Stellantis will move ahead with plans to build a midsize pickup truck—likely for the Ram brand—at its idled assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois, in 2027.

Stellantis’ chairman detailed several plans for U.S. investments when meeting with President Donald Trump before his Monday inauguration.

Stellantis has reportedly committed itself to reactivating the Belvidere Assembly Plant, with the intent to build midsize pickups. The resulting vehicles will undoubtedly settle years worth of rumors that Ram would eventually offer something to compete with trucks like the Ford Ranger or Toyota Tacoma.

Rank-and-file workers expressed their anger and disgust over the decision by the United Auto Workers bureaucracy to run roughshod over their democratic will.

In an internal company memo seen by AutoNews, Stellantis noted that its interim leader, Chairman John Elkann, met with President Trump ahead of the Inauguration to discuss the aut

The new truck will bring 1500 UAW members back to work at Stellantis's Belvidere, Illinois, manufacturing plant, according to a memo obtained by Crain's.

Rumored for years and finally revealed in a leaked UAW memo, the smaller pickup is set to fill an obvious hole in Ram's lineup.

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