As Jeep Wrangler sales soar, future is cloudy in Ohio

August 17, 2015 at 12:00a.m.

Associated Press

TOLEDO

More Jeep Wranglers are being sold than ever before and company officials say employees are working weekends to keep up with demand.

Employees at the Toledo Assembly Complex are now building Wranglers every Saturday and many Sundays to keep up with demand, The Blade reported.

Last year, the plant built nearly 236,000 Wranglers. In the year’s first half, Wrangler sales rose nearly 20 percent to more than 100,000.

Fiat Chrysler is considering moving the Wrangler assembly line out of Toledo so it can be made with a partial aluminum body. CEO Sergio Marchionne has said the cost of reconfiguring their current plant is a challenge.He hopes to decide by the end of the summer whether Jeep Wrangler production will remain in Toledo.