Did you hear that? That's Toledo Losing it's Shit..

"Deal Killer - Powered by Focus" (dealkiller-ii)
10/03/2014 at 11:24 • Filed to: None

Good old Serg stated that the 2017 Wrangler may leave the Toledo production facility, and the city leaders, union members and the local news have collectively lost their minds. This, after repeated statements by Fiat/Chrysler execs that the Wrangler is one of the most important cars in their lineup and they have no plans on moving production.

From Car & Driver "Also of note is Marchionne's statement to AN that pursuing aluminum construction, either solely for the body to be used with a ladder frame or for an entire unibody structure, likely would require moving production away from the Wrangler's longtime Toledo, Ohio, home: "If the solution is aluminum, then I think unfortunately that Toledo is the wrong place, the wrong setup to try and build a Wrangler, because it requires a complete reconfiguring of the assets that would be cost-prohibitive. It would be so outrageously expensive that it would be impossible to try and work out of that facility." So now, it's "trust us", overall employment will not be affected. Somehow, I have a problem with placing my trust in auto execs who hold the future of my home town in their hands.

DISCUSSION (22)

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 11:26

Where would they move it to?

mcseanerson > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 11:27

Maybe if they didn't charge $1200 to deliver to southern Ohio I might be moved to care. Meh

For Sweden > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/03/2014 at 11:28

They're not actually moving anywhere. The confusion is that production will now be in Toledo, Michigan; not Toledo, Ohio. Production won't move, but Michigan will take what's rightfully theirs.

Cherry_man1 > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/03/2014 at 11:29

China

Sweet Trav > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 11:33

Toledo, along with the entire state of Ohio is a cesspool. Columbus being the Epicenter.

Sincerely a Michigan Resident.

SnapUndersteer, Italian Spiderman > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 11:39

its*

nermal > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 11:42

Aren't Cherokees made in Toledo as well?

If that's the case, not that big of a deal as they will still need to build a ton of them. 2017 time frame should be a mid-cycle refresh for the Cherokee anyways.

handyjoe > For Sweden
10/03/2014 at 11:43

I mean, Toledo fits right in with Detroit and Flint, so you're not entirely wrong. But man, it's been nearly two hundred years. It's time to let it go.

nermal > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/03/2014 at 11:45

My guess would be somewhere near where they can get aluminum cheaply.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > nermal
10/03/2014 at 11:45

The F-150 plant?

nermal > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/03/2014 at 11:48

Why not? I hear property is cheap up that way.

472CID > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 12:52

Have they ever produced Wranglers/CJ outside of Toledo OH? I guessing there's some off shore assembling in Asia or South America, but in the states?

Rock Bottom > handyjoe
10/03/2014 at 12:59

NEVER FORGET

Kinja'd!!!

erikgrad > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
10/03/2014 at 13:07

Probably a freshly constructed or reconstructed plant that is optimized for the changes, which could be in Toledo, but maybe not. When he says "Toledo" I think he means the building, not the city.

If they choose to do that, I'd think another vehicle would move into the current Toledo plant.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Deal Killer - Powered by Focus
10/03/2014 at 18:52

For the sake of self-aggrandizement...

http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/an-open-letter…

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > For Sweden
10/03/2014 at 18:53

Michigan got the UP...why would they also want us?

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > 472CID
10/03/2014 at 18:53

Brampton Ontario for a few years under AMC.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Sweet Trav
10/03/2014 at 18:53

As a Toledoan...we claim Michigan status.

Sweet Trav > King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider
10/03/2014 at 18:58

However you have been sullied by Ohio and therefore cannot come back to Michigan.

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Sweet Trav
10/03/2014 at 19:01

Yes but I pay a shit-ton of income taxes to Michigan and spend a lot of personal income there...

So, no citizenship but a workers visa.

Sweet Trav > King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider
10/03/2014 at 19:03

Oh you work in Michigan? In that case we may make an exception...

King Ginger, not writing for Business Insider > Sweet Trav
10/03/2014 at 19:15

If it helps, Columbus IS a cesspool.