From 1994 until 2009, the plant also produced medium-duty trucks for Isuzu under its partnership with GM.
GMC's medium-duty truck had been reintroduced onto the C-Series line in 1969.
The latest layoffs included 250 workers at a Detroit assembly plant that made medium-duty trucks.
In North America, Chevrolet produces and sells a wide range of vehicles, from subcompact automobiles to medium-duty commercial trucks.
The same year, the medium-duty trucks received their first exterior update since 1980; this integrated the turn signals and grille.
It will meet federal air pollution standards for medium-duty trucks - standards that are much more lenient than those for cars.
The stronger suspensions give the Suburbans the capacity to carry enough weight to qualify as medium-duty trucks.
The Nissan C80 was a medium-duty truck manufactured by Nissan.
The powertrain of the Metro vans was typically based on an equivalent series International light- or medium-duty truck.
Stewart was a small regional maker of "assembled" light- and medium-duty trucks.