Fiat Chrysler to build 3 new Jeeps, create 2,000 jobs in US

[Calista241]

Source: AP

DETROIT (AP) -- Fiat Chrysler will add three new Jeeps to its lineup including a pickup truck as it invests $1 billion in two U.S. factories, furthering its effort to increase production of hot-selling SUVs and pickup trucks and get out of producing small and midsize cars. The expansion will create 2,000 new jobs.

The Italian-American automaker said Sunday it will modernize a factory in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan, to make the new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer large SUVs. A factory complex just south of there in Toledo, Ohio, also will get new equipment to make the new pickup. The company wouldn't provide details of the new products, but said the factory work would be done in 2020.

Consumers worldwide have gravitated toward SUVs and trucks while turning away from passenger cars. Last year in the U.S., car sales fell 7 percent while truck and SUV sales rose 8 percent.

Producing vehicles in Mexico and shipping them to the U.S. has become a thorny political issue with the election of Donald Trump as president. Trump has criticized Ford, General Motors and Toyota for building small cars in Mexico and shipping them across the border. He has threatened to impose a big border tax on the companies

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[elmac]

1. Bet sniffles will take credit for this. NT

[cstanleytech]

8. He will take credit for every job created and blame for the Democrats, Mexicans, Chinese and

everyone else if a job is lost or more likely he will ignore any lost jobs of which I suspect we will see many.

[Initech]

20. I can picture the Trump Tweet tomorrow:

Or:

[tenorly]

2. One more bit of good news Hail-to-the-Cheeto will take credit for, no doubt.

The fact that, under Obama, new auto sales have risen by 75% had nothing to do with this, I'm sure.

*sarcasm thingy*

[DK504]

30. Those facts

are so overlooked and credit taken away from the President is mind boggiling. Considering he saved the auto companies from themselves and help the auto industry begin to sell cars again will be pushed aside and forgotten.

It makes me so sad that he will never be acknowledged for what he has done. He saved America from the horrible things from the Bush Admin. and he will be vilified for being black.

This country dissapoints me so much.

[tenorly]

31. Racism often, ahem, trumps reason.

Fascists around the world have long understood that, and in recent years neo-fascists have used it to win a number of close elections with otherwise unelectable candidates.

Rajoy's surprise reelection in Spain, Macri's narrow runoff win in Argentina, Turnbull's squeaker in Australia (to some extent), Le Pen in France this May in all likelihood, and of course Trump, are but a few recent examples of candidates that won by a hair largely thanks to dog-whistle politics.

And in the case of Trump, Russian vote hacking - but that's a different story.

[kimbutgar]

3. When the economy starts to get bad, very few people will be buying those jeeps

This is just a headline for chumps sheep to make them feel better for voting for an idiot. They are slowly realizing it. But don't want to admit it.

[humbled_opinion]

4. 3, 2, 1....

Dump tweets "America great again" thanks Chrysler.

[bdamomma]

9. did he threaten

and bully them??

Its always about him.

[Ms. Toad]

10. AND takes credit for the jobs. n/t

[lordsummerisle]

5. Wow that Trump guy is amazing

2000 more jobs he's created and he's not even President yet...!

[keithbvadu2]

14. Balance that with the thousands of jobs he lost with the closings of Macy stores.

[Bengus81]

32. Gas prices UP 30 cents per gallon here since the election...

Haven't seen Cheeto Tweet and take responsibility for that one yet................

[jmowreader]

6. Let's just hope these new Jeep pickups are better than the last ones

[bucolic_frolic]

7. Fix It Again Tony

Enslaved to debt - college loans, car leases, mortgages ... are you
getting rich in this system, or are you being exploited by capitalists?

[AtheistCrusader]

27. I* have a Renegade. Mechanically, it's been super reliable, 25k miles on it so far.

Comes out of the same factory as the larger Fiat 500L. Same platform, shit, same orange paint. This isn't the 70's anymore.

*Well, *I* don't have it, my wife does. I have a shitbox 2002 Focus with a quarter million miles on it, but I'm tasked with maintaining our vehicles, so I'm happy she has something reliable for her job; which sometimes involves driving through shitty conditions.

[rug]

11. Jeep used to make pickp trucks.

2018:

[IronLionZion]

15. Good that someone is making small trucks again

[snooper2]

24. Lots of companies are, we can't have them because of the fucking chicken tax

Maybe that is one good thing dipshit could do, get the chicken tax repealed.

[AtheistCrusader]

28. They'll probably bring back the 'commando' too.

Jeep's take on the Blazer/Bronco concept where the roof comes off and it's sorta a pickup kinda. A little bit.

[rug]

34. They have something like that now with the Wrangler Unlimited.

[AtheistCrusader]

35. Sadly out of my price range.

Also I should be driving something more efficient anyway. I intend to keep my badly worn focus alive just long enough for a economical electric car to come online, that has the range I need. That, or the east side light rail option that's supposed to break ground next year.

[rug]

36. Mine too.

I'm still driving a '99 Wrangler.

[IronLionZion]

13. Thanks Trump!

Every job created is because of Trump. Every job lost is because of immigrants, Democrats, or someone else.

And there will be much lost when they cut Obamacare and other programs.

[lordsummerisle]

16. Pretty much...n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. 2000 passenger car jobs lost, 2000 PU jobs gained. ONLY the latter are reported.

Just an example, but the article does say that Chrysler-Fiat is reducing its small car production. That means jobs lost.

Companies will quietly cut jobs a couple hundred at a time, flying under the radar. But they will lump together jobs created to make that look as big as possible.

And tRump will take credit, as a lie. And he'll inflate the number, as a double lie.

[Bengus81]

33. The Trump lemmings will just claim those 3.5M ACA jobs were Guberment jobs....

So they need to be lost anyway. Watch for it...........

[onenote]

17. Fiat Chrysler has added thousands of US jobs since bottoming out during the recession

This is simply a continuation of Chrysler's recovery, something that Obama made possible.

[ProudLib72]

18. top ten worst new cars for 2016

and THREE were Heeps. They ought to be investigated because a car company that makes complete garbage but manages to add to jobs must have illegal money pouring in from somewhere. My guess is Russia. Oh wait, what was that long standing deal that Fiat made with the Soviet Union? Something that happened way back in 1966 with the Lada?

Putin is giving money to Heep!


Or is it....?

[snooper2]

25. I guess that is why Jeep is #2 in resale value behind the #1 vehicle in the World- the Tacoma

[ProudLib72]

26. same reason

so many people voted for tRump: they are complete idiots.

[INdemo]

19. This has been in the works for about 3 years.

The Jeep liberty was dropped and the Toledo Plant will build the Pick-UP and I think the Grand Cherokee was moved to another plant ? that was originally scheduled for Toledo

[Doug.Goodall]

21. When are we going to stop furthering our use of oil?

Carbon pollution is altering our climate and we continue to use the atmosphere as a sewer. These jobs are all based on burning petroleum which is slowly killing us all.

Trumps image would improve if he invested in clean alternative energy.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. tRump is all about profits for Exxon-Mobil (and hence buddy Putin)

tRump doesn't invest in image if there is hard cash to be made for himself and his buddies.

[AtheistCrusader]

29. Jeep doesn't specialize in that.

They will likely license hybrid or electric technology from another automaker, rather than develop it in-house.

The idea of an electric-drive Jeep with full torque at any RPM is kinda cool, actually. Make rock-crawling easier.

[TexasBushwhacker]

37. With all the flooding from climate change

We're all going to need to drive SUVs and trucks soon. My little Scion can barely drive through a puddle.