Arlington Assembly is a

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factory located in

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. The plant has operated for more than 60 years and today manufactures large

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from GM's divisions

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, GMC and

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History

The Arlington plant was opened in 1954 to assemble both automobiles and

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, but has focused on the former use for most of its history. Early automobile production included models like the

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and

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. The factory would continue to produce many large GM cars through the 1990s including products from

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, Chevrolet and

. Arlington Assembly was the last GM B-body manufacturing facility when GM decided to consolidate operations and convert the plant to SUV production. The plant occupies 250 acres (1,000,000 square meters). The first GM factory in the "Dallas-Ft. Worth" area was originally built in 1917 to build the

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and the

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on the south side of West Seventh Street and Slayton Street just west of Trinity Park. Due to a flood of the Trinity River in 1922 and flood control taxes levied by the local government, GM closed the factory in 1924 and in 1929

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opened in Kansas City, Missouri.
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in Dallas replaced the Trinity Park facility from 1923 until 1935 and was replaced by the more advanced Arlington Factory in the early 1950s.

Vehicles produced

Current

Since 2020 (2021 model year), Arlington Assembly manufactures large SUVs based on GM's

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platform: * Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Yukon * Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon XL * Cadillac Escalade/Cadillac Escalade ESV * GMC Yukon Denali/GMC Yukon XL Denali

Former

*RWD

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vehicles **

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(1991–1996) **

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(1966–1996) ** Chevrolet Impala SS (1994–1996) **

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(1991–1992) *RWD

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vehicles **

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SS (1970-1972) - Some SS models were painted a shade of yellow shared with some Oldsmobiles and used a different sequential production number unlike other Chevelles produced at other GM assembly plants **

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1968-1977 *RWD GM G platform vehicles **

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(1978–1988) **

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(1978–1988) *RWD

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vehicles **

Cadillac Brougham The Cadillac Brougham was a line of full-size luxury cars manufactured by the Cadillac Motor Car Division of General Motors from the 1987 through 1992 model years and was marketed from 1977 to 1986 as the Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. The opt ...

(1988–1992) **

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(1993–1996) * GMT400 light trucks (1988-1999) * GMT800 sport utilities (1999-2005) *

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sport utilities (2006–2014) *

GMT K2XX GMT K2XX is an assembly code for a vehicle platform architecture developed by General Motors for its line of full-size trucks and large SUVs that started production with the 2014 model year. The "XX" is a placeholder for the last two digits of the ...

sport utilities (2015–2020)

References

External links

* {{General Motors factories General Motors factories Motor vehicle assembly plants in Texas Economy of Arlington, Texas 1954 establishments in Texas