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Nissan Builds Trucks at the Chrysler Plant |
Nissan plans to build full-sized Titan trucks for North America and has already agreed with Chrysler about the beginning of the production at their plant in Saltillo, Mexico. The new 2009 Dodge Ram is made at the same plant and since the both trucks will be put together at that place, some people rise a question if both of them are going to have the same kind of engines.
The manufacturers deny these gossips, saying that companies have separate plans about the engines. Chrysler worked really hard to have Hemi brand equity and does not want to share. At the same time Nissan has its universal 5.4-loter V8 engine for Titans. Though, Nissan could really broaden their offer of different versions of the trucks by having the access to Chrysler’s Hemi.
According to the words of Nissan North America Inc.’s vice president, William Krueger, the Titan, which is going to launch the assembly in 2011 at the Chrysler plant is going to have Nissan sheet metal and almost all the touch points are coming from the original automaker as well.
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