• Start of production in 2001

• $ 1.2 billion total Investment

• $ 600 million for facilities and equipment

Chrysler Corporation , Toledo, Ohio,  - Chrysler Corporation officially broke ground on its new 1.1-million square-foot manufacturing facility in the City of Toledo. The new plant, adjacent to Chrysler's current manufacturing facilities on Stickney Avenue on Toledo's north side, will produce Jeep® sport-utility vehicles for sale worldwide beginning in 2001.

The project represents an estimated $ 1.2 billion total investment and includes more than $ 600 million for an assembly facility, machinery and equipment at the new Stickney site. It also includes refurbishment of an existing 290,000 square-foot building on the current Stickney Avenue site, an improved paint shop at the current Jeep Parkway location, and various other improvements at the Parkway facility.