Pontiac Assembly
Pontiac Assembly was one of four General Motors assembly plants in Pontiac, Michigan located along Baldwin Avenue. It served as the main facility for Pontiac Motor Division since it was built in 1927. It is across the street from the currently operational Pontiac Metal Center, which was the original location for the Oakland Motor Car Company, which Pontiac evolved into. The location that Oakland inhabited was the original site of Cartercar when GM bought the company in 1909 by William Durant.[1] The plant ceased production of full-size Pontiacs after the 1980 model year, and was idled on August 6, 1982.
Another production line was opened in 1983 to build the Fiero. The old production line was reopened January 14, 1985 to build the GM "G" body Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme and Buick Regal, as the Lansing and Flint plants which built them had been converted to new front-wheel-drive car lines. Chevrolet Monte Carlo production was added for 1987, and Pontiac Grand Prix production returned in October 1987.[2] Production ended on December 11, 1987. Fiero production ended on August 16, 1988, and the plant was permanently closed.[3] Manufacturing operations were transferred to Orion Assembly. Engine block and cylinder heads were cast at Saginaw Metal Casting Operations, internal engine components were created at and the engines were then assembled at assembled at Tonawanda Engine and Romulus Engine.
The Pontiac Metal Center currently provides material for dozens of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac products:
- Chevrolet: Sonic, Traverse, Express, Colorado, Silverado, Tahoe, Suburban and Corvette
- Buick: Enclave
- GMC: Acadia, Sierra, Savana, Yukon and Canyon
- Cadillac: Escalade
Vehicles built[]
- Oakland Four
- Oakland Six
- Pontiac Six
- Pontiac 2+2 (1964–1970)
- Pontiac Bonneville (1957–1980)
- Pontiac Catalina (1959–1981)
- Pontiac Chieftain (1950–1958)
- Pontiac Custom S (1969)
- Pontiac De-Lux (1937)
- Pontiac Executive (1967–1970)
- Pontiac Fiero (1984–1988)
- Pontiac Grand Am (1973–1975, 1978–1980)
- Pontiac Grand Prix (1962–2008)
- Pontiac Grand Safari (1971–1978)
- Pontiac Grand Ville (1971–1975)
- Pontiac Grande Parisienne (1966–1969, Canada)
- Pontiac GTO (1964–1974)
- Pontiac Laurentian (1955–1981, Canada)
- Pontiac LeMans (1962–1981)
- Pontiac Parisienne (1983–1986; 1958–1986, Canada)
- Pontiac Pathfinder (1955–1958, Canada)
- Pontiac Safari (1955–1980)
- Pontiac Star Chief (1954–1966)
- Pontiac Star Chief Executive (1966)
- Pontiac Strato-Chief (1955–1970, Canada)
- Pontiac Streamliner (1941–1951)
- Pontiac Super Chief (1957–1958)
- Pontiac Tempest (1961–1970)
- Pontiac Torpedo (1940–1948)
See also[]
- List of GM factories
References[]
- ^ History of GM manufacturing in Pontiac, MI
- ^ Ward's Automotive Yearbook 1988. Ward's Communications, Inc. 1988.
- ^ Ward's Automotive Yearbook 1989. Ward's Communications, Inc. 1989.
Coordinates: 42°39′43″N 83°17′55″W / 42.66195°N 83.29850°W
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