Pillette Road Truck Assembly

Pillette Road Truck Assembly Plant
Built1974 (1974)
Location
Coordinates42°18′00″N 82°57′47″W / 42.3°N 82.963°W / 42.3; -82.963
IndustryAutomotive
ProductsDodge Ram Van, Dodge Ram Wagon
Area750,000 sq ft (70,000 m2)
Defunct2003 (demolished 2004)

Pillette Road Truck Assembly Plant was a Chrysler automobile factory in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The plant built the Dodge Ram Van and Dodge Ram Wagon from its opening in 1974 to its closing in 2003.[1] Total lifetime production was 2,309,399 units with a peak production of 124,124 in 1984.[2]

Products

Closing

As the full-size van market declined and DaimlerChrysler's share of the market shrunk, DaimlerChrysler discontinued the Ram Van and Wagon in 2003 and replaced them with the Dodge Sprinter, a rebadged version of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter that was manufactured in Germany and imported into the US. Unable to secure a replacement product, the plant closed in July 2003 despite a recently constructed paint shop building. The original assembly plant and adjacent paint shop building were subsequently demolished.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Windsor, Ontario Chrysler plants". allpar.com. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "DaimlerChrysler Pillette Road Truck Assembly Plant (demolished)". Wikimapia. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  3. ↑ Reaume, Dan (26 April 2012). "Mammoth Chrysler warehouse rises from plant's ashes". Daily Commercial News. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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