Lack of parts forces GM to halt pickup production
S.-based automaker has stopped production featuring in North America on top of parts shortages following very last weeks earthquake and tsunami featuring in Japan. Toyota Motor Co. and Subaru give slowed production by their North American plants to conserve parts. GM makes the GMC Canyon and Chevrolet Colorado lesser pickups in vogue Shreveport. The company wont say which parts it is little on, but both pickups expend a five-speed labor-intensive transmission made by Japanese supplier Aisin Seiki Co GMs other North American plants havent been affected so far.