letter, they will be allowed to sell Oldsmobiles for one more year.
Dealer George Nahas of Tavares, Fla., co-chairman of the Oldsmobile dealer council, says he plans no promotions because demand is holding for the cars.
GM stopped assembling the Oldsmobile Bravada SUV in January. Production of the Silhouette minivan, the only other Oldsmobile still in production, will end before the Alero, the company says.
As of Feb. 1, Oldsmobile had a 78-day supply of vehicles. Sixty days is considered normal.
About 1,500 Oldsmobile dealers are still selling cars. Since early in 2001, GM has been offering cash settlements to dealers to terminate their Oldsmobile business.
At the National Automobile Dealers Association convention in February, GM said about 175 dealers hadn't settled and about a dozen were involved in litigation over the settlement.
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Eh oui, c'est la fin d'une époque. :( La dernière Oldsmobile à être construite, une Alero 2004, est programmée pour sortir de l'usine d'assemblage de Lansing au Michigan, dans la première semaine de juin prochain. GM enverra à ses concessionnaires une lettre au cours des prochains mois les avisant de la fin définitive de la marque mais ceux-ci seront autorisés à vendre pour au moins un an ce qui reste de l'inventaire de véhicules Oldsmobile.
Au 1er février, l'inventaire de production de véhicules Oldsmobile était de 78 jours, 60 jours est considéré normal.
Dommage que GM ferme cette division que je considérais comme étant la plus équilibrée de son empire.