General Motors ending production of its Buick Verano compact car

General Motors has actually made it formal that it is ending production of the Buick’s compact sedan.

The well-regarded Verano compact will end up being the current newest model to vanish as consumers significantly demand blocky SUVs and crossovers rather of traditional cars. Fiat Chrysler is phasing out the Chrysler 200 and also Dodge Dart.

” Buick is announcing that the Verano, made in Orion, Mich., will be phased out in North America following a brief 2017 model year run ending in October, 2016,” the General Motors statement states. “The statement underscores the altering consumer market dynamics where there is a growing demand for SUVs in North America.”

Verano’s end was rumored previously this month and Buick dismissed the talk at the time as “speculation”.

Verano was introduced in 2011 at a time when gas costs were greater.

A Buick spokeswoman, Jennifer Korail, included that no task losses are anticipated at the plant. General Motors is investing $245 million at the Orion plant. It stated earlier this year that manufacturing of its brand-new electrical car, the Chevrolet Bolt, is expected there.