RubHer Yellow Ducky
10-19-2008, 02:17 PM
Jeeps could soon be built in India
Posted Oct 15th 2008 9:58AM by Jeremy Korzeniewski (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jeremy-korzeniewski)
Filed under: SUVs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), Plants/Manufacturing (http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/), Jeep (http://www.autoblog.com/category/jeep/), India (http://www.autoblog.com/category/india/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/jeep_india.jpg (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/indian-firm-confirms-talks-with.html)
No other brand is as patriotic as Jeep, boasting the WWII-era General Purpose military vehicle that helped win the war for the Allies. As it stands, current Jeeps are all U.S. made, with the Grand Cherokee and Commander hailing from the Detroit area, the Wrangler and Liberty being assembled in Toledo, Ohio and the Patriot and Compass coming from Illinois. That all seems set to change, though, as rumors swirl regarding India's Argentum Motors being tapped to build some of the SUVs abroad. Before everyone gets too upset, consider that Jeeps have been built in many other countries in the past, with even the classic Wrangler coming from Canada for a time. What this means for American jobs, though, we don't know. Colonel Bhagwati Prasad Suman from Argentum Motors suggests that any automaker building vehicles in India will save at least 15-percent in costs as compared to the United States. This being the case, we wouldn't be at all shocked if the rumors were true and if more such announcements were made in the future.
Posted Oct 15th 2008 9:58AM by Jeremy Korzeniewski (http://www.autoblog.com/bloggers/jeremy-korzeniewski)
Filed under: SUVs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), Plants/Manufacturing (http://www.autoblog.com/category/plants-manufacturing/), Jeep (http://www.autoblog.com/category/jeep/), India (http://www.autoblog.com/category/india/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/10/jeep_india.jpg (http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/10/indian-firm-confirms-talks-with.html)
No other brand is as patriotic as Jeep, boasting the WWII-era General Purpose military vehicle that helped win the war for the Allies. As it stands, current Jeeps are all U.S. made, with the Grand Cherokee and Commander hailing from the Detroit area, the Wrangler and Liberty being assembled in Toledo, Ohio and the Patriot and Compass coming from Illinois. That all seems set to change, though, as rumors swirl regarding India's Argentum Motors being tapped to build some of the SUVs abroad. Before everyone gets too upset, consider that Jeeps have been built in many other countries in the past, with even the classic Wrangler coming from Canada for a time. What this means for American jobs, though, we don't know. Colonel Bhagwati Prasad Suman from Argentum Motors suggests that any automaker building vehicles in India will save at least 15-percent in costs as compared to the United States. This being the case, we wouldn't be at all shocked if the rumors were true and if more such announcements were made in the future.