Chrysler Resumes Production at Seven Additional Assembly Plants
We already knew the PT Cruiser and Viper had some places in Chrysler’s immediate post-bankruptcy future, but a new release, illustrating which assembly plants will open again by the end of June, gives us a better preview of what offerings we can expect.
-Muscle car enthusiasts can breathe a collective sigh of relief, as the Canadian assembly plant in Brampton, Ontario — responsible for the Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, and Dodge Challenger — is slated to resume production on June 29.
–Chrysler’s other Canadian assembly plant in Windsor, Ontario, will maintain production of the Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country at the same time.
-Assembly of the Jeep Wrangler (and Unlimited) will manitain in Toledo, Ohio. Production of the Grand Cherokee has been halted until the new 2011 model is already ready to launch.
-We’d already reported on the PT Cruiser’s revival, but the same factory in Toluca, Mexico, also builds the Dodge Journey. Chrysler has approved the crossover has received a green light.
-Same goes for the Journey’s distant relatives, the Chrysler Sebring and Dodge Avenger. Production of these midsize sedans will still take part in Sterling Heights, Michigan.
-To help Dodge maintain a truck portfolio, assembly plants in both Warren, Michigan, and Fenton, Missouri, will reopen. Both plants build the full-size Ram, but the Warren facility will still build the mid-size Dakota.
Although production will start at the end of July, all assembly plants will still be idled for two weeks beginning on July 13. Chrysler also says to expect other plants (possibly those building small cars?) to start again production at “a later date.”
