DETROIT — General Motors is expected to end production of the outgoing Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra by the end of next year.
GM CFO Dhivya Suryadevara on Wednesday said the company will begin winding down production of the previous-generation K2 crew cab models early next year, followed by double cab and regular cab models beginning in “the early second half of next year.”
The company started producing crew cab models of the next-generation, or T1, pickups in July in Fort Wayne, Ind., followed by double cab models in October. GM’s plant in Silao, Mexico, is expected to come on line and assemble regular cab and crew cab models of the redesigned pickups in January. The redesigned trucks started arriving at dealerships in August.
Suryadevara, speaking with journalists Wednesday to review GM’s third-quarter earnings, said the launch of the redesigned pickups has been “going exceptionally well.” GM, she said, delivered 45,000 next-gen pickups in the third quarter. For the year, the company plans to deliver 120,000 — 10,000 less than an estimate this year from Suryadevara’s predecessor, Chuck Stevens.
Through the third quarter, U.S. sales of the Silverado rose 1.4 percent to 424,403. U.S. deliveries of the Sierra slipped 1.4 percent to 152,242 through September.
Oshawa shuttle
GM navigated the changeover in large pickups by having its assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, assist in building the outgoing pickups.
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