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    While GM idles sedan production, Ford, Chrysler plants in Illinois are going strong after shifting to SUVs

    by Robert Channick, The Chicago Tribune Dec 29, 2018 5 minutes

    While GM is cutting 14,000 jobs and idling five factories amid sliding sedan sales, Chicago-area auto plants are hitting on all cylinders after shifting to SUV production.

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Belvidere Assembly Plant, near Rockford, switched over to the Jeep Cherokee last year. Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant is phasing out the Taurus sedan in the spring to build the new Lincoln Aviator SUV alongside the Ford Explorers that have rolled off the line there since 2010.

    Nearly 10,000 employees are working at the two plants, both of which operate on multiple shifts.

    Meanwhile, startup manufacturer Rivian Automotive is gearing up to build electric trucks and SUVs at a former Mitsubishi plant in the central Illinois city of Normal beginning in 2020.

    All three Illinois plants are positioned to take advantage of current consumer trends: SUVs surpassed cars in 2016 and now account for nearly half

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