FCA will keep Jeep Wrangler production in Toledo - The Detroit News
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will keep building the Jeep Wrangler in Toledo, according to a union representative who was briefed on the automaker’s plans Tuesday morning. Rich Crayon, UAW Local 12 chairman for Toledo Molding & Die, a supplier that assembles instrument panels and other parts for the Wrangler, said FCA confirmed this morning it will keep Wrangler at its sprawling Toledo Assembly Complex. The decision was first reported by Automotive News , which also said Cherokee production would leave the plant and a new Wrangler-based pickup would be added there. Crayon said the automaker didn’t confirm the Cherokee and pickup news, but said there have “been discussions” about those products for the past few months. The confirmation of the Wrangler ends months of speculation about the future of the popular Jeep and the Toledo plant where it has been made. LMC Automotive is forecasting that the new Wrangler will begin production in fall 2017, with a Wrangler-based pickup also scheduled to begin production in late 2017 or early 2018, said Jeff Schuster, senior vice president of forecasting with LMC... IHS Automotive, meanwhile, is forecasting the new Wrangler will begin production in Toledo late next year, with the Jeep pickup coming sometime in 2017. LMC and IHS Automotive do not currently forecast the Cherokee moving out of Toledo. Source: www.detroitnews.com
