Chrysler Fiat 500 Production At Warren Truck or Belvidere?

Chrysler Fiat is not giving up any information after Channel 4 Detroit announced that Fiat was considering building the Fiat 500 at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant. Which WTAP currently makes the Dodge Ram/Dakota and was slated to build the Rambox option that came from St. Louis. If Chrysler is to launch the 500 by 2011 they must make a decision soon.
The Belvidere Plant builds the Dodge Caliber which is still going to build the 2010 model.
There are a few good questions,which plant will lose their current production model? will Fiat build a new plant? or will production go to Mexico?


Channel 4 Fiat 500 Report--Video

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Where Will the Fiat/Dodge 500 be Built?

The Local 4 Detroit TV News reported that Fiat is looking at producing the Fiat 500 at Warren,Michigan the Dodge Ram Truck Plant or Belvidere Ill. the Dodge Caliber plant.

The Chrysler engineers have been studying the Tychy Poland plant were the Fiat 500 is currently produced. The Tychy Plant produces about 500,000 Fiat 500s a year. The Belvidere Ill. plant can only produce about 265,000 A year.

The Dodge Ram Truck plant in Warren Michigan is a large facility. It also has it's stamping plant attached and a large shipping yard. The Warren Truck is capable of building 1100 full size trucks a day.

Which this plant could give Chrysler-Fiat the capacity it needs to produce 4 different models of the 500 and high volume.
Hopefully Chrysler-Fiat decides to build the Fiat 500 in the United States, but they better make a move soon.

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