The next-generation Dodge Durango looks to be back on.

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) - On Jan. 23, the Scottsville Police Department and Allen County Sheriff’s Office attempted to initiate a traffic stop on a 2004 Dodge Durango being driven by 22-year-old Chelsea H. Bennett of Smithville, TN due to a traffic violation.

Stellantis this week committed to reopen the Belvidere, Illinois assembly plant and build a new midsize pickup starting in 2027, the United Auto Workers (UAW) confirmed in a press release on Wednesday.

Big Three automaker Stellantis is making a number of moves in the US, in response to the new Trump administration and its focus on building products in America.

Automaker Stellantis plans to reopen an assembly plant in Illinois and build the next generation Dodge Durango in Detroit, the automaker said Wednesday

Stellantis will also reopen its shuttered Belvidere plant in Illinois and invest in its Kokomo engine plant in Indiana.

A top Stellantis NV executive told employees Wednesday that the automaker will build the next-generation Dodge Durango SUV in Detroit and a midsize pickup truck at the currently closed assembly

This rather unexpected turnabout will result in around 1,500 returning workers at Belvidere to support mid-size pickup truck production

The UAW believed the company was going back on its plant investment commitments. Now, as Trump takes office, the automaker has renewed its U.S. plans.

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Stellantis' Belvidere site has been mothballed since February 2023 after the carmaker temporarily discontinued production of the Jeep Cherokee crossover.