ItaliaspeedTV - New "Pentastar V6" production at the Chrysler Group Trenton South Engine Plant

Video showing the production process of Chrysler Group's new 3.6-litre "Pentastar V6" engine in the 822,000-square-foot Trenton South Engine Plant in Michigan following a $730 million investment that got underway in 2007.

Trenton South Engine Plant; 2300 Van Horn Road, Trenton, Michigan, United States; Floor Space: 822,000 square-feet; Acreage: 136 acres; Products: 3.6-liter V-6 Pentastar engine -- 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee; Employment: 204 (167 hourly; 37 salaried) as of March 19, 2010; Union Local: U.A.W. (United Auto Workers) Local #372, #412 and #889.

Plant History: In 2007, Chrysler announced a $730 million investment to produce a new fuel efficient V-6 engine, known as the Pentastar engine. The all-new 822,000-square-foot engine plant will produce the most advanced six-cylinder engine in the history of Chrysler, with an optimized integration of select technologies that deliver refinement, fuel efficiency and performance. The Pentastar delivers a fuel efficiency improvement of up to 8 percent on average when compared with previous Chrysler Group V-6 engines.

The Trenton plant will have a competitive labor agreement that incorporates World Class Manufacturing initiatives and flexible CNC-based machining, volume-bundled parts purchasing, volume-bundled capital investment and standardized tooling.

Over the long term, Chrysler will streamline its V-6 gas engine offerings from seven options to the new fuel-efficient, state-of-the-art 3.6-liter V-6 Pentastar engine, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity.

Awards: The all-new Trenton South Engine Plant was awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Green Building System certification for meeting the highest environmental standards. Trenton is one of only four auto manufacturing facilities to receive a LEED rating of any kind and the only engine manufacturing facility in the world to achieve the honor.

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• chrysler
• group
• trenton
• south
• assembly
• pentastar
• v6
• v-6
• van
• horn
• road
• engine
• plant
• michigan
• jeep
• dodge
• ram
• cherokee
• 2011

[SANYUR]

Must be a bitch performing a timing chain job on that.

[lorgra85]

today chrysler group is FIAT group....replace name

[1969camaroLS2]

@Chryslersucks1 only if you knew what the fuck you were tryin to say. Harmonizer Belt, replacing the camshaft? No such thing as a harmonizer belt, and it has 4 cams. Lol awesome man

[Jiqsaw08]

very interesting movie about the manufactur of engines

[robbedoes1985]

OMG woman and rappers are fitting the conrod's .. that can't be good:p nice factory but still quite slow and laggy compared to robots in Japanese factories flippin around at lightspeed. but it's not bad with the green-orange-red warning lights, this is just how it was going in japan ... around 1995.lol

[Shabbernigdo]

ok so to change out the plugs on that one side are you gonna have to take off the upper intake mani?

if so thats ghey.

[agoniesfury]

Look how sad those flex plates are, they just know there going into clunkers, lol

[traina26]

@bwinterb the 2012 model year jeep wranglers will have the pentastar :D

[blazingtonight1]

its a ok build but i see why gm cars a ok

[ggNATAKUgg]

how long do i have to wait for these guys to put a turbo on this, in the wrangler?