Lansing Craft Centre
The Lansing Craft Centre was a specialized General Motors automobile assembly factory in Lansing Township, Michigan. The plant started production (as the Reatta Craft Centre)[1] [2] in 1987 and closed in 2006. At the time of its closure, the plant was 985,000 square feet (91,500 m2) in size, and employed 400 workers.[3]
The facility was originally built by GM as a foundry in 1919, and sat across Saginaw Street from the Lansing Metal Center.
The Lansing Craft Center was the construction site for low-volume vehicles like the General Motors EV1, Buick Reatta, and Cadillac Eldorado. The Craft Centre also produced the convertible Chevrolet Cavalier and Pontiac Sunfire. Its final product was the Chevrolet SSR. On November 21, 2005, General Motors announced that it would close the Lansing Craft Centre in mid-2006. The final SSR, a unique black-on-silver model, was built on March 17, 2006.[4] Many of the Craft Centre workers were transferred to the new Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant.
[edit] Products
- 1988–1991 Buick Reatta
- 1995–2000 Chevrolet Cavalier convertible
- 1995–2000 Pontiac Sunfire convertible
- 1997–1999 General Motors EV1
- 2000–2002 Cadillac Eldorado (formerly assembled at the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly)
- 2003–2006 Chevrolet SSR
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Auto Editors of Consumer Guide. "HowStuffWorks "Buick Reatta"". auto.howstuffworks.com. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/buick15.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ Stoy, Andrew. "She’s Crafty: 1988-91 Buick Reatta". Beater Review. http://www.beaterreview.com/?p=78. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
- ^ Barbara Wieland. "GM closures hit 1,600 in Lansing". Lansing State Journal. http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS03/511220329/1004/news03. Retrieved August 3, 2008.
- ^ Barbara Wieland. "Tearful workers say goodbye Last SSR rolls off Craft Centre line". Lansing State Journal. http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060318/NEWS01/603180340/1001/NEWS. Retrieved March 20, 2006.
Coordinates: 42°44′33.813″N 84°35′6.4104″W / 42.74272583°N 84.585114°W
