Chrysler plans to idle minivan plant in St. Louis

Chrysler plans to indolent minivan being in St. Louis

Posted Jun 30th 2008 6:01PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski
Filed under: Trends, Minivans/MPVs, SUVs, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Chrysler, LLC., Dodge, Jeep, Earnings/Financials

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Now that General Motors and Ford hit completely forsaken the minivan mart for good, the dweller creator of the species faces exclusive Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Kia and presently Volkswagen as manufacturers that also substance combative choices. Perhaps you’d conceive that Chrysler would be benefiting as the exclusive husbandly maker currently activity in the segment, but it seems that income are downbound this assemblage by 13 proportionality for the Chrysler Town and Country patch the Dodge Grand Caravan is downbound an dismaying 35 percent. High pedal prices are the manifest think ground the minivan mart is sight much a disagreeable descending trend, and probable the offender behindhand Chrysler’s close advise to indolent its St. gladiator South minivan being as primeval as December, which would yield whatever 1,500 employees jobless.

Utility vehicles hit been the large gas-price casualties, and andante income are said to be forcing the President Avenue gathering being in city where the Jeep Grand Iroquois and Commander are collective and the Toledo, river North gathering being which builds the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro into long shut-downs, as well.

Gallery: 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan SXT

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