I don't know if all HHR's are built in Mexico but my SS was built there. Anyone know how much they go for in Mexico? I bet GM is made them cheap since Mexico wages are very low. Bet this was a corporate made choice since our economy was going broke.


You can always tell if an auto company is doing bad when they start to increase their rebate amounts on new vehicles.

 

All the ones I see(in Baja) are from the US.

 

Every HHR was made in the same plant in Mexico.

 

All were made there and I think the content was somthing like 70%.

The engines and trannys were made here. Also the Italian horn was made here.

 

Guess the correct teminolgy would be, they are all assembled at the same plant in Mexico.

 

Correct. Hundreds of US engineers such as yours truly were involved along the way, though. Those bodies didn't just weld themselves up, you know?

 

I´m writing this post on the city where the HHR was made (Ramos Arizpe, México). What I can tell you? Probably I´m the guy from the whole forum that is closer with GM plant in México, Although I´m not working for GM. To be honest with you, I felt a little regret when I purchased my HHR knowing that is made here in Ramos Arizpe and also, I´ve deal with some issues in due to the craftmanship. However, I can live with that and I´m very happy with my HHR .

 

When I used the link to decode my VIN and obtain a free build sheet, which was given to me by someone on this forum I learned that my HHR LS was assembled in Ramos Arizpe in Mexico. When I wrote to GM for a build sheet, they advised me to call a telephone number to request a build sheet for a fee.

Anyhow, I Googled this Mexican plant, and basically found why the US is failing. The article I found said that this plant is the best of the GM plants for reliabiity. They only have 86 glitches per 100 cars. The entire U.S. auto industry for glitches is 140. Whatever, happened to zero defects?

Further, the uneducated workers working for $3 an hour work their asses off doing this good work. They also are very enthusiastic about their work, and are open to changes in their work. They average at 22 yrs. old. These workers are so low paid, that they don't even have to use robots in the plant for manufacturing.

It further said:
"Buyers of these models are the luckiest of all General Motors buyers, because their vehicles were made in Mexico. Fewer than eight percent of all U.S. buyers of these models had any claims against their warranties! The brutal fact is that either of these Mexican-made models is a better buy than an identical car made in Ste. Therese, Quebec or in Oklahoma City"

 

You really should stay away from the politics here. Without going into detail, you've come to some uninformed or at least, under informed conclusions. Do more research. If you want a build sheet, search this site. There's someone here who has access to that info though I can't recall which member. But, lay low on the politics....never seems to go anywhere good on a car site.

 

... or religion. :)