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20 years of Dodge muscle comes to an end in Brampton, Ont.

Ralph Gilles 2010 Challenger
The Dodge Challenger stayed familiar over the years, but it was regularly updated with new technology, Stellantis Chief Design Officer Ralph Gilles said. And the horsepower more than doubled to a peak of 1,025 for 2023 from 425 for the first model year, 2008. This photo is Gilles with the 2010 Challenger. (SUPPLIED PHOTO)
December 18, 2023 05:00 AM

An eight-year run for the boxy sedan with undersized windows and an unmistakable oversized grille would have been enough for Stellantis designer Ralph Gilles to call the Chrysler 300 a success. Yet nearly 20 years after workers at Brampton Assembly Plant built the first 300 in early 2004, production of the car continues to hum along northwest of Toronto, even if it’s more a trickle than a flood.

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