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"Chrysler&amp;#039;s next-generation minivans began rolling off the assembly line at the company&amp;#039;s Windsor Assembly Plant in Ontario, Canada.   &amp;quot;This minivan is the kind of great product that sets apart,&amp;quot; Chrysler LLC President Tom LaSorda told hundreds of cheering employees at the plant, where four generations of his family have worked and where the minivan was born 24 years ago.   LaSorda said the next-generation minivans have 35 new or revised features, including second-row seats that swivel 180 degrees so passengers can sit around a table.   A $511 million investment in 2005 to the manufacturing and paint operations at the Windsor plant allows the and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans to be built on the same assembly line as the Chrysler Pacifica, the company said in a news release.   This flexible manufacturing system was first used in the launch of the then all-new 2001 Chrysler Town &amp;amp;amp; Country and Dodge Caravan series of minivans in the summer of 2000. Windsor assembly ramped up to maximum production of about 25,000 of the all-new model in just 25 days, compared to a 110-day industry average for a major change-over of this type.   Originally built in 1928, today the new Chrysler Windsor Assembly Plant is the largest of 14 assembly plants at 4.01 million square feet. In 2003 Windsor Assembly became one of the first Chrysler plants to implement the flexible manufacturing strategy. This year marks the plant&amp;#039;s 24th anniversary of minivan production and the 14th anniversary of three shifts of operation. The plant employs 4,600 people.   Chrysler will also manufacture the and Chrysler Town &amp;amp;amp; Country (export markets only) at its St. Louis (Missouri) South Assembly Plant in Fenton, Missouri.   The minivans are scheduled to hit showrooms in the fall. The Dodge Grand Caravan SE starts at $22,470, while the Chrysler Town &amp;amp;amp; Country LX starts at $23,190. That compares with a starting price of $24,155 for the Toyota Sienna.   SOURCE: Chrysler LLC "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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