General Motors rolled the first customer-bound 2016 Chevrolet Camaros off the line at its Lansing Grand River Assembly plant in Michigan on Oct. 26, 2015. It was the first time the Camaro had been built in the USA since 1992, according to the Lansing State Journal.
From Canada to Michigan
- The fifth-generation Camaro was built in Oshawa, Ontario. GM moved the sixth generation to Lansing Grand River, where it already built the rear-wheel-drive Cadillac ATS and CTS.
- GM spent $175 million on tooling and equipment at the plant for the new Camaro. A separate $174 million stamping facility at the site, expected to start in 2016, would make parts for the Camaro and ATS.
- The plant hired 450 workers and restored a second shift in summer 2015. MLive reported that it had about 1,400 hourly and 188 salaried employees.
Production history
The Camaro was built in the USA until 1992, when production moved to GM’s plant in Ste. Thérèse, Quebec. That plant built it until the model was discontinued in 2002. When the Camaro returned in 2009, it was built in Oshawa.
The first three cars down the line were red, white and blue. GM said Camaros would reach dealers by mid-November 2015, starting with SS and V-6 LT coupes.
Source & credit
Sources: Lansing State Journal: “GM debuts 2016 Camaros”, Oct. 26, 2015; The Detroit Bureau: “New Chevy Camaro Rolls Off Production Line”, Oct. 26, 2015; MLive: “New Chevy Camaros rolling off assembly line in Lansing”, Oct. 26, 2015; Examiner.com: “All-new Chevy Camaro is once again ‘Made in the USA’”, Oct. 27, 2015.