[dillonsumey]

Why does this sticker have two assembly plants and why does it say fstruck on it, Is it a special edition truck? It's a 2019 chevy silverado asking because my other truck just said fort Wayne on it

 

[OpalLacod]

The Google has let me down...

 

[Denali69]

GM built the body at FT Wayne and shipped it to Oshawa for final assembly.

In mid 2018, it was announced that the previous generation of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and the GMC Sierra 1500 would be sold alongside their successors for the 2019 model year, as the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LD and the GMC Sierra 1500 Limited. Final assembly of these trucks, which would only be sold in Double Cab, Standard Bed form, would occur at Oshawa Car Assembly. This marks the first time since 2009 that Oshawa Assembly (Oshawa Truck Assembly), which also assembled the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and the GMC Sierra 1500 in Extended Cab form, would assemble trucks. Later that summer, GM also began final assembly of Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD Double Cab models.[6]

On November 26, 2018, General Motors announced the closure of the Oshawa car assembly plant complex ending 111 years of auto manufacturing in Oshawa. The final vehicle, a white GMC Sierra pickup truck, rolled off the assembly line on December 18, 2019.[7]

On November 4, 2020, GM announced “Subject to ratification of the 2020 agreement with Unifor, General Motors plans to bring pickup production back to the Oshawa Assembly Plant. Construction will begin immediately at Oshawa Assembly and will include a new body shop and flexible assembly module, to support a fast response to strong customer demand for GM’s new family of pickup trucks. Oshawa pickup production started on November 10, 2021 when the first Canadian-made Silverado was completed.

 

[hot rodder]

GM built the body at FT Wayne and shipped it to Oshawa for final assembly.

I wonder why they would do that?

 

[Denali69]

Some deal concocted to avert a strike of all Canadian GM workers and to continue to build the trucks while the Ft Wayne plant is retooled to build the new body style trucks.

 

[OpalLacod]

May be cheaper to move "raw goods" across borders instead of finished products.

 

[Denali69]

Ft Wayne to Oshawa is only some 400+ miles so to keep production going on the older body style while they ramped up production of the new 2019 models was the shift production of the 2019 old body style to Oshawa so they could build both at the same time and keep the dealers in trucks. There would not be enough time to move the stamping to Oshawa for less that 1 yr of production, cheaper to ship the completed body for final assembly.