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07/10/2008 05:38. We knew it was coming, we just didn’t know it would be in time for Christmas. GM is closing its Moraine, Ohio, assembly plant Dec. 23. That’s where the GMC Envoy, Chevy TrailBlazer and Saab 9-7X SUVs are produced. The plant was expected to close in early 2009, but this sad new reality facing 1,100 workers moves the date up to 2008.

GM had already accelerated the closing of this and other plants, initially scheduled for the summer... // Cars.com