Hell Freezes Over: A Jeep Wrangler Pickup Is Coming - The Cheat Sheet
Speaking with Automotive News earlier this week, FCA chief Serio Marchionne said, “We found a solution that accommodates a variety of other interests to us because of the way in which we can move some product around. ” He added, “It doesn’t take a rocket scientist [to know] that the only way I can move around the Wrangler is to move it into the other Toledo plant. With this latest announcement, however, the Toledo plant will not only receive the necessary tooling to keep the next-generation Wrangler and pickup, but the Jeep Cherokee (the brand’s best-selling model) will be moved elsewhere. It’s an easy move for FCA, as both plants are likely to have room, and are already equipped to manufacture unibody vehicles. In a move that doesn’t happen much in the auto industry, the Toledo’s current unibody assembly line will be retooled for body-on-frame models, specifically the all-new Wrangler and pickup. Once the plant is fully online, FCA also plans on having it shoulder some of the burden from its Warren Assembly plant in Michigan as that plant is in need of updating. Source: www.cheatsheet.com
