It won't be official for another few hours, but the Detroit Free Press is reporting that General Motors has chosen the Orion Township assembly plant to build its upcoming small car.
The Orion Township plant, pictured above at the celebration for the start of Malibu production in 2007, was one of three facilities the General was considering. The others were the former home of Saturn, Spring Hill, Tennessee and the recently closed Janesville, Wisconsin plant.
Orion Township Supervisor Michael Gibb told the Free Press that the Township recently increased its tax abatement offer from 12 to 25 years. Gibb reckons that the abatement could save GM $100 million over 25 years. But keeping the Orion plant up and running, making up to 160,000 small cars a year could save 1,200 jobs in the depressed area.
UPDATE: GM has announced that the Orion Township plant is, indeed, the company's choice to build the upcoming small car. Further, the company annouced that a stamping facility in Pontiac, Michigan will contribute parts to the effort.
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