This page was created so we may never forget what this complex did for the economy of Flint, Michigan and the number of great people and generations that were employed at this massive complex for many years. Buick City was a massive automobile manufacturing complex in the northwest of Flint, Michigan. Elements of the 235 acre complex dated from 1904, but it became known as Buick City in 1985. The
Buick Site was still producing components for GM facilities and outside buyers. Operations will cease the week ending November 20, 2010 with decommissioning to follow for 2 more weeks. The site will be vacated by GM employees and site responsibilities will be transferred to Motors Liquidation Corp as of December 6, 2010. The final cars built at Buick City were the Pontiac Bonneville and the Buick LeSabre. Other elements were built by early manufacturers and suppliers like Fisher Body. The Buick City concept represented a successful attempt by General Motors to experiment with just-in-time manufacturing methods in response to Japanese manufacturers. The experiment included successes: The 1989 Buick LeSabre built in Buick City was ranked the top car in the J.D. Power and Associates rankings for that year; it was the first American built car to show up on the list. In 1999, the year the plant was closed, Buick City won the Platinum Award. As of 2006, it was the only General Motors plant given this award.
