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January 4, 2013
In this April 25, 2012 photo, Jose Rivera Jr. installs a wiper and cowl screen on a Chevrolet Sonic at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich. Nearly four years after GM filed for bankruptcy protection, the automaker is building the Sonic, the best-selling subcompact car in the nation. It's a vehicle no one thought could be made profitably in the U.S., by a company that few people thought would last.
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Tiny Chevrolet Sonic helps Detroit shake off rust
When the word reached the Orion Assembly Plant, it spread along the serpentine assembly line like news of a death or natural disaster: General Motors, the biggest automaker in the world, had filed for bankruptcy protection.
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