Building Your Ride Oklahoma

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

Local Companies

GKU electric vehicles
405-495-8440
1111 S. Council rd
OKC, OK
Guaranteed Auto Credit
405-820-2008
208 sw 74th street
Oklahoma City, OK
Oakley Pontiac-Buick Oakley Jeep
(918) 336-3000
322 SE Frank Phillips Blvd
Bartlesville, OK
McKay Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Inc
(580) 256-7401
3119 Williams Ave
Woodward, OK
Conner Auto Group
(580) 228-3504
100 Highway 81 N
Waurika, OK
Jim Holman Chevrolet
(580) 338-5900
823 NE 12th St
Guymon, OK
Jack Bowker Ford Lincoln Mercury
(580) 765-5533
2415 N 14th St
Ponca City, OK
Pemberton Full Line GM Dealer
(580) 765-5595
3330 N 14th St
Ponca City, OK
Rays Car Sales
(405) 387-9250
75 NW 32nd St
Newcastle, OK
Rick's Car Sales
(405) 247-9988
Highway 62
Anadarko, OK

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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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GKU electric vehicles

405-495-8440
1111 S. Council rd
OKC, OK

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