Doraville Assembly

Doraville Assembly

Industry	Automotive
Founded	1947
Defunct	September 26, 2008
Area served	Doraville, Georgia
Products	Automobiles
Parent	General Motors Company

Doraville Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory in Doraville, Georgia, just northeast of Atlanta. The plant opened in 1947, and closed on 26 September 2008 as part of the company's cost-cutting measures.^[1] According to an article that appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 28, 2010^[2] , New Broad Street Doraville, LLC, a development company, has executed a purchase contract with General Motors to purchase the former plant, with plans to build a mixed-use, transit-oriented development.

The site is adjacent to the four-track Doraville Yard, a railyard that primarily loaded GM automobiles into auto carriers, and is still served by Norfolk Southern for other uses. MARTA's Gold (formerly Orange) line passes through here also, providing the rapid transit for the new land development around the nearby Doraville station.

Past products

• Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme (1988–1995)
• Chevrolet Venture (1997–2005)
• Pontiac Trans Sport / Montana (1997–2005)
• Oldsmobile Silhouette (1997–2004)
• Buick Terraza (2005–2007)
• Saturn Relay (2005–2007)^{[citation needed]}
• Chevrolet Uplander (Model year 2005–2009 for Canada, 2005–2008 For U.S.)
• Pontiac Montana SV6 (Model year 2005–2009 for Canada, 2005–2006 For U.S.)

Coordinates: 33°54′13.19″N 84°17′1.04″W / 33.9036639°N 84.2836222°W / 33.9036639; -84.2836222

See also

• List of former automotive manufacturing plants

References

1. ^ http://www.leftlanenews.com/gms-doraville-plant-shuts-down-for-good.html
2. ^ http://www.ajc.com/business/florida-developer-to-buy-286104.html.