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It was located on the southwest corner of 9 Mile Road and Sherwood, adjacent to the Warren Assembly site on the east. The facility was the site of Dodge Dakota production from 1987 to 2011, with over 2.75 million vehicles produced. [2] The Warren Truck plant became the sole source of Ram 1500 Rebel production in 2015. [3]
The Detroit Diesel Series 53 is a two-stroke diesel engine series, available in both inline and V configurations, manufactured by Detroit Diesel as a more compact alternative to the older Series 71 for medium and heavy duty trucks. The number 53 refers to the nominal swept displacement per cylinder in cubic inches.
In the first decade of the 20th century, Detroit was booming with new industry, in particular new automotive companies. One of these was the Warren Motor Car Company, founded in 1909 by real estate magnate Homer Warren. The company occupied a building along Michigan Avenue on the west side of Detroit, and produced 1000 vehicles in its first ...
Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of America's major performing arts festivals.It was founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Gian Carlo Menotti, who sought to establish a counterpart to the Festival dei Due Mondi (The Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto, Italy.
The ancestor of Detroit Diesel was the Winton Engine Company, founded by Alexander Winton in 1912; Winton Engine began producing diesel engines in fall 1913. After Charles F. Kettering purchased two Winton diesels for his yacht, General Motors acquired the company in 1930 along with Electro Motive Company, Winton's primary client.
The company is spending $2.2 billion to retool the plant into a futuristic facility that is flexible enough to build a variety of cars and trucks across the GM portfolio of brands.
In 1939, Detroit Diesel Series 71 engines were installed in buses produced by Yellow Coach, [4] who would be acquired by GM in 1943 to launch the GMC Truck and Coach Division. Uses for Detroit Diesel engines would proliferate during World War II and the postwar economic boom.
SPRING SCHEDULE: Grapefruit League in 2024 begins Feb. 24 in Lakeland Tigers play-by-play radio announcer Dan Dickerson talks on camera during Detroit Tigers spring training on Wednesday, March 16 ...