History
The plant was located at 801 Boxwood Road. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was designated as a B-O-P facility, manufacturing cars for Buick, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac. Cars produced at the facility included (model years in parentheses):
- Chevrolet Caprice (1978-1986)
- Oldsmobile Delta 88 (1978-1986)
- Chevrolet Corsica (1987–1996)
- Chevrolet Beretta (1987–1996)
- Pontiac Tempest (1987–1991)
- Chevrolet Malibu (1997–1999)
- Saturn L-Series (2000–2005) (production halted on June 17, 2004)
- Pontiac Solstice (2006–2009)
- Saturn Sky (2007–2009)
- Opel GT (2007–2009)
- Daewoo G2X (2007–2009)
As part of the 2009 bankruptcy and restructuring of General Motors, Wilmington Assembly ceased automotive production on Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Its final product was a Pontiac Solstice convertible.
The closure of the Wilmington plant, for the time being, marks the end of large-scale automotive production in the Northeastern United States.
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