[6] Three hundred were built in Newark, but field experience showed that the heavy tanks required upgrades and retrofits of the medium-weight components.

[8] To prepare the Newark plant for the production of the 1997 Dodge Durango, a sport utility vehicle (SUV), a $623 million investment included a new training facility, production simulation building, a paint shop, as well as upgrades to the 1.2-mile (2 km) test track, a new material handling fleet, and new controls on the assembly line.

[9] In October 2008, the company announced that the closure would be moved to the end of 2008, citing a slowdown in the economy and demand for large vehicles.

[13] Newark was one of fifty members of the Mayors and Municipalities Automotive Coalition (MMAC) working to put closed plants into use.

[13] Newark officials were trying to attract businesses that would follow a possible move of U.S. Army facilities to Maryland but establishing operations in Delaware in light of the state's favorable tax policies.

[13] City leaders were not looking not at the loss of 950 blue-collar assembly jobs and wishing another automaker to take over the facility, but also at the opportunity to gain a high-tech park associated with the university.

[19] On 19 November 2015, the Digital Infrastructure Management company SevOne announced its move to the STAR Campus [20] The history department at the University of Delaware and the Hugh M. Morris Library used a class of graduate and undergraduate students to conduct interviews of eleven former autoworkers employed at the Newark Assembly plant.