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Pentastar V6 production, already too low for the demand, has reportedly been dealt another setback. The engine, used in the Wrangler, Avenger, 200, Journey, Town & Country, Caravan, 300, Charger, and Challenger, and earmarked for the Ram, replaced the old 2.7, 3.5, 3.8, and 4.0 liter V6 engines, and is also to replace the 3.7 [...]
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President Obama will be visiting one of Chrysler’s Toledo plants (one makes the Wrangler, the other makes the Liberty and, if still in production, the Nitro) next Friday to acknowledge repayment of the TARP loans. The repayment was made partly through a cash investment from Fiat, and partly through a move to private credit sources; [...]
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More sources have confirmed that Chrysler will indeed be adding new capacity to build their own camshafts for the Pentastar V6 at one of the Trenton Engine plants, within the next year. The Pentastar V6 uses four cams, and production goals have been boosted far beyond the initial 440,000 per year. The addition will add [...]
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With a Mexican supplier’s inability to produce as many parts as promised shutting down Trenton Engine for a week, possibly resulting in a shutdown at Windsor and ordering restrictions on V6 Chargers, Chrysler has rushed underused equipment southwards. The goal is to boost production by lending or selling production materials to the supplier. Chrysler may [...]
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The second Pentastar plant, in Saltillo, Mexico, is up and running, according to internal sources. The second plant may be putting some strain on the available resources, especially as suppliers to Mexico are reportedly not as high quality as those serving Trenton (Michigan), resulting in rejections and shortages. As a result, parts are allegedly being [...]
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The end of an era has arrived, with both 3.3 and 4.0 liter V6 production at Trenton Engine officially over, and the assembly lines are shut down. A single line continues, with the 3.8 liter engines in production until late Spring to power Jeep Wranglers. After that, the “old” Trenton Engine will be closed down. [...]
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