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"Chrysler will reportedly spend $506.8 million to renovate two Sterling Heights, Michigan plants which will produce a new line of midsize sedans beginning next year, the Detroit News reported.   The automaker is expected to spend $278 million at its Sterling Heights assembly plant, which builds the Dodge Stratus and , and another $228 million to upgrade a nearby stamping plant.   The projects will prepare the plants for the production launch of the next generation Stratus and Sebring sedans, which are expected by late summer 2006.   The News said that three midsize models will continue to be assembled at the plant but the new vehicles \u2014 which will use a platform jointly developed with Mitsubishi \u2014 will be &amp;quot;five inches taller and three inches wider&amp;quot; than the models they replace. They will also be produced with an all-wheel-drive option and optional diesel engine.   The Sterling stamping plant will make sheetmetal for the new midsize cars as well as components for the next generation and 2006 . "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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