[MoparNorm]

I think the contract limits the total output, IIRC.
So basically, once they are gone, they are gone... Unless Chrysler buys additional and VM has the room to produce the extra.

They are expanding the plant, however I haven't heard any finite numbers.

 

[MoparNorm]

Yes, or, crazy as this sounds, licensing... Chrysler doesn't know much about making diesel engines, but I'm sure a joint venture or some such could be arranged to both companies' benefit. (Yes, I know VM is now owned by Fiat.) If you want serious mass production, that's probably the way to go. I suspect it would be cheaper for Chrysler to use an unused part of Mack or GEMA, than for VM to expand to serious numbers.

Before Fiat, the owner of VM was...Chrysler. So there is a bit of knowledge there. The VM plant is one of the worlds most advanced and modern engine plants and with the additional expansion, it will add to it's already 135,000 per year, Chrysler engine rate, which is 85% of the VM production.