General Motors (GM) is spending US$1.4bn on a range of improvements at its Arlington, Texas assembly plant “to produce high quality, full-size SUVs more competitively”.

The plant will be reconfigured with a new paint shop, body shop and general assembly upgrades. Construction should begin this summer and take approximately three years.

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Production schedules for Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade will be unaffected by the construction, GM said.

The announcement is part of the $5.4bn GM said it would spend on US manufacturing over the next three years. Approximately $4.5bn of the $5.4bn has been allocated.