As any self-respecting Jeeper knows, Toledo is the home of the Jeep. Basic assembly and painting of the Jeep Cherokee (1983-2000) and building bodies and painting of the Jeep Wrangler was done at the Parkway plant through 2006, when it was closed. The Wrangler, the Gladiator, the Cherokee, and Grand Cherokee are the models for those buyers. Set to idle, Ill. Jeep Cherokee plant will be harbinger for EV manufacturing era. Myles Meyers, 54, of Toledo, took a female employee hostage before fatally shooting one worker, wounding two other workers and then . Within this period, the facility assembled U.S.-imported Jeep CJ-5 components (in standard and long-wheelbase versions) and took care of casting metal and bodywork. Shooting At Jeep Plant In Ohio. Certain Jeep models are, in fact, built for the Chinese market in Guangzhou, but Jeep consumers outside of China will not likely find themselves in a Chinese-made Jeeps. Including these two, a total of 18 products have been assembled in this plant until 2016. "Announcing the closure just a few weeks from the holidays is also a cruel disregard for the contributions of our members from UAW Locals 1268 and 1761. Jeep is fundamental to Toledos heritage.