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Originally Posted by imported_Dodojoe
First, when we start talking about 30, 000 units, that is a very optimistic number. Dont really think the plant will hit that type of production #s. Too many vendors involved, there is always someone that has a shortage and this slows the whole process. The allocations in the first three months will be less than the 2nd quarter of production simply due to quality control issues that are involved for the first few months.
Patience is necessary, simply because there is no room to make any mistakes with this car.
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Actually 30k is probably a conservative number. The BG plant was manufacturing in excess of 33k units for a number of years along with the Cadillac XLR. I do not know if they plan on sharing the plant with another car but my guess is they will hit 40k without much of an issue for a number of reasons.
-Vendors simply won't allow a shortage, it would cost them dearly. They all have contingency plans as does GM.
-Dave Tatman-Plant Manager has stated that there will be over 800 full time assembly workers with another 170 temporary employees approved for hire if necessary.
-215k units built over the past 9 years averages nearly 24k a year. Several of these years were horrible, around 11k no fault of the plant, due to lack luster sales.
-JD Power had a study and found that new models have less issues regarding quality than established ones.