Re: GM announces the 2009 Camaro
I have heard that too.
As I understand it, the deal that GM struck with the Canadians in the late 90's that resulted in more favorable terms for GM and more concessions by the Canadians was mostly based on the fact that as long as GM made Camaros it would be done soley at the St. Therese plant for a specified number of years. Once the production stopped in 2002 there was specualtion that a legal mess would start if the Camaro came back and was made in any other plant but St Therese.
The matter was further complicated when that plant was torn down and demolished in the past 24 months or so. GM feels that since the plant is no longer there they were not obligated to return production to Canada. On the other side, the Canadians feel that they have an agreement in place with GM and would be prepared to seek restitution from GM if they resumed production and it wasn't in a Canadian plant.
I read an article about 18 months ago that went into this. I will try and dig it up and post it here.
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