GM trims output of trucks, SUVs
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
General Motors Corp. has cut production at six plants that make large pickup trucks and sport utility vehicles as a weak housing market, high fuel prices and tough competition have hurt sales, a spokesman said.
The largest U.S. automaker has eliminated previously scheduled overtime through the rest of the year at plants in Arlington, Texas; Janesville, Wis.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Flint, Mich; Oshawa, Canada; and Silao, Mexico.
Those plants make pickups such as the GMC Sierra, sales of which fell nearly 28% in July, and the GMC Yukon, down 16%.
