Indian Firm Confirms Talks with Chrysler for Outsourcing SUV Production

In a few years time, your "All-American Jeep" maybe manufactured in India if Chrysler LLC gets its way and finishes a deal with Indian contract auto manufacturing firm, Argentum Motors. But unlike this past weekend's reports about a possible merger between Chrysler LLC and GM that were never actually ratified (see details here), this story has been officially confirmed by the head of corporate communications for Argentum Motors, Colonel Bhagwati Prasad Suman. -Continued

Suman told Just-Auto that Argentum Motors is currently in negotiations with the Chrysler Group about an outsourced manufacturing deal adding that the Indian firm is busy retooling its plant to assemble larger vehicles.

"Right now the work is going on to augment the assembly lines which were made to manufacture small cars," said Suman. "Soon they would be big enough to handle an SUV. Any foreign car company would save at least 15% in the production cost if we manufacture their vehicles. Early birds would have the best deal as we are ready to work on a cost-to-cost basis," he added.

Chrysler has yet to issue a statement on the matter.

Via: Just-Auto (sub. Req.)

5 comments

Anonymous // October 14, 2008

I will never buy, so FU Suman
Anonymous // October 15, 2008

awesome idea, if it works out, maybe now the quality will improve. US built Jeeps are of sub-standard. I will definately consider buying one if it was made in India
DadzBoyz // October 15, 2008

Nail
Coffin
Done

This would be a customer, press, and brand disaster. The only way this wouldn't be is if they were to make Jeeps for other markets outside the U.S.
Anonymous // October 20, 2008

Its unbelievable
The real American Jeep - the vehicle that won WWII now to be made overseas
So much for globalization being a good thing for America and the American consumer
Whats next will they sell them at walmart ?
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Anonymous // October 24, 2008

It's amazing how bigoted Americans are. Just because an American vehicle may be manufactured somewhere in Asia (in this case India), you feel it's substandard and unworthy of your purchase?! Reality check, American vehicles, Chryslers in particular have been made in Canada for years (or, is that okay because Canada is majority white country?). Oh, but they've also been made in Mexico! Guess you didn't know that.

Another reality check, if American workers built a product which could compete with the rest of the world's products, we would indeed not be losing sales to Toyota, Honda, etc. for the past 3 decades!