Another sign of recovery?
In January, Chrysler announced it was closing the Toluca plant (and six others in the United States and Canada) indefinitely. The Toluca plant has been producing the Journey SUV and PT Cruiser, which was expected to be discontinued this summer.
This may not be completely good news, given that Chrysler’s plans are to finish up existing orders for 2009 models, then retool and — if necessary — go to a staggered work schedule for the 2010 Chrysler models.
However, as the subscriber-only Wardsauto.com reported on 2 March 2006 Chrysler was investing a billion U.S. dollars in upgrading the Toluca plant to allow for flexible manufacturing, meaning it has a better chance of remaining in operation than some other plants… and could, if necessary, be retooled to produce FIATs.
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