The union and lawmakers successfully put pressure on the Obama administration to persuade GM to drop the plan, forcing it to retool an existing plant in Michigan to produce those compact cars.

• 全美汽车工人联合会和国会议员成功地向奥巴马政府施压，要求政府说服通用汽车放弃该计划，迫使它改装密歇根的一个现有工厂，生产这种小型轿车。