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[[Image:Buickcityflint.JPG|thumb|right|Flint's 235-acre complex known as Buick City was in operation from 1904 until 1999. The facility was demolished in 2002.]]
'''Toledo Transmission''' is a [[General Motors Corporation|General Motors]] [[transmission (mechanics)|transmission]] factory in [[Toledo, Ohio]]. It is located at 1455 West Alexis Rd.


'''Buick City''' was a massive [[automobile]] manufacturing complex in the northwest of [[Flint, Michigan]]. Elements of the 235 acre (951,000 m²) complex dated from 1904, but it became known as Buick City in 1984.  The complex was closed on [[June 29]], [[1999]] and demolished in March 2002.  It was the last [[Buick]] plant in Flint, long a center of automobile production. The final cars built at Buick City were the [[Pontiac Bonneville]] and the [[Buick LeSabre]].
It opened in 1956, and has been the site for production of many of GM's [[Hydra-Matic]] transmissions since. In February 2006, GM announced that they would invest $500 million to expand the plant to produce the six-speed [[GM 6L80 transmission|6L80]] in 2008. The 6L80 is currently built at [[Willow Run Transmission]].


The plant originated with [[Buick]] before the formation of [[General Motors]]. Other elements were built by early manufacturers and suppliers like [[Fisher Body]]. GM employment in the city peaked in 1978 at 77,000, with Buick City workers reaching a high of 28,000 in the 1980s.
==Products==
 
* [[GM 4L60-E transmission|4L60-E]]
The Buick City concept represented a failed attempt by General Motors to ramp up production volume in response to Japanese manufacturers. However, the experiment wasn't without its successes: The 1989 Buick LeSabre built in Buick City was ranked the top car in the [[J.D. Power and Associates]] rankings for that year; it was the first American built car to show up on the list.  In 1999, the year the plant was closed, Buick City won the Platinum Award.  As of 2006, it was the only General Motors plant given this award.
* [[GM 4L65-E transmission|4L65-E]]
 
* 2008– [[GM 4L80 transmission|4L80]]
On [[July 31]], [[2007]] it was reported that a major shipping company wants to turn the old Buick City site into a shipping mecca. The company would utilize I-75, I-69, I-475, and the railroad. The shipping center could bring 600 new jobs and spur multiple small businesses around the center.
 
==Cultural references==
* [[Old 97's]] have a song set in the area called ''Buick City Complex''.
* The failure of auto manufacturing in Flint was lamented in [[Michael Moore]]'s [[documentary film]], ''[[Roger & Me]]''.


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.buickclub.org/BuickCity/buick_city_demolition_march_2002.htm Demolition photos]
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* [http://www.friendsofbuick.com/about.html Friends of Buick FAQ]
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/j-d-power-and-associates JD Powers and Associates from Answers.com]
 
==References==
* {{cite web | title=General Motors closes Buick City complex in Flint, Michigan | work=World Socialist | url=http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/jul1999/auto-j02.shtml | accessmonthday=May 10 | accessyear=2005}}


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Latest revision as of 19:29, 3 February 2009

Toledo Transmission is a General Motors transmission factory in Toledo, Ohio. It is located at 1455 West Alexis Rd.

It opened in 1956, and has been the site for production of many of GM's Hydra-Matic transmissions since. In February 2006, GM announced that they would invest $500 million to expand the plant to produce the six-speed 6L80 in 2008. The 6L80 is currently built at Willow Run Transmission.

Products

  • 4L60-E
  • 4L65-E
  • 2008– 4L80

See also

External links

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