It was a joint DESIGN venture dude lips. Chrysler builds the engine in Michigan and assembles the Caliber in Illinois. So that cool looking Caliber is pretty much all American.
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Ha ha. Scarlet, this is becoming a travesty for you…
“The engine was built in a new joint-venture plant in Dundee, Michigan; blocks were made by J.L. French of Wisconsin. The current 2.4 liter engines made in Mexico continued for a Russian venture making vehicles closely based on the Sebring/Stratus (using the tooling that was retired in May 2006).
Reportedly, the basic block was designed by Hyundai, and Chrysler and Mitsubishi then made a large number of modifications to make it more efficient and adapt it to their uses and technologies. Most of the packaging/dressing components, such as intake manifolds and valve timing equipment, were developed by each partner independently. For example, the variable valve timing was developed by Mercedes and was used on the V6 in the E-Class. J.L. French makes the blocks for American engines, with Nemak providing head castings from Mexico……Many components, including pistons, valves, rods, fuel injectors, and camshafts, are outsourced; by raising the volume, the Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) can reduce the price of these as vendors are also able to amortize engineering costs over higher volumes.”
Second, the CVT transmission you speak so highly of
“The Dodge Caliber offers a continuously variable transmission (dubbed CVT2 by Dodge) sourced from Jatco (a Nissan subsidiary), the second DaimlerChrysler model to employ this technology after the Mercedes-Benz A-Class. ”
Again, so much for an “all-american” car….
[quote]That stuff about the NUMMI plant is really old news. Kinda like those 80s movies you keep peddling. [/quote]
Speaking of NUMMI, that factory which employs your UAW buddies, turns out more toyotas than pontiac vibes. I suppose you want toyota to shut down and through your union buddies out on the street.
