Ohio leaders scramble over hints it may lose Jeep

Published October 6, 2014 9:05pm ET



TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor and the mayor of the state’s fourth-largest city talked with the head of Chrysler over the weekend about the future of the Toledo-built Jeep Wrangler, just days after the automaker indicated production could be moved when a new model comes out.

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said last week that reconfiguring and keeping the Wrangler assembly line in Toledo may be too costly if the new design includes an aluminum body.

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