Final assembly of all Packards would shift now to a former Briggs Body Co. plant on Detroit’s Conner Avenue, marking the end of 51 years of auto production on East Grand Boulevard.

Packard's Connor Avenue plant, where its final cars were built, had been leased from Chrysler at the time, and went right back to Chrysler. It is where the Dodge Viper is currently built, ...

Packard Avenue. Several buildings were torn down as part of a $5-million demolition plan in 1999, but the project hit a roadblock after it was discovered that the City of Detroit failed to do a ...

He said he plans a $35 million to $40 million investment at the site, located at Gratiot Avenue and Connor Street. The Cadillac plant was built in 1928, according to CoStar.

Official production of the 2013 SRT Viper kicked off this month with VIN No. 001 rolling off the Conner Avenue Assembly plant to a small celebration that included the car's owner and Chrysler CEO ...

While other sections of the 3.5-million-square-foot auto plant are set for complete demolition, a portion of the 1539 E. Grand Blvd. section will be saved for future redevelopment plans.

When Frank P. Eldredge drove his new 1954 Packard Panama two-door hardtop away from a Manhattan dealership, he had no idea he would still be driving it 51 years later. And until recently, he had ...

A four-door sedan rolled off the Conner Avenue assembly line in June 1956 as the last Packard-designed car. The final-generation Patrician, produced in 1955 and 1956, is also a rare classic.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Chrysler LLC says it has restarted a small factory that makes the Viper sports car. The Conner Avenue assembly plant in Detroit is the first to begin making vehicles since ...

A piece of history is disappearing in the Detroit area, as demolition of the long-inactive Packard plant gets underway. Auto123 has the details.

Detroit — With the Dodge Viper gone, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will turn the Conner Avenue Assembly plant where it was manufactured into a place of memories and meetings. The automaker ...

Chrysler made a huge splash when it put the Viper into production way back in 1992. But over the course of some eighteen years and 22,000 units of production, we all became used to the idea of ...