Building Your Ride Beaverton OR

It sits there, gleaming in the sun, paint clean and chrome shining.

Local Companies

Beaverton Chrysler Dodge
503-646-0516
10760 SW Canyon Rd
Beaverton, OR
Ron Tonkin Family of Dealerships
1.800-45-drive
122 NE 122nd
Portland, OR
merit contractor
503-282-0338
8383 NE sandy Blvd #258
PORTLAND, OR
NW Select Auto Group LLC
503-709-0054
14721 SE Stark St
Portland, OR
Gresham Ford
503-489-1607
1940 E Powellv BLVD
Gresham, OR
Carr Subaru
(503) 520-4102
Beaverton, OR
Carr Auto Group
(503) 520-4110
11635 SW Canyon Rd
Beaverton, OR
Beaverton Honda
(503) 350-3728
12700 SW Canyon Rd
Beaverton, OR
Beaverton Infiniti
(503) 626-8822
4425 SW Hall Blvd
Beaverton, OR
Buybob.Com
(503) 526-2131
4450 SW Hocken Ave
Beaverton, OR

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Introduction

It sits there, gleaming in the sun, paint clean and chrome shining. It's a car, a new car, and it sure looks enticing. Go ahead: get behind the wheel and take her for a test drive. But before you do, there's a few things you might want to know about how that car came to be. In fact, there are volumes of important information about how a car goes from idea...to wheels on the ground. It's a long (though getting shorter) and expensive process that starts with that one idea that gets executives thinking about headlines, sales or survival. Indeed, the process of actually building a car has become an immense game of connecting dots and modules from around the world. As we dive more deeply into how cars are built, we'll focus on three core areas: the Idea, Building Your Ride and Buying Your Ride. For now, we'll start with the basics of each, but stay tuned for an expanded series of articles about how cars are built, and why.

Delta Township Assembly

We toured the new assembly plant that builds the Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook crossovers for General Motors and came away impressed. According to GM, they plan to save more than $1 million in energy and water costs for the plant every year.  Steps taken include a white polymer roof that keeps the plant cooler and reduced and strategic lighting throughout the facility. Other highlights include a 75-acre wildlife habitat and recycling initiatives such as using rain water for toilets. All told, 25 percent of the construction materials used to build the plant were composed of recycled content.  In a way, the Delta Township plant replaces Lansing's old Car Assembly plant, which opened for business in 1902 and closed its doors in 2004. The old plant was home to many cars in the GM lineup, including Oldsmobile and Pontiac.

 

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Featured Local Company

Beaverton Chrysler Dodge

503-646-0516
10760 SW Canyon Rd
Beaverton, OR

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