Stellantis wants to invest in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan.

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I know Stellantis unhinges some here, but this is a positive for the USA.

The plans, as outlined in an internal message Wednesday to U.S. employees, included creating 1,500 jobs and reopening a plant in Illinois to build a new midsize pickup truck in 2027; building a new version of the Dodge Durango SUV that was being considered for Mexico at a Detroit plant instead; and adding more support for plants in Toledo, Ohio, and Kokomo, Indiana.

John told the President that building on our proud, more than 100-year history in the U.S., we plan to continue that legacy by further strengthening our U.S. manufacturing footprint and providing stability for our great American workforce,” Antonio Filosa, head of Stellantis’ North American operations, said in the message.
 
They must be getting pretty far along in the midsize truck development if they plan to release it in 2027. Has there been talk of them starting to retool the Belvidere plant? Cause that should be starting if they wanna make it for a release in 2027.
 
I've been by the automatic transmission plant in Kokomo. Delphi, Delco when I was a kid, is across the street from it. I grew up in Ottawa Hills, a suburb of Toledo where the Jeep Wrangler plant is.
 
Very interesting along with the timing considering current events. I really enjoyed owning Dakota's and will be keeping an eye on this news. Thank you for the heads up.
 
The term "threadbare patchwork" describes my knowledge of the car industry.
However.....
a) I've read comments here regarding the aged Midwestern work force vis' the feasibility of "making it 1950" again.
I have no numbers; do you?
b) I've been told, "The entire front ends of Lincoln products come from China...". True or not, how much resuscitation of the industry will be delivered (how much will be imported) will remain to be seen.

Regarding the drunk and stoned workers....let's look at what fulfills and what being a lowly consumer really means.
 
I do like the Wagoneer but the article is only talking about Durango & a new midsize pickup. If you can get over the articles money trail hopefully it will end well for the union workers in U.S. They should benefit from domestic production from the American buyer. How's the quality of the Durango these days? I remember like the early 2000's Durango & found the plush leather seats very nice. Brother had a bunch of problems with that one though.

Still keep thinking about that Ram that buckled though.
 
The aren’t even putting the GMET6 3.0 hurricane in the Grand Cherokee.
Yet! (I'm hopeful). There was some rumour that there would be an SRT Grand Cherokee with the Hurricane I6 with the hybrid powertrain (torque converter on the ZF8HP) to give it that "electric boost".
 
Yet! (I'm hopeful). There was some rumour that there would be an SRT Grand Cherokee with the Hurricane I6 with the hybrid powertrain (torque converter on the ZF8HP) to give it that "electric boost".
Haven’t heard that rumor yet, but last I heard it was just gonna be the GMET4 EVO and the 4xe for the Grand Cherokee.
 
The US has had Auto Production over-capacity for years. 30% by most estimates. Building more factories won't cure slowing demand.

I wonder how much of this "investment" was going to happen anyway. They have to build SUV and trucks here or pay the chicken tax, so they need to invest a certain amount anyway just to keep things running. I wonder if this is all just currying favor by making an announcement of something that was planned anyway.

There is a current Twitter thread about how the Saudis promised in 2017 to buy $600B in US defense material, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. They only purchased a tiny fraction of that amount. I believe there back promising to buy a bunch of stuff again, to curry favor again.

Talk is cheap, in general. I hope it happens but won't hold my breath.
 
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