GM shocker: Here are the plants, cars destined for demise

It didn’t take long after GM announced its massive downsizing and demise of several vehicles to provide specific details of plant closings and the dates for production stoppages. The Chevrolet Volt, Chevrolet Cruze and Buick LaCrosse will stop being produced in March 2019. The Cadillac CT6 will end its production June 1, 2019, followed by the Chevy Impala and Cadillac XTS in the fourth quarter of 2019 — at least in the United States.

GM announced November 26 its severe layoffs and its plans to close five North American manufacturing facilities. According to a report by Jalopnik, the global fate of the Cruze, CT6 and LaCrosse hasn’t been specified. Those vehicles are made in several countries, and GM is only expected to stop making the vehicles available in the United States. The Impala, manufactured in three time frames beginning in 1958, is only manufactured in North America, and it appears doomed. The Volt, which GM strongly marketed as part of the future of green technology, has been less important as a gas/electric hybrid as the company had decided to focus on the all-electric Bolt. GM’s decision mirrors the decisions by other manufacturers. Chrysler has stopped producing small sedans. Ford has stopped making all sedans. Here are some

Facts & Figures: of the six GM vehicles affected by the manufacturer’s announcement

Specification	Details
January – September sales	13,409, down 14.2 percent
January – September sales	7,270, down 10.6 percent
January – September sales	12,664, up 15.6 percent
January – September sales	109,662, down 26.5 percent
January – September sales	43,952, down 13.4 percent
January – September sales	13,243, down 13.7 percent