Chrysler Prepping New Generation 200 and Mid-Size Dodge for 2014

ChryslerChryslerUnited States of America, 1925 > present70 models
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has announced that production for the second generation, 2015 model year 200Chrysler 200United States of America, 2010 > 20146 versions
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will begin in early 2014 and sales will start in the late spring or early summer.

Production of the current 200 at Chrysler’s Sterling Heights, Michigan, factory will stop in December to allow it to refit the plant to begin building the new model. A DodgeRuf CTR 3Germany, 2007 > present1 Version
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model will share the platform, but Chrysler has not announced whether the car will be called the AvengerDodge Avenger Gen.3United States of America, 2007 > present26 versions
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, as it is now.

The next-generation Chrylser mid-size cars will use the Compact US Wide platform that underpins the Dodge DartDodge Dart (modern)United States of America, 2012 > present26 versions
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and Jeep CherokeeJeep Cherokee Gen.3 [KL]United States of America, 2014 > present18 versions
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.

The upgrades to the plant will include new machines in the assembly area and a new paint shop. The factory just received a new body shop as well. 

Source: Reuters