South Korea’s oldest modernized car assembly line to close this month

Leganza Production Line [Photo by MK DB]

GM Korea’s Bupyeong 2 factory will end production on Nov. 26, closing the doors on South Korea’s oldest modernized car assembly line that started operations in 1962. The facility was used to produce Nissan Motor Co.’s Datsun Bluebird cars, Toyota Motor Corp.’s Coronas, Daewoo Motors’ Prince and Leganza models. Saenara Motors first built the factory on a site that used to build Japanese military vehicles. GM has decided to shutter the plant as sale of Trax and Malibu models have been discontinued.