Belvidere Assembly

Belvidere Assembly is a Chrysler automobile factory in Belvidere, Illinois. The factory opened in 1965 and was converted to produce the Neon in 1993. Neon production ended on September 23, 2005. The attached Belvidere Satellite Stamping facility opened that same year; it stamps out all sheet metal parts for the production line. Chrysler recalled 1,000 laid off factory workers on March 14, 2006, to begin production on the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Patriot and Jeep Compass.

Products:
* 1974-1977 Dodge Monaco
* 1978-1988 Dodge Omni/Plymouth Horizon
* 1982-1984 Dodge Rampage
* 1983 Plymouth Scamp
* 1983-1987 Dodge Charger/Plymouth Turismo
* 1986 Shelby Charger
* 1986-1987 Shelby GLHS
* 1988-1993 Chrysler New Yorker
* 1988-1993 Dodge Dynasty
* 1990-1993 Chrysler New Yorker Fifth Avenue
* 1990-1993 Chrysler Imperial
* 1995–2005 Dodge Neon/Plymouth Neon
* 2003–2005 Dodge SRT-4
* 2006–present Jeep Compass
* 2006–present Dodge Caliber
* 2006–present Jeep Patriot (production start 3Q 2006)

The plant is located at 3000 West Chrysler Drive.

References

*cite web|url=http://www.rrstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060411/BUSINESS05/104110018/1018|title=Patriot officially part of Belvidere|work=Rockford Register Star|accessdate=April 29|accessyear=2006

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