Thursday, November 15, 2012

Chrysler to build more Rams, V6 engines

DRIVE MAGAZINE -


Chrysler cluster can add a 3rd shift next spring at its Warren Truck plant in residential area Motor City and revamp a part of its waterproof Engine advanced in Motor City to create a lot of Pentastar V6 engines.

The moves represent regarding $238 million in more investment within the Motor City space and can add one,250 jobs, a Chrysler interpreter confirmed. a proper announcement is scheduled  for Th in Motor City.

The engine production increase can ease the company's tight provide of three.6-liter V6 engines, that power most of Chrysler's lineup of larger sedans, minivans, pickups and SUVs.

Chrysler is also set to announce a $40 million investment during a portion of the capital of New Jersey Engine plant in residential area Motor City.

Trenton builds the three.6-liter V6. Soon, it'll begin creating a three.2-liter version for the forthcoming replacement of the motorcar Liberty, in addition as further inline-four Tigershark engines that area unit currently designed solely in Dundee, Mich.

Chrysler same it might add the third shift at Warren Truck within the spring however did not supply a a lot of specific date. The third shift has been mentioned since before the corporate debuted the re-engineered 2013 Ram pickup, that began inward in dealerships late last month. The pickup contains a new elective powertrain that pairs the three.6-liter V6 with Chrysler's Torqueflite eight-speed transmission to deliver fuel economy of up to eighteen mpg city/25 mpg route.

Chrysler sold-out 238,815 Rams this year through October--a twenty p.c gain over last year in associate overall market that has gained fourteen p.c.

The waterproof II plant, a part of the waterproof Engine advanced that was idled last year, had been thought of as a website for assembly of the Maserati Levante, that was to own been designed aboard the motorcar Grand Cherokee at Chrysler's Jefferson North manufacturing plant in Motor City. however Marchionne, conjointly the business executive of edict S.p.A., disclosed a replacement production set up on Oct. thirty that stirred production of the Maserati SUV back to European nation.

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