Jeep Wrangler to stay in Toledo, Cherokee leaving, Wrangler-based pickup coming - Automotive News
DETROIT -- Fiat Chrysler has decided to keep making the Jeep Wrangler in Toledo, Ohio, move production of the Jeep Cherokee to a nearby state and build a Jeep pickup. Details about the Wrangler and Cherokee were shared with Toledo plant management this morning in response to inquiries from Automotive News , based on an exclusive interview with CEO Sergio Marchionne on Aug. Automotive News has learned independently that Jeep will make a Wrangler-based pickup in Toledo, a move that will soften the blow of a transferred Cherokee -- Jeep’s best-selling vehicle. Marchionne said that the automaker has “found a solution” to how best expand production of the Wrangler -- in Toledo. Separately, Automotive News has confirmed that the plan includes building a long-sought Wrangler-based pickup, likely in 2017 or 2018. That vehicle is under development. “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. Marchionne has said since January that he preferred to keep Wrangler production in Toledo. FCA’s Toledo Assembly Complex is composed of two plants: one smaller body-on-frame plant that builds the Wrangler and another nearly new unibody plant that builds the Cherokee. Source: www.autonews.com
