No surprise, here. That plant has been on the endangered list for quite a while. They'll bring the next generation in with those badges, and build them in either the U.S. or Mexico. The current platform has been on life support for years (goes back to 2004), and there's no thought of putting a successor in there.

GM is putting some EV stuff into the empty Oshawa plant, but as far as employment numbers go, it will be trivial, both direct and indirect, in comparison with the manpower required to produce the sorts of ICE-powered vehicles we all love.

The death warrant was issued three or four years ago, when Sergio flipped both levels of government the "You're Number One" sign after they put forward an incentive package to get new products assigned to Brampton. Canada's bucking some secular trends - the population shift to the "Sunbelt States" being a significant factor, but some of the cost drivers are within the purvey of various levels of government - energy, the logistics friction that the border imposes, and taxes, and the CAW's approach to working with employers is another obstacle.

Sad. Twenty years ago, Ontario produced more motor vehicles than Michigan.

see2xu wrote:

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...and all the livery service Town Cars!  I think they moved to St. Thomas from Wixom ca 2004-5.  

I read where the Hellcat motor is done at the end of next year, but I think the naturally aspirated one will continue for a while.  They just launched the new Grand Cherokee and Wagoneer with it, I imagine they will want to amortize those development costs for a while before they start switching out powertrains.  

I'll hang on to Ma's Trackhawk.  My heirs and successors will get their moment of fame at Barrett-Jackson at some time in the (hopefully) distant future.  

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With ads showing the Charger parked in front of one of these.

Canadian Poncho wrote:

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Won't really matter. I read somewhere the HEMI is being replaced with a 6 banger so if that's the case not many people will want one.

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 My daily driver is one of those 6 bangers. At 300 hp, the only fault that I see with that little 3.6 is that my rear rubber will last a bit longer and a fuel tank will take me substantially farther. Still throws me back in the seat when I get into it a bit.

Wait a minute, whats so bad about that?

cdnpont wrote:

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 Build back better is dead, at least for the time being. $12500 rebate for USA union made EV's was in that bill.

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It's in Canada's best interest that this bill gets squashed, but not in the average American's best interest.

Joe Manchin (D Virginia) is holding it up.