A man walks home from shopping at the local Walmart, passing the site of the local General Motors plant. Built in the 1950's, the plant was in operation until around 2009 when GM declared bankruptcy during the recession. After that it was bought up by electric car startup Fisker, who themselves were bought by a Chinese firm after financial difficulty. The plant sat empty until around 2019, when it was razed to build an Amazon warehouse.
During the 1990's Saturn was founded to compete with the Japanese imports, and this became a Saturn plant. The cars originally had all unique components, hence why that brand had its own factories. Later the plant would manufacture Pontiacs, with the last models made here being the Pontiac Solstice and its' Saturn counterpart. The death of Pontiac and Saturn in 2009 spelled the end of this factory.

The demise of the Boxwood road GM plant mirrors the shift in the car industry as a whole. Where once US companies attempted to compete with their own cars, American car companies of today are more content to bring in their European platforms. The high cost of union labor and strict regulation has driven much of the factory work into the south or just out of the country as a whole. For instance, before the Trump presidency the new Ford Ranger was going to be an import. The American car industry still employs twice as many US citizens as the foreign brands, but today you can buy a Subaru, Toyota or a Nissan that was made here. Tundra fans often claim the Toyota has more American parts on it than its' Ford competition. And your Chevrolet might be made over the border in Mexico. In the early 2000's you had the choice of at least 3 commercial vans of American design. These days the Chevy Express is it. If you want a Ford or Chrysler you're limited to their European vans. You're as likely to see a Volvo semi truck as you are a Peterbilt. Etc