2016 Chevrolet Camaro Production Line

The 2016 Chevy Camaro is a pretty big deal for GM. The company’s muscle car has undergone a redesign for the sixth generation and, especially in the SS, offers some serious performance with the new magnetic ride suspension and Corvette sources V8 engine.

In order to build these great cars requires some good equipment and GM will be investing $176 million in new tools and equipment. What is better is that it also means 500 employees will be back on the job in the Lansing River Plant to build the Camaro.

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“With this investment in tooling and equipment, we will continue to do our part to build on the high-quality reputation of this iconic car,” said GM North American Manufacturing Manager Scott Whybrew. “These investments in the Lansing plants are proof of the teams’ quality commitment, to put the customer at the center of everything we do!”

“I may be the luckiest mayor in America today,” said Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. “Gearing up for full-scale production of the legendary Chevy Camaro is a new high point in the more than two decades of extraordinary partnership between the City of Lansing, General Motors and the UAW.

The investment in the plant is part of $2.8 billon worth of improvements that have been announced in the past four weeks. GM will be investing a total of $5.4 billion in U.S. facilities over the next three years, including the recently announce new paint shop for the Corvette. The best past is that more jobs will stay in this country.