Money Reports: Fiat Chrysler to open factory to build SUVs in Detroit December 6, 2018December 7, 2018 Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press Comments Off on Reports: Fiat Chrysler to open factory to build SUVs in Detroit Fiat Chrysler would build a three-row Jeep SUV on the site of an idled engine plant on Detroit's east side, according to one report.