End near for Caliber line?

Add comment August 24th, 2009

The latest BusinessWeek magazine has a profile of Fiat-Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne. In it, the magazine writes that perhaps his biggest challenge will be “replacing misfires such as the Sebring sedan, Jeep Compass, and Dodge Caliber — with the kind of mass-market vehicles that will make or break Chrysler.”

Of course, the Compass and Caliber are assembled in Belvidere along with the Jeep Patriot.What will happen to these vehicles and, more importantly, what products will replace those models in Belvidere is the next big question facing workers and the businesses that rely on those workers.

According to BusinessWeek, those decisions will be made soon. The writer cites a Chrysler executive who expects Marchionne to approve a five-year product plan this month.