Redesigned Wrangler and 4-door Wrangler in 2006!
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Redesigned Wrangler and 4-door Wrangler in 2006!
The $900-million, multi-factory Toledo Jeep Assembly plant under construction will start building the redesigned Jeep Wrangler and a four-door version of the famed sport-utility vehicle within five weeks of each other next year, but DaimlerChrysler AG hasn't decided which will come first.
That according to the United Auto Workers Local 12, which represents Toledo Jeep workers.
Four-year-old Toledo North Assembly Plant's tentatively plans to add a third shift in April, 2007, although that timing has not been finalized. An April third-shift addition would be after production of the Dodge Nitro begins in August, 2006, and before a redesigned Jeep Liberty makes its debut in August, 2007, according to an article by Local 12 in the latest issue of the Toledo Union Journal.
The Jeep Parkway and Stickney Avenue factories are scheduled to stop making Jeep Wranglers on July 21, 2006, and the new plant will start building the new models - in either the two-door or four-door version - three days later, the union said. Production of the other version is scheduled to follow on Aug. 28, 2006, it said, and a second shift will be added in September at the plant. The new plant, consisting of three new factories, will be partly owned and operated by outside suppliers.
Local 12 President Bruce Baumhower said yesterday he expects Toledo North will pump out more than 300,000 vehicles a year, while the plant under construction will build up to 150,000.
Last year, Toledo Jeep produced about 225,250 Libertys at Toledo North and 98,500 Wranglers at Jeep Parkway and Stickney Avenue.
A Chrysler spokesman could not be reached for comment yesterday. The automaker typically declines to talk about future products.
Chrysler is not expected to add workers at Toledo Jeep as part of a $2.1 billion expansion that will double the number of vehicle models made locally to four, and will add the first non-Jeep in a decade.
Some jobs currently done by Jeep workers will be performed by suppliers, including three key players that will supply chassis and painted bodies for the redesigned Wrangler and its four-door version at the plant being built.
The Toledo Blade
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That according to the United Auto Workers Local 12, which represents Toledo Jeep workers.
Four-year-old Toledo North Assembly Plant's tentatively plans to add a third shift in April, 2007, although that timing has not been finalized. An April third-shift addition would be after production of the Dodge Nitro begins in August, 2006, and before a redesigned Jeep Liberty makes its debut in August, 2007, according to an article by Local 12 in the latest issue of the Toledo Union Journal.
The Jeep Parkway and Stickney Avenue factories are scheduled to stop making Jeep Wranglers on July 21, 2006, and the new plant will start building the new models - in either the two-door or four-door version - three days later, the union said. Production of the other version is scheduled to follow on Aug. 28, 2006, it said, and a second shift will be added in September at the plant. The new plant, consisting of three new factories, will be partly owned and operated by outside suppliers.
Local 12 President Bruce Baumhower said yesterday he expects Toledo North will pump out more than 300,000 vehicles a year, while the plant under construction will build up to 150,000.
Last year, Toledo Jeep produced about 225,250 Libertys at Toledo North and 98,500 Wranglers at Jeep Parkway and Stickney Avenue.
A Chrysler spokesman could not be reached for comment yesterday. The automaker typically declines to talk about future products.
Chrysler is not expected to add workers at Toledo Jeep as part of a $2.1 billion expansion that will double the number of vehicle models made locally to four, and will add the first non-Jeep in a decade.
Some jobs currently done by Jeep workers will be performed by suppliers, including three key players that will supply chassis and painted bodies for the redesigned Wrangler and its four-door version at the plant being built.
The Toledo Blade
redriderbob
