Saltillo Engine is a
Chrysler
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engine plant in
Ramos Arizpe
Ramos Arizpe () is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. Ramos Arizpe is located 11 km from the state capital of Saltillo. It is part of the Saltillo metropolitan area. The city ...
,
Coahuila
Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico.
Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...
,
Mexico
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. The factory opened in 1981.
It was built as a scale model of the
plant
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at
Trenton, Michigan
Trenton is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, United States. At the 2010 census, the city population was 18,853.
A Shawnee village was built in the area by war chief Blue Jacket after the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. The area later became the site ...
, United States, but with more work flexibility, having only 20 job classifications rather than the 70 at Trenton.
Current products:
[
* 5.7 L Hemi Eagle V8
* 6.2 L Hemi Hellcat V8
* 6.4 L Hemi Apache V8
* 3.0 L Hurricane I6
Former products:
* 2.0 L I4
* 2.4 L I4
* 2.4 L Tigershark I4
]
South Engine Plant
Saltillo South Engine opened in 2010.V6 engine
A V6 engine is a six-cylinder piston engine where the cylinders share a common crankshaft and are arranged in a V configuration.
The first V6 engines were designed and produced independently by Marmon Motor Car Company, Deutz Gasmotoren Fabrik ...
.
References
Chrysler factories
Motor vehicle assembly plants in Mexico
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