Comments on: Chrysler’s Belvidere Plant Shutdown Explained (But Not Fixed)

By: Frank Williams

Frank Williams — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:47:56 +0000

picard234
Those numbers imply the Compass is selling better than the Patriot. Both have nasty interiors, but I would rate the Patriot as much more palatable. I wonder what gives?

Actually, they’re about neck-in-neck. In 2007 they sold 39,491 Compasses and 40,434 Patriots.

By: picard234

picard234 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:32:40 +0000

Those numbers imply the Compass is selling better than the Patriot. Both have nasty interiors, but I would rate the Patriot as much more palatable. I wonder what gives?

By: PeakVT

PeakVT — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:10:04 +0000

Has Detroit fallen so far that a custom bit of metal can’t be manufactured overnight? Sad, if true.

By: lprocter1982

lprocter1982 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:41:18 +0000

It could take quite some time to get replacement gears. The cardboard compactor at the grocery store I work at broke down in December. The part needed wasn’t availabe, so it had to be custom made. The estimated time to fix it was about 3 weeks. But, it took about 6 before the compactor was working again. So I’d expect at least a couple weeks before the gear is fixed.

By: Buick61

Buick61 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:10:33 +0000

Those supply numbers are actually on the low side for the Caliber(Autonews.com reports 47 days for the Caliber).

By: windswords

windswords — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:55:15 +0000

45-day supply of Calibers? That number sounds Toyota-ish. Maybe someone with more time could look up their numbers.

By: CarShark

CarShark — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:48:51 +0000

I thought that normal supply was somewhere between 60 and 90 days worth. Chrysler seems to have found the right balance. Of course, they all could still be sitting in airport or parking lots, like the one on my campus.