To: puborectalis who wrote (1120744 ) 2/27/2019 7:42:36 AM From: locogringo Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575706 THANK YOU President Trump! FCA to open Jeep factory in Detroit, invest $4.5 billion ... Detroit will get a Jeep factory, the Motor City’s first new auto assembly plant in a generation, as part of a $4.5 billion manufacturing expansion in southeast Michigan by Fiat Chrysler that will mean nearly 6,500 new jobs, the company announced Tuesday. <snip> 'All new jobs'The company outlined its plans in detail:The $1.6 billion investment would convert the Mack Avenue Engine Complex into a manufacturing site for next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee and a new three-row full-size Jeep SUV, creating 3,850 new jobs. A $900 million investment at Jefferson North Assembly Plant to retool and modernize the factory for continued production of the Dodge Durango and next-generation Jeep Grand Cherokee, with 1,100 new jobs expected. A Warren Truck investment announced in 2017 increases to $1.5 billion for production of the new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer as well as continued assembly of Ram 1500 Classic with addition of 1,400 new jobs. As a result of this investment announcement, production of the new Ram Heavy Duty will continue at its current location in Saltillo, Mexico. FCA had said it would move that production from Mexico to Warren. All three metro Detroit assembly sites will also produce plug-in hybrid versions of their respective Jeep models with flexibility to build fully electric models in the future, the company said in its news release.Sterling Stamping and Warren Stamping plants are to receive more than $400 million total investment to support additional production, potentially creating about 80 new jobs at Sterling. $119 million investment to relocate Pentastar engine production currently at Mack I to the Dundee Engine Plant; production at Mack would end by third quarter of 2019. "These are all new jobs," Shawn Morgan, FCA spokeswoman, told the Free Press, when asked whether any of the 6,500 jobs count existing employees. Reuters reported later in the day that the carmaker will cut nearly 1,400 jobs at the Belvidere, Illinois, assembly plant where it builds the Jeep Cherokee.