A Jeep Wrangler Pickup? Toledo Plant Gearing-Up… For ‘Something’

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has reportedly confirmed that a Jeep pickup is on the way as the company outlined changes to its production facilities.

The Toledo, Ohio plant in the US will continue to build the crowd-favourite Wrangler 4WD under the changes, but will forgo its Cherokee production to an as-yet, unconfirmed neighbouring facility. 

The reason? Industry paper Automotive News has learned that the extra floor space is needed in Toledo for future production of a Wrangler Pickup.

Jeep’s Toledo plant is currently equipped to build both the body-on-frame Wrangler and ‘uni-body’ models, such as the Cherokee.

Under the changes, the uni-body side of the plant will be converted to enable expanded production of the Wrangler, but at least some of the extra capacity will be devoted to the new pickup model.

Reports predict combined production for the pair out of the Toledo facility could reach 350,000 units per year.

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