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-The '''Lansing Metal Center''' was a [[General Motors]] [[foundry]] located in [[Lansing Township, Michigan]] directly across Saginaw Street from the former [[Lansing Craft Centre]].  It was originally built as a jet engine manufacturing plant in 1952 and shuttered in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/NEWS03/511220329/1004/news03|work=Lansing State Journal|title=GM closures hit 1,600 in Lansing|author=Barbara Wieland|accessmonthday=August 3 |accessyear=2008}}</ref>  Upon its closing, the plant was 1,590,000 square feet in size, and employed 1,200.  It is scheduled for demolition beginning in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1853chairman.com/2008/02/22/shuttered-gm-lansing-plants-to-be-razed-starting-monday/|work=Associated Press|title=Shuttered GM Lansing plants to be razed starting Monday|author=|accessmonthday=August 3 |accessyear=2008}}</ref>
+'''GM Colmotores''' is a car company based in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]]. Established in 1957, they began manufacturing, under license, British Austins. In 1965, [[Chrysler Corporation]] took a 60% stake in the company, which manufactured Chrysler cars under license until 1979. In 1979, [[General Motors]] took control of the company, purchasing a 77.4% stake. In 1981, the company was renamed GM Colmotores. Since then it has manufactured, under license, a variety of [[General Motors]], [[GM Daewoo]], [[Isuzu]], and [[Suzuki]] vehicles for the local market, all sold under the [[Chevrolet]] name. The company has production facilities in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela, and imports models from Korea built by GM Daewoo.
-==See also==
+==GM Colmotores models==
-* [[List of GM factories]]
-==References==
+*[[Chevrolet Astra]] (built in Venezuela)
-<references/>
+*[[Chevrolet Aveo]] (built in Venezuela)
+*[[Suzuki Carry|Chevrolet Super Carry]] (built in Colombia)
+*[[Chevrolet Corsa]] (built in Colombia)
+*[[Chevrolet Epica]] (built in Korea)
+*[[Suzuki Vitara|Chevrolet Grand Vitara]] (built in Ecuador; based on 2nd-generation [[Suzuki Vitara]])
+*[[Suzuki Jimny|Chevrolet Jimny]] (built in Colombia)
+*[[Chevrolet Optra]] (built in Colombia)
+*[[Chevrolet Spark]] (built in Korea)
+*[[Suzuki Vitara|Chevrolet Vitara]] (built in Ecuador; based on first-generation [[Suzuki Vitara]])
+*Chevrolet Luv Dmax (built in Ecuador; based on [[Isuzu D-Max]])
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+==Links==
+* http://www.chevrolet.com.co - Official website
+* http://www.chevrolet.com.ec - GM Ecuador website
+* http://www.chevrolet.com.ve - GM Venezuela website
+[[Category:Companies established in 1956]]
+[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Colombia]]
 [[Category:General Motors factories]]
-[[Category:Economy of Lansing, Michigan]]
-[[Category:Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan]]
+{{Modern-auto-stub}}

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