It’s the end of the line for the current generation of the Jeep Liberty, also known as the Cherokee in overseas markets, as according to a report from Reuters, the Chrysler Group will stop manufacturing the SUV at its Toledo North Assembly Plant next Thursday, August 16.
However, as the current Liberty comes to an end, Jeep will give birth to another model with the Chrysler Group to begin preparing the Toledo facility for its production.
Last year, Chrysler said that it would invest US$1.7 billion (€1.4 billion), add a second shift and hire more than 1,000 workers in Toledo to develop and produce the Liberty’s replacement that will be based on a new Fiat Group platform.
More specifically, the SUV will use a derivative of the Fiat-Chrysler Alliance’s Compact U.S. Wide (CUSW) platform that underpins the 2013 Dodge Dart and which itself is sourced from the Alfa Romeo Giulietta.
The same platform will also base the next generation of the Chrysler 200 sedan and coupe models.
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