The Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (abbrevriated SHAP), is a automotive manufacturing factory in

Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan, and one of Detroit's core suburbs. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a total population of 134,346. It is the second largest suburb in Metro Detroit, and the fourth la ...

currently operated by

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.Sterling Heights
at Stellantis NA

History

The factory was opened by Chrysler under its Missile Division in 1953 to produce missiles. The nearby "Sterling Stamping" opened in 1965. The plant was operated by the

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for a number of years and was purchased by

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in 1980. However, VW had entered a sales slump and never produced any vehicles at the plant. In 1983, the plant was sold to Chrysler to produce the

Dodge Shadow The Dodge Shadow and Plymouth Sundance are economical 3-door and 5-door hatchbacks that were introduced for the 1987 model year by the Chrysler Corporation. For 1991, a 2-door convertible variant was added to the Shadow lineup; this bodystyle was ...

and

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. After the plant was modernized in 2006, the assembly line and tooling for the outgoing Stratus and Sebring were sold to OAO GAZ and shipped to that company's factory in

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. GAZ continued to produce the Stratus under license there through 2010, marketed as the

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. On May 6, 2009 it was announced that the Sterling Heights Assembly plant would close by December 2010 with the adjacent stamping plant to remain open however the decision of the Chrysler board to make the new 200 model allowed it to bring new life into the plant and saved it from being closed. In 2010 Chrysler purchased the plant from Old Carco LLC for

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$20 million. The plant will retain its current 1,200 employees. Chrysler will break ground on a new paint shop at the plant on June 21, 2011. This comes after an announcement of an 850 million dollar investment in October 2010. When the Chrysler 200 was discontinued in December 2016, FCA announced that the Sterling Heights facility would receive a $1.49 billion investment to retool so it can build the next-generation

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pickup, which will be transferred from the

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so that it can build the all-new, full size

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with a planned launch in 2018.Sterling Heights survives
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Vehicles produced

Current

(2019–present)

Former

* Sterling Heights Assembly **

Chrysler 200 The Chrysler 200 is a mid-size sedan that was manufactured and marketed by Chrysler from model years 2011 to 2017 across two generations in four-door sedan and two-door convertible (first generation only) body styles. The 200 nameplate debuted ...

Sedan (2011–2017) and Convertible (2011–2014) **

Lancia Flavia The Lancia Flavia (Tipo 815/819/820) is an executive car produced by Lancia in Italy from 1961 to 1971. Production continued as the Lancia 2000 from 1971 to 1975. The Flavia was launched with a 1,500 cc engine at the Turin Motor Show#1960, ...

(2011–2014) **

Dodge Avenger The Dodge Avenger is a front-wheel drive, mid-sized sedan that was marketed by Dodge. The Avenger made its North American debut in 1994 for the 1995 model year as a coupe that was produced until 2000. The model name was reintroduced to the ...

(2008–2014) **

Chrysler Sebring The Chrysler Sebring ( ) is a line of mid-size automobiles that was sold from 1995 through 2010 by Chrysler. Three generations of convertibles, two generations of sedans, and two generations of coupes were produced. Although the coupe shared th ...

Sedan (2001–2010) and Convertible (1996–2010) **

Plymouth Breeze The Chrysler Cirrus is a mid-sized 4-door notchback sedan introduced by Chrysler motors for the 1995 model year. Built on the Chrysler JA platform, the 4-door notchback sedan joined Chrysler's roster of "Cloud Car" models drawing their names ...

(1996–2000) **

Dodge Stratus The Dodge Stratus is a mid-size car that was introduced by Dodge in December 1994 and was based on the 4-door sedan Chrysler JA platform. The Stratus, Plymouth Breeze, and Chrysler Cirrus were all on ''Car and Driver'' magazine's Ten Best list ...

(1995–2006) **

Chrysler Cirrus The Chrysler Cirrus is a mid-sized 4-door notchback sedan introduced by Chrysler motors for the 1995 model year. Built on the Chrysler JA platform, the 4-door notchback sedan joined Chrysler's roster of "Cloud Car" models drawing their names f ...

(1995–2000) **

Dodge Daytona The Dodge Daytona is an automobile which was produced by the Chrysler Corporation under their Dodge division from 1984 until 1993. It was a front-wheel drive hatchback based on the Chrysler G platform, which was derived from the Chrysler K pla ...

(1992–1993) **

(1987–1994) **

Chrysler LeBaron GTS The Chrysler LeBaron, also known as the Imperial LeBaron, is a line of automobiles built by Chrysler from 1931-1941 and from 1955-1995. The model was introduced in 1931, with a body manufactured by LeBaron, and competed with other luxury cars ...

Dodge Lancer The Dodge Lancer is an automobile that was marketed in three unrelated versions by Dodge during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s. The first version debuted as a hardtop version of the full-sized 1955 Dodge, and was produced in that form until 1959 ...

(1985–1989) * Sterling Stamping ** Stamped metal panels

References

External links

* {{Stellantis Chrysler factories Motor vehicle assembly plants in Michigan Buildings and structures in Macomb County, Michigan Industrial buildings completed in 1953 1953 establishments in Michigan Sterling Heights, Michigan