Lordstown Emerges as Leader in GM’s Revamped Product Plans

By slashing 700,000 truck builds from its annual production slate in the U.S. over the next two years as it closes four plants, General Motors Corp. hopes to shift its light-vehicle mix to 60% passenger cars by 2011.

Plans to increase output at factories in Ohio and Michigan, as well as the introduction of the next-generation Chevrolet Cobalt and Aveo small cars, will help push the ...