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-'''Flint Engine South''' is a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[automobile]] [[piston engine|engine]] factory in [[Flint, Michigan]]. The 68 000 m² (733,000 square foot) plant opened in 2000 and is named to complement the [[Flint North]] engine plant. It is the site of production of the modern [[GM Atlas engine]] and [[GM High Feature engine]]s.
+'''Oklahoma City Assembly''' was a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[automobile]] factory in [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]]. Construction on the {{convert|4000000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} plant started in 1974, and it opened in 1979 to produce the [[GM X platform|X-body]] cars. The company spent $700,000,000 to convert the plant from building the [[Chevrolet Malibu]] car to building the [[GMT360]] [[Sport utility vehicle|SUV]]s in 2001. The plant was damaged by a [[May 2003 tornado outbreak sequence#The Moore Tornado (F4)|tornado]] on [[May 8]], [[2003]], but the company repaired the damage and returned the plant to operations just 53 days later.
-On September 25, 2008, GM announced a $370 million investment to build another engine plant at the Flint South complex.  The new plant was slated to produce the small four-cylinder [[GM Family 0 engine]] for the upcoming Chevrolet Cruze and Volt models, beginning in 2010.[http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080925/gm_engine_plant.html?.v=7]
+On [[December 6]], [[2005]], the company alerted the [[United Auto Workers]] local 1999 that the plant would be closed in February 2006 as part of a cost-savings measure. The last vehicle produced at the plant, a white Chevrolet Trailblazer EXT, rolled out on [[February 20]], [[2006]]. The plant was the first of 12 facilities the company planned to close by 2008 to match production with market demand. An estimated 521,400 [[GMT800]] trucks were built at the Oklahoma City Assembly plant.
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+The [[Oklahoma City]] plant employed 2,400 people — 2,200 hourly and 200 salaried — but economists estimated that as many as 7,500 jobs in the area could be affected, including those at GM suppliers and secondary jobs, like [[hotel]] and [[restaurant]] workers.
+Laid-off employees had the option of retiring or enrolling in GM's [[Guaranteed Employee Numbers Program|Jobs Bank]], which allows workers to collect full pay and benefits as they attend classes or volunteer at community agencies. Some workers would continue to be paid through September 2007, when GM's [[UAW]] contract expires.
+On May 13, 2008, the plant was approved via a vote from residents to be leased to [[Tinker Air Force Base]]. [http://www.koco.com/news/16260279/detail.html]
+==Products==
+* [[Buick Century]]
+* [[Chevrolet Celebrity]]
+* [[Chevrolet Citation]]
+* [[Chevrolet Malibu]]
+* [[Chevrolet TrailBlazer]] EXT
+* [[Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera]]
+* [[Pontiac Phoenix]]
+* [[Pontiac 6000]]
+* [[GMC Envoy]] XL
+* [[GMC Envoy]] XUV (produced from 2003 through [[March 15]], [[2005]])
+* 2003–2006 [[Isuzu Ascender]]
+{{coord|35|23|38.97|N|-97|23|45.25|E|region:US_type:landmark|display=title}}
 [[Category:General Motors factories]]
-[[Category:Economy of Flint, Michigan]]
+[[Category:Economy of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]
-[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan]]
+[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Oklahoma]]
-[[Category:Buildings and structures in Flint, Michigan]]
-{{auto-factory-stub}}