The First Subcompact to be Made in US

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Bill Vlasic, To Make Tiny American Cars, GM also Shrinks Plant and Wages; Unusual cooperation by GM and autoworkers’ union. New York Times, July 13, 2011 (title in print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/business/with-chevrolet-sonic-gm-and-uaw-reinvent-automaking.html?ref=generalmotorscorporation
(Sonic; The car, with a base price of around $14,000; production will begin in August)

Quote: "The U.A.W. tried to persuade the Ford Motor Company to build the Fiesta subcompact in the United States. But Ford chose a plant in Mexico, where the combined wages and benefits of a production worker total less than $10 an hour. By contrast, a full-wage union member in the United States costs G.M. close to $60 an hour. Even an entry-level wage employee costs about $30 an hour in wages and benefits.

Note:
(a) Please watch slide show first.
(b) Orion Township, Michigan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Township,_Michigan
(c) subcompact
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcompact

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