Marchionne Talks Small Cars, Parts, Sourcing at Newly Expanded Stamping Plant
The new tooling at the Sterling Heights plant will increase capacity by nearly 75,000 stampings per day, or 20 million per year, as FCA looks to pull more press work in-house.
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STERLING HEIGHTS, MI – Fiat Chrysler has a number of “viable options” when it comes to replacing its Chrysler 200/Dodge Dart small cars phasing out next year, CEO Sergio Marchionne says.
“We’ve got people flying around now looking at this situation,” he says. “So we’ll have an answer, hopefully, soon.”
Many automakers are eager to share the cost burden on small-car production, given the soft demand in that sector, Marchionne contends, suggesting FCA may have its pick of partners. “There are real viable options.”
The CEO also tells reporters “do not worry” about the future of the automaker’s Warren, MI, truck plant, which will lose its product – the Ram pickup – to the Sterling Heights assembly plant.