Chrysler says that Hyundai and Mitsubishi have sold off their stakes in the Dundee, Michigan, joint-venture Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance assembly plant that built four-cylinder gasoline engines, leaving just the Pentastar in charge of the facility.
The plant opened in 2005 to produce four-cylinder powertrains based on a Hyundai block design. Chrysler has used the engines in 1.8, 2.0 and 2.4-liter variations in a variety of small cars under the World Engine badge.
The plant will continue building only Chrysler engines – any future plans for Hyundai or Mitsubishi powertrains to emerge from the facility have been canned. A pair of assembly plants in Korea and Japan are still expected to build powertrains based on the design for Hyundai and Mitsubishi.
The ending of the partnership marks the second such event since Chrysler was acquired by Fiat. The automaker abandoned plans for a vehicle production swapping program with Nissan in August.
