The public debut of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee at the New York auto show can be traced back to Chrysler Group LLC's $500 million investment to make the Toledo Assembly Complex one of the most flexible and advanced auto assembly plants in the United States.
The Cherokee promises to inject new life into the plant, bringing a second shift of workers and more job security. The plant produced 243,000 vehicles in 2011 and 275,000 vehicles last year, the majority of them Wranglers. By 2015, union officials say there's potential for Toledo to build half a million vehicles a year.
"We'll be pushing 500,000 cars a year in Toledo, and that'll make us the largest assembly plant in North America," said Bruce Baumhower, president of United Auto Workers Local 12.
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