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Old 01-09-2009, 09:44 PM   #622
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Originally Posted by trm0002 View Post
I wrote in one of these threads that the problem may be, my guess, that Oshawa has two separate production lines running, V6/V8, because the chassis are different for each. They may simply not be able to run the V8's on "line 2". That would make perfect sense on the 50/50 split. What are they going to do, shut down line 2 ? That doesn't mean line 1 can put out more V8's. It just means line 2 puts out less V6's. Only a guess on my part. Waiting for someone like OshawaInsider to shed some light.
I don't really know, but supposedly the Oshawa lines were "flex lines" capable of building two or three different car models on a single line (i.e. Camaro and a couple of other cars), at least that was my understanding. And if that is the case they should be able to build V6 and V8 on either line. So I guess we'll have to wait for the dust to settle and see what the explanations are.
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