Inside the ONLY Chevrolet Plant that Builds Silverado 1500s, 2500s & 3500s - Oshawa Assembly Tour!

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The General Motors plant in Oshawa, On has a rich history of building vehicles that goes back over 100 years. Today, this is the only GM plant that builds both Silverado light duty and Silverado Heavy Duty on the exact same production line.
Watching new Silverados come together was interesting and of course we want to hear from you. Let us know your thoughts on Chevy Silverado production in the comments below.
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@LBZDIRTYYMAX Год назад

My 05 Silverado still kickin today. One of the most reliable trucks ever made

@Nikkk6969 Год назад

Gm and reliable, 2 words that don’t go together anymore.

@retrovanlifeontario3271 8 месяцев назад

I work in the oshawa plant, we are very proud of our products. Strong brother and sisterhood, best job I ever had.

@PWlangford1 Год назад

Love it. I was on a tour of that plant as a kid in the 60s. Lots of good changes. Im going to look at my vin today. 🇨🇦

@jnich17 9 месяцев назад

Really enjoyed this tour. I took delivery last week on my 3500 srw and it was made in Oshawa. I ordered it back on September 4 and was afraid that the strike would delay it. Thank goodness Oshawa settled their strike faster than UAW America did. Love my new truck and your tour. Thanks.

@grahamstuart3207 Год назад

Hi Guys. Native to Oshawa, it's great to see Trucks being built again in Oshawa.

@TheLumberJacked Год назад

Toured the plant with my Dad in 1989. Absolutely staggeringly huge plant. Back then the robots seemed just as impressive. I’ll never forget that day, it was amazing.

@Benalan613 Год назад

I only buy Canadian made if I can. the Silverado is looking like a good buy

@Expedition18 Год назад

Totally agree, big reason why we bought Honda crv. Mic👍

@rightlanehog3151 Год назад

Truck Kings, This is the video I have been waiting to see. I am thrilled the Lazarus factory up and running again. GM got the very pointed message and Canadians are building pickups again!! I would like to see Ford and Chrysler/Stellantis get back to building trucks in Canada as they both did in the past. I would also like to take this opportunity to inform Toyota that Canadians could build Tacomas just as well as Mexicans! Canada is one of the world's biggest pickup markets, we ought to be building at least as many as we buy. Now we need production of pickups with 8 foot beds within our borders! 😁 🤩

@customdetailer0078 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely beautiful GM trucks being built at that plant. Thank you for making this video.

@ryanduff3561 Год назад

Nice trucks... Great video. Glad to see truck production back in Oshawa. GM has alot of history in Oshawa. Hope to see another 100 years of production.

@Gtacod5player Год назад

My 23' 1500 came from there! Super cool to see the plant. I love my truck too!

@petertensuda1192 Год назад

Bought a pickup back in 1989 made in that plant. If every Canadian only bought vehicles with the VIN starting with 2 our economic problems would be over.

@rhod8201 Год назад

My vin starts with a 2 so they built mine in Canada 🇨🇦 and shipped it all the way down here to south Louisiana!!!!!

@yorkchris10 Год назад

It's been a while since I read the McLaughlin story, but he was very skilled at building axes. It was a good story about the history of GM Canada. The Canadian Military Pattern trucks were a surprise to me as it was GM and Ford Canada that built trucks to a British military specification. No grass or solar panels on the roof of that factory.

@culinarycaravan Год назад

Such an interesting and informative video. As automotive journalists I'm guessing visiting the plant was incredibly rewarding.

@jamiecraswell9368 Год назад

I simply love this video!!! Thanks for showcasing Canadian made vehicles!!!!!

@GuyonaMoose Год назад

I am absolutely loving my ‘23 1500 duramax. It’s an animal and so so so good on fuel I’ve been averaging 7.7l/100km

@christopherh4307 Год назад

Proud to say I’m part of this team

@volvo09 Год назад

That was cool, wish it was an hour long! Incredible automation, i can't even fathom how much work goes into programing those robots.

@MS3DALE Год назад

I've had 4 trucks built at Oshawa, a '94 - '97 - '99 and an '04, all extended-cab short-beds, as well as my 2011 5th gen Camaro SS was built there as well, all top quality built and no issues!

@logandavies5950 Год назад

I took a tour about 5 years ago, the size and amount of robots still blows minds

@Meg8554 Год назад

My 2020 equinox was build in Canada and i see great build quality

@williammoree 3 месяца назад

Bought a 2024 3500hd srw and it was assembled there..thanks for the video.

@ChrissTreasureChest 11 месяцев назад

I live in Milton Ontario and that plant is down the road on the 401. My 2023 Silverado LTZ was built there and I am proud it was built in Canada.

@billjamison2877 Год назад

RISE OF THE MACHINES! It's amazing how industrial robotics enable such precise engineering and fitment during assembly.

@coreysharp9794 Год назад

Took a human to tell it how though

@tranquility7692 Год назад

Pretty sweet they use the same old building and don't leave it to rot.

@kennak476 Год назад

Good to hear GM is still building trucks in Oshawa rather than in Mexico like Ford and Toyota!

@asherdie Год назад

Mexicos were they build the Tahoe and suburbans

@dallasfrost1996 Год назад

@@asherdie The Tahoe and Suburban are manufactured in Arlington, Texas.

@gregholloway2656 Год назад

Thanks for the tour, Steve and Howard. I toured the Oshawa car plant in ‘88 when they were building Buicks. Fewer robots at that time, of course. The “test” at the end of the line then was a room about 100 feet long, where the worker would goose the car, then slam on the brakes. Good to see GM still building in Oshawa.

@ronnestman4696 Год назад

The Canadians absolutely kick a$$! Really do a great job 👍

@cmair77 Год назад

That was nice guys, thanks.

@emmanuelcharles38 Год назад

Great video Track King you guys are doing awesome job.

@oldgael1 Год назад

Thanks for the updated tour video

@kevingroulx9205 Год назад

Really interesting information regarding the VIN code

@ExRider43 Год назад

Thats awesome to see, very impressive

@ML-lg4ky Год назад

Love my Chevy HD! Thanks to the hard working folks of Oshawa CA!

@colinhamilton6493 10 месяцев назад

Great video

@xjarhead1964 4 месяца назад

There also built in Forte Wayne Indiana

@JermNFT Год назад

Best plant in North America 🤝

@Boobtube. 11 месяцев назад

2 other big truck channels on youtube made a video tour of a production plant for chevy trucks as well. I must say yours is the best one. The others did not have the great video footage that yours did. Keep up the great work.

@Ali_ON3 Год назад

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 proud. Thanks for this video. Passed Oshawa so many times but didn’t know. Thought it was just GMC Terrain!

@TruckKing Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@ericyuan9718 11 месяцев назад

Wish they'd give Canadians a bit of a discount relative to US pricing. Base trims start at 37K USD vs 47K CAD. Oddly enough the 2024 Trax is a crazy deal for Canadians at 24K CAD vs 21K USD but that car is mostly Korean.

@elizabethpayette9115 Год назад

The first truck I bought was a 1988 Sierra and it was assembled in Oshawa, the second truck I brought was a 2009 Sierra and I believe it was assembled in Lansing, Mi. I used to be a trucker and often though that that Oshawa was doomed because it was on the wrong side of Toronto, most of the parts would have to be delivered through Toronto and deal with all the delays on the 401 and then the same thing with the finished vehicles heading for the states.

@Mechone11 7 месяцев назад

95% of finished trucks go by rail

@mr.3phase228 Год назад

My 06 Silverado came from Oshawa. Her name is Sue and was made November 11th 2005. Theres a sticker on the gauge cluster trim thing that says name and date.

@scottbbarry1723 Год назад

It should also be known that Oshawa was the best awarded (quality)truck plant in the world.

@chileshemubanga3594 10 месяцев назад

Because of their versatility pick up trucks are the only means of transport an average family needs.

@niksikk15 Год назад

My 2022.5 1500 was built in Oshawa. White RST Z71 with the new 10 speed and no DFM

@robh063 Год назад

It's awesome to see where the Silverado 3500HD I ordered on May 15th, 2023 was built. Now if they could actually ship it in a reasonable amount of time to my dealer that would great but it was completed on July 28th and has a shipping date of August-December. If I have to wait much longer, someone else will have to buy it. I told the dealer when I ordered it I needed it by September 15th because we head South for the winter and I would need time to put some miles on it before towing our 5th Wheel. They assured me I would have it before then. Now It's not looking very promising!

@boardinabarn6829 Год назад

I toured that plant in 1992!

@lawdog43494 6 месяцев назад

I've has 15 Chevy trucks with my current being a 2015 Silverado LTZ, Z71 4X4 crew cab. Has every option and only 53,000 miles.

@toddjohnson4399 Год назад

Chevy needs to stop the afm it blew my engine you don’t buy a truck to get good mpg

@pryme2013 Год назад

No afm on their HD trucks

@mus_xr4653 Год назад

if you don't want it delete it or disable it

@Meg8554 Год назад

Only light duty trucks have afm

@WBOS72 Год назад

A softeare delete does not solve the issue. The lifters still fail.

@Resistculturaldecline Год назад

I have my gripes about modern GM, but it's not GM that's require their pickups to get good mpg. It's the EPA & C.A.F.E. that's causing vehicle makers to jump through hoops. Left to their own devices, vehicle makers could easily make 500k mile engines that got 15% less fuel economy.

@fortyfourrobo544 Год назад

Great video. I just got a new used Chevy truck. Haven’t owned one in 30 years. I love it. Wish Chevy would fix the little things like AFM and DFM. But otherwise I ❤ it. Mine was made in USA. I don’t know what plant? Wish it was Canada.

@kevinblock2307 Год назад

This was cool to see

@liamredlarski2225 Год назад

The guy that walked you around is my manager that's kinda cool

@christiandulaney1638 Год назад

I love the assortment of truck info you bring to your channel. This was VERY interesting to watch. Question...whats with the sleeves and hand covers you both are wearing? Is that PPE to protect from sparks, etc?

@TruckKing Год назад

exactly. the robot welders spray sparks

@Redruby2600 Год назад

Anyone that works in our body shop (ie: all bare metal ) must wear Kevlar sleeves, jeans and boots. And a TON of other ppe even just to walk through the gate. Even if you're not touching parts! We don't mess around ❤

@christiandulaney1638 Год назад

Thanks man! I figured. My brother is in manufacturing and cant have an MRI because he has metal in his eyes from work. You guys are legit!@@Redruby2600

@sammyg.7317 Год назад

My 2020 Silverado was assembled in Indiana.

@Expedition18 Год назад

Awesome video👍

@boblaws9851 Год назад

Glad I bought a 2024 2500 Silverado long bed. Made in the USA!

@kenpryor4440 Год назад

I can almost see them rusting on the line 😂

@rsbreeze Год назад

Awesome video! Love my Duramax and ZR2 trucks!

@parsons585 Год назад

I look for one of those trucks but sadly many of us can't afford them anymore!

@barryhawkins9490 4 месяца назад

Are high school auto shop went down to the Oshawa plant in around 1987 They were building chev ? cars at the time,pretty sure. Great time. Didn't see robots at the time. 😮

@jordanh4127 Год назад

Just checked my 23 gas 3500. It starts with the vin 2! Super awesome. I would have to say the fit and finish and really nice. I am curious where the engines are assembled

@Mechone11 7 месяцев назад

I believe St Catharines GM just down the road from Oshawa

@steveslate3601 Год назад

My 00 was built there. Still going at 371K!!

@dmac5497 Год назад

Always wondered what happens to garbage after it gets picked up, now i know it goes to build GM products in Oshawa

@jimmycline4778 Год назад

My 2023 chevy Colorado Trail Boss was made in Missouri!

@asherdie Год назад

I've got GM truck examples from Mexico, Kentucky and Canada. The Kentucky built truck is built better e.g. body fitment, fewer electrical issues, no mechanical issues... But the Canuck is a close second.

@kennyjustman933 Год назад

can't imagine where all the cost is when robots do so much of the work???

@avi8or63 Год назад

Awesome video guys. You have to come visit Oakville Assmbly. Very similar. Maybe after it goes EV?

@justanotherdayinparadise6426 Год назад

I work oshawa GM. love my job.

@muffinflowersrvad485 5 месяцев назад

I want a 8' bed in Lakeshore Blue Metallic. I heard somewhere that GM closed Flint. Is that true?

@cdnpont Год назад

What was with all the Silverado's stored up at the fairgrounds in Orono? did they finally get shipped out?

@marcd7123 Год назад

What about Flint Michigan?

@redfalcon4469 Год назад

May be work on reliability (v8 lifters, transmission failures, rusting frames, electronics gremlins ….)

@Chris-ut6eq Год назад

Curious why more plants don't mix LD/HD production. Yes, it adds complexity to the build line, but the flexibility seems like a good benefit. I'm sure the number crunchers have worked out the details and there are valid reasons to keep things separate.

@fireman1780 Год назад

This isnt the only plant. My 2020 2500HD was built in the Flint Mi plant

@TruckKing Год назад

This is the only plant that builds 1500,2500 and 3500 on the same line.

@valleyboy3026 Год назад

Light duty trucks are glue together ha ha

@DWH072 9 месяцев назад

GMC trucks at this plant as well ?

@aMadHouseProduction Год назад

Why skip the paint shop?

@pbogd Год назад

Like my new ‘22 Oshawa made Silverado. But not sure if I like it better than the old body style ‘15. Time will tell.

@P-nutBD Год назад

You might want to double check that, he ignored the Fort Wayne plant which they also make the same trucks

@pbogd Год назад

@@P-nutBD it’s a ‘2’ vin but no little UNIFOR sticker saying made with pride in Oshawa like the UAW does on the Ft Wayne trucks

@P-nutBD Год назад

@@pbogd you got proof of that they are putting 2 on the VINs in US plants? I have older chevy that was made in ft wayne that starts with a 1 so im a little skeptical .

@pbogd Год назад

window sticker says made in Oshawa Ontario. I can send you a copy if you want

@rafaelfamilia1004 10 месяцев назад

How do you get inside to see the truck being assemble have one in the line .

@TruckKing 9 месяцев назад

sorry to say - no public tours we know of,

@fly-over1517 7 месяцев назад

My 2022 ChevyZ71 2500 HD Duramax came from Canada, love it. I really do, but jeezuz, I've never see so much rust and corrosion on a brand new vehicle like this before. Very disappointed in this.

@Tool0GT92 Год назад

Ordered my 3500 in June they told me only white, back, or grey were available at that time.

@v6wells 5 месяцев назад

Best trucks made

@davids.8459 5 месяцев назад

So, Flint no longer builds them all?

@Thankyou_3 Год назад

Awesome video ❤ Thank you for sharing knowledge and also so comforting to see trucks are still the backbone of GM. Long live ICE, short live EV just like corrupted Trudeau 😂

@brianzybura8633 Год назад

I hope you're right about the ICE engines. Every damn day, you hear from the mainstream media these useless terms. Global climate change, carbon neutral by 2050, carbon capture, and sustainability. What these idiots DO NOT realize is that the earth needs carbon in the air because that is what the plants breathe in. If all plants were to die we could not eat fruits , veggies, and meats. Cattle eats grass to make meat. Well I could go on and on. I guess we can only hope for the best.

@stevehoyland4337 Год назад

Got a 3 here

@Deere703 Год назад

I’m sure I just seen my truck being built. My Chevy 24 3500 starts with a 2. Lol

@ashleykirk706 Год назад

Can I order a 2024 High Country painted Silver metallic?

@Thankyou_3 Год назад

Yes Steve….man and machine! Of course this includes women too. Thank God Truck King acknowledges that there are male and female only. Amen brother ❤

@9663mu Год назад

Hopefully you told them how weak 975 is. And at same time how we have had same HP/TQ output on the 5.3/6.2 for 10 years now

@michaeljensen32 Год назад

Is Howard getting a new GM HD! ?

@P-nutBD Год назад

Thats not the only plant that builds those. You COMPLETELY ignored the other plants like Fort Wayne for instance they too build those.

@TruckKing Год назад

No other GM plant builds both Heavy Duty and Light Duty pickups on the same assembly line. That's what is written in the headline. We have actually toured both Fort Wayne & Flint assembly. And there's also a plant in Silao, Mexico producing Silverados.

@P-nutBD Год назад

@@TruckKing Were those tours recent?

@JwLincolnTC Год назад

My Silverado has a sticker in the door that says it was assembled in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

@jasonyoung4890 Год назад

The title is mis leading. I would say click bait. Should say Oshawa plant is back up and running

@JwLincolnTC Год назад

@@jasonyoung4890 I think they're saying it's the only one that does all three, but I do like your title better. I was more so curious if the other plants don't do the stickers since he was talking about how you could tell from the VIN and never mentioned stickers.

@jasonyoung4890 Год назад

@@JwLincolnTC I live in the fort Wayne area. And I will tell you this. I wouldn't buy a new Chevy 1500. From how wet the ground always is from either humidity or winter weather going back into spring a majority of trucks back before they started placing them in different areas a lot of these trucks sat on top of the ground and who knows how long they sat there before moving them

@KeystoneTexan Год назад

Nice video!! Is there any difference in the trucks being built in Canada vs The United States?

@Mechone11 7 месяцев назад

Don't know about now however Oshawa was constantly voted highest quality plant in Gm by JD Powers . It came as a shock when it closed down (for2 years) mostly to get rid of pension and health benefits that were paid for life

@MrPatGuit Год назад

Did you ask them why the bed an the cab are not align on all there trucks? 😅

@heavychevy462 Год назад

I wish gm would lose the wax rubber frame coating it's horrendous. I bet a truck in canadas doesn't make it one winter

@trevorhowell6575 Год назад

Thanks for the behind the scenes, but buyer beware of the AC units in Chev and GMs....GM has a huge problem with there AC units failing on there newer models....my wife has driven 3 Yukon XL Denali and the last one was 21' model and just traded it in. At work we have over 40 Chev 1500 trucks that are 2020+ and newer and ALL of them have the same AC problem. My dad had 17 and same problem with his. $2000 fix that for some reason seems to fail right around the warranty expires.