Plant in Toluca, Mexico, likely to get Fiat minicar, not Michigan plant

Toluca, Mexico plant likely to get Fiat minicar

Chrysler Group LLC is planning to built the Fiat 500 minicar at a factory in Toluca, Mexico instead of a soon-to-be shuttered plant in the U.S. A comparison of the Toluca plant and the Sterling Heights, Mich., assembly plant, where workers had hoped to get the 500:

TOLUCA

Year built: 1968

Number of workers: 2,179

Square Footage: 1.57 million

Vehicles made: Chrysler PT Cruiser sedan, Dodge Journey crossover

STERLING HEIGHTS

Year built: 1953 as jet engine plant. Bought by Chrysler in 1983.

Number of workers: 1,322

Square Footage: 3 million

Vehicles made: Chrysler Sebring, Dodge Avenger

Source: Chrysler Group LLC