Posted on 04/03/2025 12:56:20 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
Stellantis is halting production at two manufacturing plants, one in Canada and another in Mexico, just a day after President Donald Trump announced 25-percent tariffs on all foreign-made cars.
During a speech in the Rose Garden on Wednesday evening, Trump announced the auto tariff and the United States reciprocal tariffs, marking an end to the nation’s decades-long free trade policy that has eliminated millions of American manufacturing jobs.
Stellantis, whose former CEO Carlos Tavares was the highest paid auto executive — raking in nearly $40 million annually before his resignation in December of last year — has announced that its Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada, and its Toluca Assembly Plant in Mexico will pause production after Trump’s auto tariffs.
The Canadian plant will pause production for two weeks, while the Mexican plant will pause for the entire month of April.
In an email to employees Thursday, Stellantis North American chief Antonio Filosa said the plant downtime is tied to the tariffs as the company reviews its options.
“We are continuing to assess the medium- and long-term effects of these tariffs on our operations, but also have decided to take some immediate actions, including temporarily pausing production at some of our Canadian and Mexican assembly plants,” Filosa told employees in an email, according to CNBC. “Those actions will impact some employees at several of our U.S. powertrain and stamping facilities that support those operations.”
“The Canadian plant produces the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and the recently released Dodge Charger Daytona EV. The Mexico plant produces the Jeep Compass SUV and Jeep Wagoneer S EV,” the outlet noted.
Reuters also reports:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
The outsourcing scheme came as Stellantis laid off about 400 American engineers.
To all you anti-tariff trolls on FreeRepublic, Tariffs really do work!!
Not tired of winning either!!!
General Motors is moving to increase production of light-duty trucks at its Fort Wayne, Indiana, assembly plant, it said in a webcast sent to plant employees on Thursday and viewed by Reuters.
GM’s announcement came a day after President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on auto imports.
It can be seen in the “quality” of Stellantis’ products.
WINNING
They can’t sell the ones they have on the lots now, much less any new ones.
Our local dealer has so may they have to keep them off lot in vacant parking lots around town..............
These companies took taxpayer money in bailouts in the Depression of 2007 and turned around and moved more production outside the United States.
What about EV production you Biden loving corporate hacks at GM.
Rand Paul can go piss up a rope!!
Yup is Rand paying attention or being paid off?
Never thought he was stupid, and agree with him on much, but this one has me shaking my head
What is the most libertarian position but free trade? Trade is not free when US is getting tariffed by the world.
They are not liking the taste of their own medicine.
“GM to increase truck production in Indiana following Trump’s tariffs”
If you ask your mechanic, he will tell you NO.
I used to be a Dodge fan, but had to give up on them because of their poor quality. Rarely could I get one of their cars to make it to 100,000 miles without something major, like the transmission, failing. I’ve bought Acuras/Hondas ever since, and they are nearly bulletproof in comparison.
more winning
Who cares? Their overpriced, $h!t products aren’t selling anyway.
Let's hope they stop making cars everywhere.
They make lousy cars. What they have done to Chrysler and Jeep is criminal.
Stellantis is headquartered in the Netherlands. They shouldn’t even be considered a domestic manufacturer anymore.
Big Deal! At the way their vehicles are selling they have probably two or three years of volume sitting on dealer lots.
“ It can be seen in the “quality” of Stellantis’ products.”
Yep, their stuff is junk.
“Stellantis Halts Production at Canadian, Mexican Plants After Trump’s Auto Tariffs”
well it’s a start, but the Dodge Charger Daytona EV is a sick joke that essentially has zero sales, and i can’t imagine that the Jeep Wagoneer S EV which has an MSRP that STARTS at $65,000 is gonna be a big seller either ...
looks to me like Stellantis is trying to find new excuses as to why their EV sales suck, you know, pretty much everything except that nobody wants to buy them ...
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