Janesville Assembly is an automobile factory owned by General Motors located in Janesville, Wisconsin. Opened in 1919, it is currently the oldest factory still in use at GM. Car redirects here. ... General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM), also known as GM, is an American automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab and Vauxhall. ... Downtown Janesville looking south on Main Street (2004) Janesville is a city in southern Wisconsin. ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The factory was originally built to produce Samson tractors. These failed to find buyers, so GM switched it to producing Chevrolet automobiles in 1923. It has produced General Motors C/K Trucks pickup trucks over the years, but today builds full-size SUVs. Chevrolet (IPA: - French origin) (colloquially Chevy) is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors (GM). ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 GMC Sierra Custom Camper The C/K was the name for both Chevrolets and GMCs full-size pickup line from 1962 until 1998. ... A sport utility vehicle (SUV) or off-roader is a vehicle that combines the load-hauling and passenger-carrying capacity of a large station wagon or minivan with features designed for off-road driving. ...

Production at the factory was halted during the Great Depression, but it was soon operating again. Janesville also produced artillery during World War II. For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Artillery (disambiguation). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Janesville is one of three plants producing the GMT900 trucks like the Chevrolet Suburban, and began building the next-generation short-wheelbase GMT900 trucks in January of 2006. It began producing long wheelbase GMT900 trucks in March and an overtime shift was added to meet demand. GMT is the name used for all of General Motors large SUV/truck automobile platforms. ... This article is about a type of vehicle. ... GMT is the name used for all of General Motors large SUV/truck automobile platforms. ...

Since 1994, the plant has also produced medium-duty trucks for Isuzu under its partnership with GM.^[1] This article is about a truck manufacturer. ...

The plant covers 4,800,000 ft³ (446,000 m³) and employs 3,900 workers.

References

1. ^ ISUZU: GM-Isuzu Relations. Isuzu. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

• Can GM's oldest plant survive latest cutbacks?. Detroit News. Retrieved on June 14, 2005.