On a windy Northern illinois day... I really hope Fiat makes good use of Belvidere's already proven small car building prowess. After all, the previous owners of Chrysler dumped almost a billion dollars into expansion/renovation of Belvidere.
HA, that's why my last VW Jetta GLX VR6 went 316,000 miles and NEVER never left me stranded, ALWAYS got to my destination, in any weather over the years. AND it was a pleasure to drive, secure handling rock steady at speed, tracks perfectly, great seats, unlike GM junk I had for company cars, horrible seats lousy steering, constant issues in repair. VW GLX brakes every 100,000 miles ! Pontiac 12,000 miles ! HAHAHA. Same driving same roads.
Place is filled with day workers, like very un professional, no wonder the products are such horrible quality, look at German assy lines, spotless, bright, clean, everything in neat order, the U.S. car factories run by GM Ford Chrysler are an embarrassment to mfg.
@@jakp8777 a FAILED OBSOLETE GM plant. Largest car factory in North America is VW, Puebla Mexico, been there since the 1960's..largest in the world is VW Wolfsburg Germany, in 2018 they sold and produced 704,000 vehicles, 1 factory!! no other car company has anything like it, 2000 trucks a day bring in supplies 3 triple decker 180 car trains a day LEAVE with finished products
@@jakp8777 Yes it can be, obsolete insulation, obsolete window glazing, obsolete roofing, obsolete electrical system, obsolete plumbing,all in need of modernization, which could cost more than building new, with modern designs. VW's TN factory has water recycling for the welding robots, the roof is special materials for heat reflection, and how ground water retention outside etc. VW TN. facility is the worlds most energy efficient car plant, yes, Buildings do become OBSOLETE, do some research ...learn about building concepts and modern design
If I were FCA I'd pull all these factory video's and never make another one. Ppl don't want to see a robot making their car or bored employees tightening the same bolts day after day after day, how could you have any pride in the product if you're just a human robot ? It's not just FCA it's GM, Ford and the "imports", their factories are all like this one, they couldn't compete if they all didn't have the same kind of manufacturing environment. I have great respect for the folks who work in these factories they must have a great work ethic to come back to work everyday. At one point in my life I thought assembly workers got paid way too much and I hated the UAW. Now at an older and wiser age I definitely think they deserve what they get paid and they need a strong union to protect what must be their main motivation to come to work, wages and benefits. Many of these people are raising a family on these wages, they deserve a decent wage even if it drives up the price of a Ford, Chevy or Dodge. Is this what the Dodge Brothers envisioned ?
You won't believe how many people want those factory jobs. A surprising number actually DO take pride in their work, and also cherish and care for their work place. You've never been impacted by the closing of an automobile assembly plant, I'm willing to bet. But once that factory is gone, everybody there will wish it could miraculously come back. I have seen several assembly plants go, and it is never a pleasant experience. Not for the people who held the jobs, and definitely not for the residents who live around the factories.
Rusty Shackleford Some of them do. Others not so much. My Ex daughter in law works here and some people don’t even stay long enough to complete one day work. Also she said that lots of people are out in the parking lot drinking or toking their breakfast!
One of Chrysler's better plants. Caliber is long gone, replaced by new Dodge Dart.Thank god Daimler's out of the picture; now a good plant can get better.
Wonder why the "delicate" Jetta GLX went with brakes that lasted 100K between changes, while I had Pontiacs that ate brakes every 12K miles? What are you talking about? And the exact same driving. All you clueless? The brakes on the GLX VR6 Jetta where bigger than a Pontiac Grand Prix, and that car was much bigger, and yet inside had LESS room than my Jetta? Are you fully clueless? Why did Chrysler need Fiat to bail them out, Fiat makes small cars? delicate cars?
Well usually ya gets what ya pays for. you can be assured that a $38K Tiguan SEL is vastly higher quality than some Chrysler junk at the same price, THAT'S for sure. Same goes for the $28K GTI trumps anything from Dodge or Chrysler. Even the grossly over priced cheesy RT or Challengers. They are trying to re live the past, it's over. at Chrysler. Rear wheel drives, over powered, no control. 21st century, too bad Chrysler is still early 20th. Design, workmanship, engineering, it matters
Chrysler never made vehicles like VW's Bentley, Porsche, Seat, Skoda,Lamborghinni, and the worlds fasted production car bugatti, VW owns everything, high quality. World's fastest production car has VW W16 engine made in Germany, VW by 2018 will be #1 maker. they are on a roll. You need to be better read, and informed. I had numerous Chrysler vehicles over time, along with GM....they are the biggest reason I now ONLY buy VW products since 1987. GM and Chrysler have no reason to exist
What are you talking about, never had any such issues, what planet are you on? 73 Valiant, yeah, real treat to drive. Nice bench seats, plastic, are you a joker? How's that nice flexible loose steering, wandering across teh road cus teh car can't track straight. We actually had a 73 Valiant for 9 months had to get rid of it, it was so bad, horrible acceleration, horrible all around. Besides going a long time, it matters what it does while it's going. seats, steering, brakes...Valiant joker
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, he wants to talk to grownups, whaaaaaaaaaa. And he drives a Valiant. My father had one of teh first like in 1961, then around 74. The 74 was Junk, under powered, even though it had the slant six. The original was stick, more power, much better car. It went down hill rapidly. When Chrysler went K car that was it, game over. In teh 60's the Road Runner, GTX, Cuda, all cool stuff, they never did it again. Chrysler is doomed, no matter who owns em. Let it die.
Well they do use robots at this plant, just not as many as most on the final assembly line. Its not just German plants, the level of automation at most American plants these days is amazing.
The idea behind building a super car is they learn stuff and it filters down to mass produced stuff. W16 W12 etc are in Audi and VW models too. Mass produced vehicles. Passat had W12 Toureg had V10 Diesels, like what are in the LeMans racers, except not built out like race cars. you certainly don't get it. And Audi won 11 out of 13 races in TDI That's high performance DIESEL. Something GERMANS invented, and perfected. U.S. makers are idiots. Horrible workmanship, horrible design.
And put it in a car the can go 257 mph, and it's quiet, smooth and completely stable....it has more CPU power in the air brake than your computer has processing power. The tires are worth more than your house! Power without CONTROL is useless, like a Ford Mustang that slides off the roads, due to rear wheel only drive and over powered, and shit engineering. Once you understand things you know. you are clueless, and stuck in another planet. And you probably never drove an Audi bi turbo
Delicate "little" cars? Where do you come up with this nonsense? Have you been on this planet very long, do you understand anything about engineering, design, and how cars are made? Explain "delicate" in a VW? I guess their truck div and commercial vehicles are what? Do you even know what VW mfgs? they have already out produced Ford, they are out shipping most other car makrs, they will be #1 by 2018. i wonder how the delicate Jetta VR6 I had went 316,000 miles and felt great all the way
they are all dressed like they came in off the streets for a day labor? horrible looking factory, go look at German factorys, spotless, people in uniforms, this is a horrible looking factory
U.S. run factory always look old, dark, people look like they are wandering. Look at GERMAN footage, uniforms, clean, bright look like they are aware, no wonder U.S. cars sucks.
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Thanks for sharing this video! I own a '12 Jeep Compass and a '13 Jeep Patriot and it is so cool to see the vehicles I drive being created.
My Jeep Compass was built in this same plant as well about 7 or 8 months after this video was uploaded.
Merica!!! 🇺🇸 vote for TRUMP 2024!!!
Jeep patriot the ultimate depreciation machine.
Thanks too all the people who put my Jeep Patriot together. You did an awesome job !! :D
Reminds me of my old job. New United Motor Mfg. Fremont CA.
Thanks for sharing this video. Very interesting. Looks like alot of work goes into making a car.
Where do they build the Compass which is the twin to the Patriot?
On a windy Northern illinois day...
I really hope Fiat makes good use of Belvidere's already proven small car building prowess. After all, the previous owners of Chrysler dumped almost a billion dollars into expansion/renovation of Belvidere.
HA, that's why my last VW Jetta GLX VR6 went 316,000 miles and NEVER never left me stranded, ALWAYS got to my destination, in any weather over the years. AND it was a pleasure to drive, secure handling rock steady at speed, tracks perfectly, great seats, unlike GM junk I had for company cars, horrible seats lousy steering, constant issues in repair. VW GLX brakes every 100,000 miles ! Pontiac 12,000 miles ! HAHAHA. Same driving same roads.
its definitely interesting working there haha, tho im glad we stopped the calibers , the darts are way cooler
Dart looks good. Neon produced there was awesome !
This was cool to watch.
I don’t live too far form this plant, if driven past it before.
Who are the people that drive the cars off at the end? What’s that’s position called.
My 68 Plymouth was built there.
Universal chrysler group
I can’t believe ppl work in there shorts sandals and sleeveless shirts where’s the safety
joel rangel no saddles but it's fuckin hot in there I wear short sleeve shirts n shorts everyday
Why didn't you tell Obama so he could raise the cost to the consumer?
Place is filled with day workers, like very un professional, no wonder the products are such horrible quality, look at German assy lines, spotless, bright, clean, everything in neat order, the U.S. car factories run by GM Ford Chrysler are an embarrassment to mfg.
That was cool to see. We own a Patriot and love that thing. We have the 5 speed. We like ours. I also like my grand Cherokee as well.
Based on a Mitsubishi, that's why!
check out Tesla Plant from Tesla Motors which made in US. it is very bright, clean, and new.
Originally a GM plant.
@@jakp8777 a FAILED OBSOLETE GM plant. Largest car factory in North America is VW, Puebla Mexico, been there since the 1960's..largest in the world is VW Wolfsburg Germany, in 2018 they sold and produced 704,000 vehicles, 1 factory!! no other car company has anything like it, 2000 trucks a day bring in supplies 3 triple decker 180 car trains a day LEAVE with finished products
cengeb failed obsolete? Didn’t know 4 walls and a roof could be obsolete. We better knock down the White House......
@@jakp8777 Yes it can be, obsolete insulation, obsolete window glazing, obsolete roofing, obsolete electrical system, obsolete plumbing,all in need of modernization, which could cost more than building new, with modern designs. VW's TN factory has water recycling for the welding robots, the roof is special materials for heat reflection, and how ground water retention outside etc. VW TN. facility is the worlds most energy efficient car plant, yes, Buildings do become OBSOLETE, do some research ...learn about building concepts and modern design
@@jakp8777 heating and cooling systems obsolete, and updating can many times cost more than building new.
If I were FCA I'd pull all these factory video's and never make another one. Ppl don't want to see a robot making their car or bored employees tightening the same bolts day after day after day, how could you have any pride in the product if you're just a human robot ? It's not just FCA it's GM, Ford and the "imports", their factories are all like this one, they couldn't compete if they all didn't have the same kind of manufacturing environment. I have great respect for the folks who work in these factories they must have a great work ethic to come back to work everyday. At one point in my life I thought assembly workers got paid way too much and I hated the UAW. Now at an older and wiser age I definitely think they deserve what they get paid and they need a strong union to protect what must be their main motivation to come to work, wages and benefits. Many of these people are raising a family on these wages, they deserve a decent wage even if it drives up the price of a Ford, Chevy or Dodge. Is this what the Dodge Brothers envisioned ?
You won't believe how many people want those factory jobs. A surprising number actually DO take pride in their work, and also cherish and care for their work place. You've never been impacted by the closing of an automobile assembly plant, I'm willing to bet. But once that factory is gone, everybody there will wish it could miraculously come back. I have seen several assembly plants go, and it is never a pleasant experience. Not for the people who held the jobs, and definitely not for the residents who live around the factories.
Rusty Shackleford Some of them do. Others not so much. My Ex daughter in law works here and some people don’t even stay long enough to complete one day work. Also she said that lots of people are out in the parking lot drinking or toking their breakfast!
cnnw3929 Janesville Assembly’s former GM plant is an example . Janesville WI was devastated when the plant closed in 2010
How else would you build them.? Actually, robots building cars is a good thing for reliability. They never have a bad day, which is good.
people who cant' afford always claim that.. Yup, drive a $150 Valiant! Must feel fine.
I have seen some evidence that Jeep has used some Chinese aftermarket parts in their new vehicles at the Belvidere assembly plant in recent years.
Yeah right Sherlock.
One of Chrysler's better plants. Caliber is long gone, replaced by new Dodge Dart.Thank god Daimler's out of the picture; now a good plant can get better.
Wonder why the "delicate" Jetta GLX went with brakes that lasted 100K between changes, while I had Pontiacs that ate brakes every 12K miles? What are you talking about? And the exact same driving. All you clueless? The brakes on the GLX VR6 Jetta where bigger than a Pontiac Grand Prix, and that car was much bigger, and yet inside had LESS room than my Jetta? Are you fully clueless? Why did Chrysler need Fiat to bail them out, Fiat makes small cars? delicate cars?
2'25 must be so straining on the body lol
Daimler gave up on Chrysler, un saveable, Fiat will also fail in it.
Vote TRUMP 🇺🇸
Well usually ya gets what ya pays for. you can be assured that a $38K Tiguan SEL is vastly higher quality than some Chrysler junk at the same price, THAT'S for sure. Same goes for the $28K GTI trumps anything from Dodge or Chrysler. Even the grossly over priced cheesy RT or Challengers. They are trying to re live the past, it's over. at Chrysler. Rear wheel drives, over powered, no control. 21st century, too bad Chrysler is still early 20th. Design, workmanship, engineering, it matters
type in bugatti veyron assembly and think again.
Comparing a low volume million dollar car to a $15k mass produced car, genius!
These workers look like the most disinterested pissed off workers I ever seen, it shows up in crap vehicles.
Chrysler never made vehicles like VW's
Bentley, Porsche, Seat, Skoda,Lamborghinni, and the worlds fasted production car bugatti, VW owns everything, high quality. World's fastest production car has VW W16 engine made in Germany, VW by 2018 will be #1 maker. they are on a roll. You need to be better read, and informed. I had numerous Chrysler vehicles over time, along with GM....they are the biggest reason I now ONLY buy VW products since 1987. GM and Chrysler have no reason to exist
machines making machines
What are you talking about, never had any such issues, what planet are you on? 73 Valiant, yeah, real treat to drive. Nice bench seats, plastic, are you a joker? How's that nice flexible loose steering, wandering across teh road cus teh car can't track straight. We actually had a 73 Valiant for 9 months had to get rid of it, it was so bad, horrible acceleration, horrible all around. Besides going a long time, it matters what it does while it's going. seats, steering, brakes...Valiant joker
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, he wants to talk to grownups, whaaaaaaaaaa. And he drives a Valiant. My father had one of teh first like in 1961, then around 74. The 74 was Junk, under powered, even though it had the slant six. The original was stick, more power, much better car. It went down hill rapidly. When Chrysler went K car that was it, game over. In teh 60's the Road Runner, GTX, Cuda, all cool stuff, they never did it again. Chrysler is doomed, no matter who owns em. Let it die.
Why they don't use robots like Germany????
Well they do use robots at this plant, just not as many as most on the final assembly line. Its not just German plants, the level of automation at most American plants these days is amazing.
I can't believe that people still buy this crap.
Cheap cars from a cheap company geared towards a geared populace.
The idea behind building a super car is they learn stuff and it filters down to mass produced stuff. W16 W12 etc are in Audi and VW models too. Mass produced vehicles. Passat had W12 Toureg had V10 Diesels, like what are in the LeMans racers, except not built out like race cars. you certainly don't get it. And Audi won 11 out of 13 races in TDI That's high performance DIESEL. Something GERMANS invented, and perfected. U.S. makers are idiots. Horrible workmanship, horrible design.
And put it in a car the can go 257 mph, and it's quiet, smooth and completely stable....it has more CPU power in the air brake than your computer has processing power. The tires are worth more than your house! Power without CONTROL is useless, like a Ford Mustang that slides off the roads, due to rear wheel only drive and over powered, and shit engineering. Once you understand things you know. you are clueless, and stuck in another planet. And you probably never drove an Audi bi turbo
Delicate "little" cars? Where do you come up with this nonsense? Have you been on this planet very long, do you understand anything about engineering, design, and how cars are made? Explain "delicate" in a VW? I guess their truck div and commercial vehicles are what? Do you even know what VW mfgs? they have already out produced Ford, they are out shipping most other car makrs, they will be #1 by 2018. i wonder how the delicate Jetta VR6 I had went 316,000 miles and felt great all the way
they are all dressed like they came in off the streets for a day labor? horrible looking factory, go look at German factorys, spotless, people in uniforms, this is a horrible looking factory
Did I just see a Volvo roll off a Chrysler production line?
U.S. run factory always look old, dark, people look like they are wandering. Look at GERMAN footage, uniforms, clean, bright look like they are aware, no wonder U.S. cars sucks.