Building Your Ride Nebraska

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

Local Companies

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(402) 217-1788
810 hanneman dr # 301
lincoln, NE
Auto Sensors Plus
402-594-7285
4212 Center St
Omaha, NE
KATTI'S AUTO SALES
402-454-9097
101 N.MAIN ST
MADISON, NE
Cavalier Connection Auto Sales
(402) 751-2400
2040 N Osage Ave
Juniata, NE
Fairbury Motors Inc
(402) 729-6131
619 5th St
Fairbury, NE
Meginnis Ford-Jeep-Saab-Isuzu
(402) 465-7373
6400 Q St
Lincoln, NE
Murphy Auto Sales
(402) 727-6000
517 E 23rd St
Fremont, NE
Dave's Auto Sales
(308) 946-3339
2610 26th St
Central City, NE
Chevrolet Sales & Serv
(402) 371-3377
1123 S 20th St
Norfolk, NE
Lee's Truck Sales & Repair
(308) 647-6697
205 W Highway 30
Shelton, NE

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2007 Saturn OUTLOOK
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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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