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GM to Idle Three Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra Producing Plants

If GM is worried about the success Ford’s EcoBoost F-150 is having right now, they’re not showing it. But their sales in the full-size pickup segment have been sluggish, something that will be rectified with the arrival of the next generation models in 2013, which will be much lighter.
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But in order to prepare for their arrival, the automaker will schedule 21 weeks without production at three U.S. full-size truck plants next year, according to Bloomberg reports. Between January and October 2012, Fort Wayne will be shut a total of nine weeks, while the Flint, Michigan, factory will be shut seven weeks between June and November. Meanwhile, the Arlington, Texas, plant will see five weeks of production shut-down.

Supply should not be a problem keeping up with Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra demand, since they have 105 days’ worth of supply right now.
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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