Lordstown Assembly

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Lordstown Complex East and Lordstown Metal Center (formerly known as Lordstown Assembly) are part of a General Motors automobile factory in Lordstown, Ohio. The plant opened in 1966 and currently produces the compact Delta platform cars. From 1971 until 1995, it was the home of GM's large van assembly. Almost 2.4 million vans were produced during that time. It was announced in early April 2006, that as part of GM scaling back production nationwide, that the third shift at the Lordstown plant would cease operations in the coming months. An employee buyout and early retirements eliminated the need for layoffs.

Current Products:

2005 — Chevrolet Cobalt
2005 — Pontiac Pursuit (Canada)
2005 — Pontiac G4 (Mexico)
2007 — Pontiac G5 (USA)

There was speculation that this plant would be the production facility for the Saturn Ion by 2008, however GM decided not to proceed on that venture in March 2006. The current Saturn facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee is slated for closure or retooling for other GM products as part of General Motors restructuring.

**Lordstown Assembly Production**
Years	Product	Numbers Produced
1966-1970	Caprice, Impala, Bel Air	453,086
1967-1969	Firebird	220,230
1971-1977	Vega	857,753
1971-1994	Chevrolet Van	1,948,468
1971-1994	GMC Vandura	423,547
1975-1977	Astre	132,046
1977-1980	Monza/Sunbird	893,734
1978-1979	Skyhawk/Starfire	101,907
1982-1994	Cavalier/J-2000/Sunbird	3,744,631
1995-1997	Cavalier/Sunfire/Toyota Cavalier	843,741
Total through 1998		10,619,143
1998-2000	Toyota Cavalier
1998-2005	Chevrolet Cavalier
1998-2005	Pontiac Sunfire
2005-present	Chevrolet Cobalt
2005-present	Pontiac G5/Pursuit/G4