Chrysler to invest $52 million, hire 298 at 2 engine plants

Chrysler said Wednesday that it will invest $52 million at its engine plants in Trenton and Dundee and hire 298 workers so it can make more Tigershark engines as it gets ready to launch its Jeep Cherokee SUV.

The Auburn Hills-based automaker said it will invest $11.5 million at its Trenton North plant to add an assembly line for the four-cylinder Tigershark engine.

At Dundee, Chrysler said, it will invest $40.5 million to convert an assembly line so it can make cranks, heads and blocks for Tigershark production at Trenton.