Performance Build Pays – GM adds 36 Jobs in Bowling Green

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The center allows customers to build their own engines for installation in GM vehicles.

General Motors will invest another $44 million in the Bowling Green Assembly plant to increase the capacity of the Performance Build Center, adding 36 new jobs. Construction and tool re-arrangement are planned to start in January 2016.

The expansion of the Performance Build Center is prompted by the success of the Corvette Z06 that currently accounts for one third of all Corvettes produced at Bowling Green Assembly.

The Performance Build Center also offers to customers the Build Your Own Engine program that allows them to assemble the 650-hp supercharged LT4 engine for their cars. The $5,000 option package includes a day with a Performance Build Center engine assembly technician who instructs and oversees the build. A personalized engine plaque identifying the customer and professional photography are part of the deal.

“Coupled with the investment, for $439 million for a new paint shop and facility upgrades announced in May, GM has committed $483 million to Bowling Green this year alone,” said plant manager Kai Spande.

Construction took place in 2013 and early 2014, with engine production beginning in the second quarter of 2014. The Performance Build Center produces the 2016 LT4 6.2L V8 for the Chevrolet Corvette Z06.

GM has added 316 new jobs and invested a total of $617.5 million during the last four years at Bowling Green.

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