OSHAWA, Ont. (UPC) -
General Motors of Canada
Lid. saw its 1982 car and
truck sales fall 32.8 per cent
from 1981 levels but public
reaction to two models has
prompted the company to
call 1,560 employees back to
work.

Car sales of 250,238 were
down 32.4 per cent while
truck sales of 76,991 plunged
34.3) per cent, GM
spokesman John Tackney
said Thursday.

However, a second shift in

Oshawa, Ont., was
scheduled to begin work
Feb. 14. to increase

production of front-wheel
drive Chevrolet Celebrity
and Pontiac 6000 from the
current level of 360 vehicles
per day. The company will
also call 110 workers Back to

work at its Windsor, Ont.,
plant.
Tackney said improving

market conditions for the
two models prompted the

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recalls. The majority of the
workers have been laid off
since last Apmil, he said.
Company-wide layoffs
now total 1,900 at plants in
Quebec and Ontario.
Richard Colcomb, vice
president and general sales
manager, said the worst is
behind the automakers and
1983 should be a good year.
“Now that 1982 is behind
us, we in General Motors are

looking toward 1983 with
confidence,” he said in a
statement.

Ford Canada Wednesday
reported 1982 car sales were
off 18 per cent while
Chryster Canada reported a

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