| Detroit get's first new auto plant in 30 years, It's Jeep
It's refreshing to see motor city get some of its old charm back. Grand Cherokee L is the first car to come out of the new Stellantis factory. 
Above - 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee L vehicles are seen on the final line at the Detroit Assembly Complex - Mack Plant in Detroit, Michigan, U.S - Reuters Quote:
Stellantis opened the doors of its new $1.6 billion Mack Avenue assembly complex on Thursday, showing off parts of a 3 million square foot complex completed and launched into production largely during the pandemic.
The Grand Cherokee L vehicles on the assembly line are the first of a new generation of Jeep's best-selling model line, aimed at expanding the brand's sales to customers who want an SUV with three rows of seats.
Until now, Grand Cherokees only offered seating for five. Now, with room for as many as seven passengers, Jeep can take on rivals such as Ford Motor Co's Explorer, General Motors Co's GMC Acadia and larger SUVs from European and Japanese brands.
As the Mack assembly complex accelerates, Stellantis will have two adjacent factories in Detroit capable of building 500,000 or more Grand Cherokee models a year. The nearby Jefferson North Jeep plant was built in 1991 - and until now was the Motor City's newest assembly plant.
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While EV's are here to stay, demand for pickup trucks and gasoline fueled SUV's is what keeps Detroit ticking. Quote:
The new Jeep plant underscores the split personality of the United States vehicle market, where most of the vehicles coming down the Mack assembly line will be sold.
Tesla Inc is the industry's most valuable automaker thanks to its lead in electric vehicle technology.
But for Detroit's automakers, demand for pickup trucks and decked-out gasoline-fueled SUVs still pays the bills.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...rs-2021-06-11/ | 
11th June 2021, 14:26
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