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Stellantis Confirms Midsized Pickup Production at Belvidere in 2027

Stellantis Confirms Midsized Pickup Production at Belvidere in 2027​

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Stellantis (FCA US, LLC) has confirmed plans to manufacture an all-new midsized pickup truck at its Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois. This announcement follows a history of discussions between Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and then-President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., prior to the inauguration.

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Stellantis Confirms Midsized Pickup Production at Belvidere in 2027

Stellantis (FCA US, LLC) has confirmed plans to manufacture an all-new midsized pickup truck at its Belvidere Assembly Plant in Illinois. This announcement follows a history of discussions between Stellantis Chairman John Elkann and then-President-elect Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., prior to...
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Time to congratulate American labor in its efforts to have the disrespectful and shortsighted Tavares’ game of bait and switch overturned. Beyond the wisdom and value of collective bargaining is the business decision on Belvedere that makes too much sense not recognize. Stellantis will get this figured out and the American auto industry and consumers will be the better for it.
The bargaining table is restored as the setting for fairness and good business outcomes. Good news on all fronts.
 
I wonder if they can do a STLA Medium version of the Rampage at Brampton with the Compass?
 
james.mooney. said:
I wonder if they can do a STLA Medium version of the Rampage at Brampton with the Compass?
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I predict they will. There will be at least two products built off the “medium” in the U.S. including the current Rampage replacement. Much of the development will be done collaboratively, likely centered in Brazil, for global replication in other manufacturing sites including the U.S. The product is ripe for development and globalization that monetizes development costs over multiple markets must be its ultimate goal. Good point. We will see if it happens.
 
It might be smart to use STLA Medium and Brampton to produce a vehicle for each brand with a sub-$30K starting price: Compass, Hornet v2.0, Rampage, and a smaller MPV-type vehicle like the Portal Concept for Chrysler.
 
They could build Rampage in Mexico now.
 
As an owner of a 2023 Durango and not happy with the potential down size in 2 years, wondering if the “new compact” Ram may share its platform and look with the new Durango? Remember the 2000 Durango gen1 and 2000 Dakota gen2? They were twins and if memory serves me right they were on the same platform.
 
Mike201 said:
As an owner of a 2023 Durango and not happy with the potential down size in 2 years, wondering if the “new compact” Ram may share its platform and look with the new Durango? Remember the 2000 Durango gen1 and 2000 Dakota gen2? They were twins and if memory serves me right they were on the same platform.
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The JGC L has better seating room than the Durango, the next Durango should be based on WL75. I actually think the "Dakota" should be based on this, but I imagine the STLA Large will be the Architecture, as future JGC.
 
I think we're going to see alot of really nice vehicles come from Stellantis in the next few years now that Tavares is gone and Stellantis has the freedom to be what they're supposed to be in North America. I'm definitely in favor of the STLA Midsize truck but it would also be nice to see the return of the SRT4 nameplate on a few STLA Medium platform vehicles.
 
I've owned 2 Dakotas in the past and loved them. They were very capable trucks for being mid-size. I hope the new one lives up to the legacy of the previous ones.
 
vbondjr1 said:
I think we're going to see alot of really nice vehicles come from Stellantis in the next few years now that Tavares is gone and Stellantis has the freedom to be what they're supposed to be in North America. I'm definitely in favor of the STLA Midsize truck but it would also be nice to see the return of the SRT4 nameplate on a few STLA Medium platform vehicles.
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You mean like this?
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The styling is dated and that platform is long gone. (Thankfully) Dodge could use a hot hatch to recapture the youth market. The forthcoming GME-T 2.0 EVO combined with e-AWD should do the trick.
 
We all do understand that every version of the Hornet is quicker than SRT4 Caliber?

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Combined powertrain would be much quicker... The 2.OL and Eaxle..... but rose color glasses about the past SRT4.
 
The Hornet is a sales debacle. While the Hornet is nailed to the showroom floor, people go on a months long waiting list for a Civic hybrid, despite it being a slower ride. Hybrid cars are the absolutely hot ticket consumer draw. The hottest sales segment is with the compact crossovers, the CRV and RAV4 leading that category with the sales boosted by the hybrid options. On the other hand Stellantis can't sell their Hornet hybrid, it is a total loser.

Nobody is looking at the Chrysler products from the 3-headed dog era between the Daimler daze and FCA with rose colored glasses. The products were cheapened out, the Belevidere Trio offered the horrendous CVT that has now finally ended the Nissan brand, combined the compromised World Engines containing various ticking time bombs allowing them to self destruct.

That said, those vehicles sold. The styling of the original Jeep Compass was unfortunate, and the shrunken Ram grill on the Caliber not far behind. FCA fixed the Compass styling and removed some of the cheapness from those products. The Patriot is beautiful. All three were sized right for the market. Subaru took the ball from the hatchback Dodge Caliber and ran all the way past the goal line with it. It is not rose colored glasses to ask Dodge to get back in the game with an affordable C-segment hatch.
 
All I am saying is if marketed right and locally produced and priced accordingly it would be a performance counterpart.

I believe performance expectation have risen. Hornet is a marketing disaster, plus shipping cost and Italian labor structure.
 
The lower end dimensions of the ST Medium platform is in the C-segment. A Dodge product could share a production line with the next Compass.
 
Getting back to the topic at hand, if the midsize Ram pickup is a Rivian wannabe, it will fail. The people who wanted a Rivian have one. People who want a Ram are frustrated.

All battery electric trucks should have heated seats and steering wheels, even in the base trims. I drove a Chevy Silverado W/T last weekend and froze because I didn't want to run down the battery using the heat from the HVAC.

The CDJR brands really needs to break free from the Stellantis influence because some of the suppliers have way better stuff. The question remains will the midsize truck have a longitudinal or transverse powertrain for the IC engine version.
 
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