Many of you have heard of the GM Oshawa Assembly Plant. This plant, located in Oshawa, Canada, is the birth place of the fifth generation Camaro. Both the coupe and the convertible are produced at this plant from start to finish. Recently, a YouTube video was posted with Plant Manager Dan Hermer explaining a few unique things about the plant and showing a bit of what goes on in the Camaro assembly process.

The plant takes pride in the fact that the Camaros are almost exclusively built there. Most of the metal stamping, which forms body panels and interior components, is done at the Oshawa Assembly Plant. A lot of effort is made to keep employees in their standardized work areas at the plant. This creates consistent and high-quality vehicles throughout. Although many people work at the plant, robotics are an important piece in the assembly process as well. Robots and machines can be seen assisting workers and assembling components throughout the short video.

Hermer says in the video that one of the highlights of a plant tour is seeing partial bodies of Camaros coming down from the mezzanine level to enter the assembly process. Another thing he says touring groups like to see is the power train piece being married to the body of the car. This piece contains the engine, brakes and complete power train that have been put together into one piece before being attached to the car.

While Oshawa, Canada is a bit far for many of us to travel to take a tour of the plant, Camaro Homecoming participants were able to do just that. For those of us who weren’t able to make it to that event, it looks like a trip to the plant in the future would be well worth the drive.