KSAT: GM to build plant in San Antonio.

[Buddy Holly]

It is being reported by KSAT tonight that GM is in the process of picking a site in San Antonio for a plant.

:clap :clap

[jman3000]

wow... that came outta nowhere... is this like the toyota thing where they were choosing between sa and memphis.. (marion?) or are they already dead set on it?

just surprised at the unexpectedness of it... toyota was like 2 years of speculation.

[Buddy Holly]

I wonder if the south side is a potential site. If so, damn. The south side will be like Tom Hanks in the movie Big. One moment little, a kid and the next big and an adult.

[davi78239]

I'd say they would build this one on the North side but outskirts like schertz or between New Braunfels or 1604. Wasn't schertz a potential site for Toyota? In any event, this is great news. Now we see the "Toyota" effect.

[jman3000]

any word on the potential size of the plant? what it would produce?

[Zombie]

It is being reported by KSAT tonight that GM is in the process of picking a site in San Antonio for a plant.

:clap :clap
Yeah Weed grows well here!
Why build a plant 300 miles away from a plant that has had lay offs?

[exstatic]

Yeah Weed grows well here!
Why build a plant 300 miles away from a plant that has had lay offs?
LOTS of reasons that could be the case. Maybe they got a better tax deal or whatever. Also could be a completely different platform, cars vs trucks or SUVs.

[DannyT]

I wonder if the south side is a potential site. If so, damn. The south side will be like Tom Hanks in the movie Big. One moment little, a kid and the next big and an adult.


honestly you can bet that they are budlin up the south side like its nobodys BIDNESS......

[John Patrick]

id still like to know what exactly is being produced....

[T Park]

Sweet. bring it on.

[timvp]

SA is a good choice for companies that need a lot of unskilled labor or even cheap skilled labor.

[Das Texan]

GM is just trying to keep up with Toyota.

[boutons_]

San Detroito

[Bigzax]

mouse already sent in his application. :fingerscrossed

i'd work for GM. i'm sure they'd be less tightass than toyota.

drugs and tacos all around. sheyyyitt, we just building chebbies.

my 93 lumina, aka "trigger," ala smokey and the bandit, just passed 200,000 miles, thankyou very much.

chevy rules.

[TheTruth]

i don't see this on any of the news websites. you have a link writer?

[SpursWoman]

id still like to know what exactly is being produced....


GM = General Motors ... so I'd imagine cars/trucks. :)




















I read it as GM = General Manager at first. :oops :lol

[Extra Stout]

The only thing that could possibly make sense would be if this were a exploratory look for a future engine plant, or perhaps an OnStar call center. That's what GM is focusing on right now. They are hiring 400 engineers in Michigan for powertrain development, hybrids, fuel cells, OnStar, and other IT applications.

GM already has gross assembly overcapacity in the U.S. They are trying to figure out what to do with the Spring Hill, TN plant that used to build Saturns.

Going to San Antonio for cheap labor doesn't really work because GM is beholden to the UAW leeches in the U.S. The cheap labor is a couple hundred miles further to the southwest.

Or perhaps KSAT got confused, and this plant is going in Sananto Nyo, South Korea?

[gameFACE]

Didn't see it on their website.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

Well, on the bright side, we might have a replacement for Charles Oakley.

[PM5K]

SA is a good choice for companies that need a lot of unskilled labor or even cheap skilled labor.

Whatever keeps you employed right?

[Buddy Holly]

This was reported on another forum, however, the poster has no reason to lie. I'm currently trying to contact people at KSAT to get the low down on what they reported.

[Extra Stout]

This was reported on another forum, however, the poster has no reason to lie. I'm currently trying to contact people at KSAT to get the low down on what they reported.
He could have been confused. Toyota did announce a new director for the SA truck plant.

[METALMiKE]

According to the other poster on that other forum it was from KTSA not KSAT.

[Buddy Holly]

You're right, I went back and read it and it does say KTSA.

[tlongII]

id still like to know what exactly is being produced....

I'm guessing GM vehicles.

[Sec24Row7]

They build the parts in Mexico and assemble them here so they are "made in America"

[Buddy Holly]

It was stated by Mike Hermes. Look him up on google. It's also being talked about other people.

[1369]

Nothing on KTSA's site or anywhere else I can find?

[Buddy Holly]

Nothing on KTSA's site or anywhere else I can find?

Try contacting Mike Hermes.

http://www.mikehermes.com/

[Extra Stout]

Try contacting Mike Hermes.

http://www.mikehermes.com/
Why is a residential real estate agent going to be in the know about GM's expansion plans, while people in Detroit have heard nothing?

This could be any number of things other than an assembly or parts plant, which make little sense given GM's business situation. It could be anything from a sprawling new multi-brand dealership to an OnStar call center.

[Buddy Holly]

The guy said "auto manufacturing plant" from all accounts. It's also being said that GM wants to build here because there are no labor unions in SA.

[cholo]

GM wants to build here because there are no labor unions in SA.

yet... hehehe

[Extra Stout]

The guy said "auto manufacturing plant" from all accounts. It's also being said that GM wants to build here because there are no labor unions in SA.
That's a lot of misinformation. GM, per its labor agreement with the UAW, does not have the option of opening a non-union plant in the United States or Canada.

I think he is making it up.

[METALMiKE]

My Mom said she heard about this on KTSA too, they said its a "strong rumor".She listens to KTSA all day long.

[exstatic]

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

[METALMiKE]

:rolleyes