Export minivan (BUX) production starts

The Windsor Assembly Plant has begun to make export-targeted minivans, including right-hand-drive and diesel versions, built on the same line as North American minis. The Chrysler Grand Voyager  is sold in over 80 countries, in right and left hand drive configurations, with both petrol (gasoline) and 2.8-liter common-rail diesel (CRD) engines; the diesel is around 90% of sales in some countries, due to its greater fuel efficiency.

Windsor is Chrysler’s only auto assembly plant operating on three shifts. The Chrysler Group has sold more than 12 million minivans worldwide since the company invented the minivan segment more than 25 years ago.