Bodies are made days before the car actually gets to final assembly. Below is the production history of my MY16 Redline. That was when they were building cars at a faster rate and also included Cruze bodies. Things might of slightly changed now, but would still be close to my timings. My target build date was 31/8/2016, so as you can see the production of my car started 3 days before the actual target build date.
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
– Exited Body Shop at 1:57pm (my car body was assembled that day)
Thursday, 25 August 2016
– Paint overheads at 7:30am
– Entered Paint Shop at 2:15pm
(Long gap because factory didn't operate on Friday and it was the weekend, also I optioned the black roof which kept my car longer in Paint Shop)
Tuesday, 30 August 2016
– Exited Paint Shop at 11:00am
– Entered General Assembly at 1:30pm
Wednesday, 31 August 2016
– Exited General Assembly at 10:43am
– Entered Final Assembly at 10:50am
– Wheel and Headlight alignment at 10:54am
– DVT (Dynamic Vehicle Test) at 10:56am
– Care, final fit up of panel alignment at 11:07am
– Water test at 11:18am
– Rattle and Squeak test at 11:19am
– Vehicle validated, exited Final Assembly at 11:20am
– Delivered for GCA (Global Customer Audit) at 11:30am
Thursday, 1 September 2016
– Exited GCA at 3:00pm
– Delivered to HEC (Holden Enhancement Centre) at 4:00pm
Friday, 2 September 2016
– Entered HEC at 8:00am
Monday, 5 September 2016
– Exited HEC at 10:00am
– Passed to sales at 11:00am
– Loaded for transport at 1:30pm
– Delivered to Dealership at 3:35pm