Ramos Arizpe Assembly

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Ramos Arizpe Assembly
Ramos Arizpe Assembly
Operated1981–present [1]
Location Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
Coordinates 25°30′38″N100°58′07″W / 25.51060418°N 100.9685694°W / 25.51060418; -100.9685694
Industry Automotive
Products Automobiles
Owner(s) General Motors de México

The Ramos Arizpe Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico. It opened in 1981 and has manufactured Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Saturn, and Saab vehicles. It currently produces the Chevrolet Blazer and, along with San Luis Potosi Assembly, the Chevrolet Equinox. [2]

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Opened in 1981, Ramos Arizpe is one of a total of four assembly plants of General Motors de México, [3] and has produced 21 different models since it was inaugurated. [1]

History

GM Ramos Arizpe started operations in 1981 with an assembly plant dedicated to producing 4 Chevrolet models: Malibu, Monte Carlo, Citation, and Celebrity. A year later, the Engine Plant began operations with the production of 6 and 8 cylinder engines. [1]

In 1983, Ramos Arizpe became the first Mexican GM plant to export cars to the United States with the Chevrolet El Camino model. Towards 1988, it began exports to Japan, being the first time that GM shipped vehicles from America to the Asian continent. [1]

In 1995, the Stamping plant began operations, where the panels to form the bodywork are produced, in 1997 the Painting Plant began, which will be replaced by the one recently announced. In 2008, a 6-speed Automatic Transmission Plant was opened and the operations of the 6-cylinder Engine Plant were expanded. [1]

In 2022, GM Mexico announced that the Ramos Arizpe factory would create 1,500 jobs to produce electric vehicles. [4] [5]

Vehicles produced

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 GM celebra 40 años de la fundación de Complejo Ramos Arizpe at GM.com, 13 May 2021
  2. Villavicencio Alexandra (30 June 2017). "Nueva Equinox, de México al mundo". Dinero en imagen. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  3. Corporativo on GM Mexico
  4. GM de Ramos Arizpe creará 1,500 empleos para la producción de autos eléctricos: Claudio Brez by Lourdes Flores - 2 Aug 2022 on El Economista
  5. GM ya acondiciona la planta de Ramos Arizpe para producir autos eléctricos en México by Esaú Ponce on Autocosmos, 25 Mar 2022
  6. "Acaba ensamble de Cruze y comenzó con la Blazer". El Diario de Coahuila (in Spanish). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  7. "Production of Chevy Cruze at Ramos Arizpe ended last month, GM confirms". 17 January 2019.
  8. Roy, Cesar (13 July 2017). "Chevrolet Aveo y Sonic se descontinúan; regresa Cavalier (Cobalt) en subcompacto B" (in Spanish). Al Volante. Al Volante. Retrieved 3 May 2018.