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'''Sainte Therese Assembly''' was a [[General Motors Canada]] [[automobile]] factory, which opened in 1966. It was located in the [[Montreal]] suburb of [[Sainte-Thérèse]], [[Quebec]]. It later was the site for production of the [[GM F platform|F-body]] [[Chevrolet Camaro]] and [[Pontiac Firebird]]. The plant closed in 2002 and was demolished. | |||
In the mid-1980s, the plant was facing closure due to high absenteeism and low quality of the G-body cars built there. However, a new labor pact and improved quality, plus the availability of government-backed interest-free loans, prompted GM to expand and modernize the facility. Production of the Cutlass Supreme and Grand Prix stopped in February 1987 and the plant was retooled to build the [[Chevrolet Celebrity]], using equipment transferred from [[Oshawa Car Assembly|Oshawa]].<ref name='Wards88'>{{cite book |title=Ward's Automotive Yearbook 1988 |publisher=Ward's Communications, Inc. |year=1988}}</ref> | |||
== | ==Cars built== | ||
Chevrolet Full Size (1966-72)<br> | |||
[[Chevrolet Vega]] (1973-1974)<br> | |||
[[Pontiac Astre]] (1973-1974)<br> | |||
[[Chevrolet Monza]] (1975-1977)<br> | |||
[[Oldsmobile Starfire]] (1975-1977)<br> | |||
[[Pontiac Sunbird]] (1976-1977)<br> | |||
[[Buick Skyhawk]] (1975-1977)<br> | |||
[[Oldsmobile Cutlass]] (1978-1987)<br> | |||
[[Pontiac Grand Prix]] (1978-1987)<br> | |||
[[Pontiac LeMans|Pontiac LeMans, Grand LeMans]] (1978-1981)<br> | |||
[[Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera]] (1988-1991)<br> | |||
[[Pontiac Bonneville]] (1982-1986)<br> | |||
[[Chevrolet Celebrity]] (1987-1989)<br> | |||
[[Chevrolet Camaro]] (1993-2002)*<br> | |||
[[Chevrolet Camaro]][[Z-28]](1993-2002)*<br> | |||
[[Pontiac Firebird]] (1993-2002)*<br> | |||
[[Pontiac Trans Am]] (1993-2002)* | |||
" * " Also export models for Europe. Built in an adjacent assembly area. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[ | * [[List of GM factories]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<div class='references-small'><references/></div> | |||
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[[Category:General Motors factories]] | [[Category:General Motors factories]] | ||
[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Canada]] | [[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Canada]] |