Ram Vehicles continues to develop its footprint in Australia and is increasing its Melbourne Manufacturing Facility (MMF) the place automobiles are transformed from left- to right-hand drive.

A minimum of 18,019 automobiles have been remanufactured on the facility for the Australian and New Zealand markets as of the tip of September, with some 17,115 offered over the identical interval. September proved to be notably fruitful for Ram Vehicles Australia as 604 automobiles had been offered, a forty five per cent enhance over the identical month final yr.

The expanded manufacturing facility now has two separate traces for consumer-oriented fashions and a separate line for heavy responsibility fashions. All three lies run 24/7 and the location is able to producing 20,000 automobiles per yr. The operation has grown so considerably in recent times that it employs 641 locals, making Ram Vehicles Australia the largest car producer within the nation.

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The top of Ram Worldwide, Rob Graczyk, just lately visited the Melbourne Manufacturing Facility.

“Australia is an excellent essential marketplace for us outdoors of North America, and the expansion that we’ve seen right here over the previous couple of years has been phenomenal,” Grazyk mentioned in a press release. “With the growth of our plant this progress will proceed. It’s unimaginable what the crew has performed at RAM Vehicles Australia, Ateco Group and MMF. Outdoors of the US, we promote extra full-size pick-up vans than Ford and GM mixed, and Australia representing a market share of greater than 70%, is a giant contributor of that.”

Ram Vehicles Australia is the world’s solely licensed producer of right-hand drive Ram fashions and at the moment sells the 1500 Specific Crew and Warlock, the 1500 Laramie and 1500 Restricted, in addition to the Heavy Obligation 2500 Laramie and Heavy Obligation 3500 Laramie. The potent Ram 1500 TRX additionally just lately landed Down Beneath.