I was thinking since its pretty common place in this 5th gen. & future vehicle forum of having discussions about what cars are being produced and where. I thought it might be a good idea to have a reference thread on the subject. I know alot of them across the country but not all of them. I am going to just list the state where I live. And anybody else want to fill in for your state, hopefully we can cover the whole country. When posting if you could please follow the format below.

KENTUCKY

General Motors

Corvette Plant, Bowling Green KY. Chevrolet Corvette/Cadillac XLR

NON GM

Ford Truck Plant, Louisville KY. Ford F-250/350 SuperDuty Trucks, Misc. Medium Duty Ford/International trucks

Ford Truck Plant #2, Louisville KY. Ford Explorer/Merc. Mountianer/ Ford Ranger. Lincoln Aviator?

Toyota Camry Plant, Georgetown KY Toyota Camry/Lexus ES330/Solara Coupe/Convertible

 

Louisiana

General Motors

Light Trucks, Shreveport, LA. Chevrolet Colorado/ GMC Sonoma

 

Explorer/Mountaineer and Sport Trac yes,

Ranger and Aviator no.

 

California

General Motors/Toyota

New United Motors, Fremont, CA. Matrix, Vibe, Corolla (Prism in the past).

 

I live in Michigan, I'd much rather not type all of that info. Would take more then a minute!!

 

Maryland

General Motors

Broening Highway Assembly, Baltimore City, MD
-Makes Astro/Savanna Vans
-to be closed in 2005

 

Here's the ones I can think of:

Michigan:
Dearborn - F150
Flat Rock - Mazda 6, '05 Mustang
Wixom - T-bird, LS, Towncar
Lansing - Cadillac CTS, SRX

Canada:
St. Thomas - Crown Vics and Grand Marquis

Indiana
Subaru - Legacy, Baja

Delaware -
Dodge Durango (Don't know the city)
Saturn L300(?) and eventually Solstice (Don't know the city)

Mississippi
Nissan Titan, Quest, Armada

Ohio
Marysville - Honda Accord, Civic, Element
Toledo - Jeeps (all of 'em)
Lordstown - Cavalier, Sunfire, Cobalt

South Carolina
Charlston - BMW Z3

Georgia
Atlanta - Ford Taurus

Kentucky -
Georgetown (Some Toyotas)

 

Tennessee

Spring Hill - Saturn

Smyrna - Nissan

 

BMW in South Carolina is in Spartanburg (close to Charlotte and the Blue Ridge Mountains) as opposed to Charleston (which is a port city on the Atlantic). They do several models there, including 3-series, X5, and Z4. Check THIS LINK out for an on-line plant tour. (I go by it ALL the time, lots of work in that area.)

Virginia - Norfolk - has a premier truck plant - state of the art until DAP was converted late last year. It is 79 years old, and has produced nearly 8-million vehicles. More info HERE about this plant.

Historically significant plants for the Mustang include...
*Dearborn (DAP) which we all know was recently closed (VIN code "F")

*Metuchen, NJ started producing Stangs in 1965 (VIN code "T"), and changed over in Dec '70. They started producing Pintos/Bobcats for MY 1971. The plant just closed in Feb of this year after 57 years and 7-million cars. Great link.

*San Jose, CA started producing in 1966 (VIN code "R"), and changed over in July '70. Also went to Pinto/Bobcat production, along with Mustang II for a while. It also did Rangers, Escorts, and Lynx's during it's life. The plant closed in 1983 and was turned into a... shopping mall. Linky.

I'll try to add more later.

PS - you guys try to add links to some of the plants if possible. There is some really cool things to be learned if we dig a little!

 

that's actually in Milpitas, and it's not a bad mall at all. they have one of a few D&B's that are in the SF bay are over there. what's funnier is it's right next to a prison.

 

I'll chime in for the Canadian contingent:

General Motors;

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

The Oshawa Car Assembly Plants I and II
Chevrolet Impala and Monte Carlo, Buick Regal and Century and the Pontiac Grand Prix.

The Oshawa Truck Assembly Centre
Chevrolet Silverado and Silverado SS, GMC Sierra and Sierra Denali, full-size, light duty four door extended cab, two wheel and four wheel drive light duty pickup trucks.

Oshawa Metal Centre
Covering 587,000 square feet, the Oshawa Metal Centre in Oshawa produces over 80,000 parts a day, consumers 337 tons of steel a day and produces 22 million parts a year for the Oshawa Car and Truck Assembly Centre and other corporate customers.


St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada

Components Plant
The Components Plant produces high precision transmission components and automotive forgings that are shipped to other GM plants throughout North America.

Engine Plant
Machines parts and assembles GM's famous Vortec brand of engines. The plant currently assembles 4.0L, 5.3L and 5.7L V8 GEN III Engines. As well, specific engine components such as aluminum blocks, cast-iron blocks, cranks, heads, rods and cams are also manufacture.


Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Windsor Transmission
Manufactures front-wheel-drive, automatic transmissions and transmission components for other GM facilities.


Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada

CAMI Automotive
A 50/50 joint venture vehicle assembly plant with Suzuki. Current production includes the Chevrolet Tracker, Chevrolet Equinox and the Suzuki Vitara.


London, Ontario, Canada

London Diesel
Exclusive GM corporate responsibility to manufacture diesel electric freight and passenger locomotives for both North American and export markets.

 

Since Mexico is part of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), it qualifies as part of North America:

Mexico

Chrysler
*Dodge Ram: Saltillo, Mexico
*Chrysler PT Cruiser: Toluca, Mexico
*Chrysler Sebring Convertible: Toluca, Mexico
*Chrysler-Mitsubishi 2.0 & 2.4 engines (including Turbos): Saltillo, Mexico

Volkswagen
* Golf, Jetta, & the new Beetle: Puebla, Mexico

Ford
*Focus & soon to be added Fusion: Hermosillo, Mexico

GM
*A portion of US bound GMT-800 (Full sized trucks & SUVs): Silao, Mexico

(there's probally more)

 

Here is a few more.

Indiana

Fort Wayne, Indiana Full-Size Trucks: Chevrolet Silverado/GMC Sierra

Texas

Arlington, Texas* Former B-Body production site.
Now SUVs: Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban, GMC Yukon
Cadillac Escalade.

*Found a interesting link during my search of the Arlington Factory. I found a press release that said the factory is getting a $160 million dollar expansion for a new truck/SUV that is going into production in 2007.
What truck/SUV would that be? Or could it really be a car......a performance car???

Alabama

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Mercedes-Benz M-Class
Cool website: http://www.mbusi.com

 

Hey you bums, give us some links!

 

Ford Engine Plants (popular one anyways)

Cleveland #1 - The DOHC Duratec V6 -- available in 2.5-liter and 3.0-liter displacements -- is offered in the Ford Taurus, Escape, Mercury Sable, Cougar, Mazda MPV and Tribute. Annual production is projected to be 325,000 units a year. More than $350 million is being invested in new equipment and tooling. LINK

And the venerable 5.0 came from here from 1967 through 2000.
LINK

Cleveland #2 - Currently makes he Duratec line. The Duratec engine, in both its 2.5 Liter and 3.0 Liter versions, has become the base power plant for many of Ford’s vehicles, ranging from the new Ford Escape to certain models of the upscale Jaguar.
Quote - "The Cleveland Engine plant produced one of the best and most popular engines that Ford used, the 351/400ci V-8 (also known as the 351 Cleveland)". It powered the Boss 351, the GTHO-III, and a slew of other cool Ford stuff like Gran Torinos, Cobra Jets, Cougar XR-7's and the like. LINK

Windsor - Perhaps this is Ford's single most important plant right now, as it provides powerplants for all of Ford's best-selling units.
Presently, three main engines are built in the plant.
There are a 4.6-liter V8 (for the F-Series, Econoline and Expedition models), a 5.4-liter V8 (for the Expedition, F-150/250, SVT F-150 Lightning, Econoline, and E-350 recreational vehicle chassis), and a 6.8-liter V10 (for the Econoline 250 and 350, E-350 chassis, Super Duty F-Series, and the Excursion). LINK

This plant also produced the 5.0 (302) for many years along with Cleveland plant, but was first to be converted to the new modular platform, leaving Cleveland #1 to produce 5.0's for Explorers, SUVs, and construction equipment until 2000.
Picture of assy line
Link2 <-- good link!

Essex - (Basically a Windsor Plant #2) In 2002, Essex Engine Plant has received a 22,500 square metre building expansion that includes a new production line for the final assembly of the new 3-valve 5.4- litre Triton V-8 engines. The new Triton(TM) engine represents the first V8 power plant produced at Essex Engine Plant.

The Essex Engine Plant produced the 3.8 litre V6 engine which powered the Ford Windstar and Ford Mustang, and the 4.2 litre V6 for the Ford F-Series pickup.
LINK

OK - 'nuf for now. More to come later!

PS - Somebody do a peice on the GM engine plant outside Tonawanda, NY - near the Peace Bridge.
I have been by there a bunch, but know very little about it. C'mon - somebody help a Ford guy out here...