Chrysler to Hire 1100 Workers in Toledo, Ohio

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/business/chrysler-to-add-1100-jobs-in-toledo.html

By NICK BUNKLEY
Published: November 16, 2011

TOLEDO, Ohio — Chrysler said Wednesday that it would add 1,100 jobs at a sport utility vehicle plant here as it spends $1.7 billion developing new models for its Jeep brand.

The new jobs, to be filled in 2013, amount to more than half of the 2,100 that Chrysler committed to creating under the four-year labor agreement that its unionized workers ratified in October. snip

The investment will allow the plant to build replacements for two small S.U.V.’s, the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro. Mr. Marchionne said the Liberty replacement might instead be called the Cherokee, resurrecting a nameplate that Chrysler discontinued in the United States a decade ago but still uses elsewhere in the world.

Some of the S.U.V.’s built in Toledo will be sold overseas as Jeep expands its presence in Russia, China and other countries, Mr. Marchionne said.

[SidDithers]

1. K&R. We looked at the Liberty recently...

but went with a Ford Escape instead, UAW made in Kansas City.

Sid

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2. I think the Dodge Nitro is one of the neatest looking cars on the road

Thank you for supporting union workers.

Don

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3. k&r

:thumbsup:

[zbdent]

4. funny how they call the loan a "bailout", but any tax incentives that Chrysler gets

is not a "bailout" (despite the fact that the ordinary, average citizen wouldn't qualify for similar incentives), and they're pushed by Repug Kasich and Ohio Repugs ...