Comments on: June 30 Memo to Chrysler Employees

By: nudave

nudave — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:57:14 +0000

Wouldn’t you just love to see a list of the “goals and financial plans” which Chrysler has achieved.

This guy should be working for Bush…

By: psarhjinian

psarhjinian — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:27:14 +0000

I miss Dr. Z.

Dr Z and his predecessor are largely the reason Chrysler is a trainwreck today. Everything that sucks about Chrysler’s product and cash reserves is the result of Mercedes’ mismanagement.

Seriously.

Drive a PT Cruiser (pre-Daimler) and Caliber (designed at the height of the DCX era) and it should be pretty obvious that the pre-Schrempp/Zetsche era car is by the far the better product, despite being on a chassis nearly a decade older. The same applies to just about any product pairing you care to make.

By: seoultrain

seoultrain — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:24:16 +0000

We also remain committed to our bread-and-butter Dodge Ram pickup, and Chrysler Town & Country and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans.

Your former bread-and-butter is dying, and you’re sticking with it.
*two thumbs up*

And people wonder why you’re in trouble.

By: 26theone

26theone — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:06:24 +0000

Their new pride and joy Journey gets worse MPG than the larger GM lamda SUVs.

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:48:01 +0000

How much does it cost Cerebrus to fly this POS from Atlanta to Detroit every week?

I miss Dr. Z.

By: jkross22

jkross22 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:46:40 +0000

Nothing to see here…. move along.

By: chuckgoolsbee

chuckgoolsbee — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:54:18 +0000

“Aggressively conservative”?? Does that mean “doing less, faster”?

–chuck

By: dean

dean — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:48:47 +0000

He’s laying the groundwork for the announcement that they have reached an agreement with Chery (or similar) to design and build small cars for the N.A. market, followed by further U.S. plant closures.

By: Kevin Kluttz

Kevin Kluttz — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:27:22 +0000

…but don’t worry about me; I’ll be floating gently to the ground in my multi-million dollar parachute while you guys use your extended vacations (without pay) to stand in bread lines.

By: OldandSlow

OldandSlow — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:03:04 +0000

Which new fuel efficient vehicles are going to be introduced for the 2009 model year that will turn things around?

There will be the new full-sized Dodge Ram and not so fuel miserly Dodge Challenger.

By: TEXN3

TEXN3 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:44:38 +0000

There is that line again “aggressively conservative”! What does that mean? Many of your competitors, save GM, are already better positioned than Chrysler…you’re too late Bob.

By: guyincognito

guyincognito — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:44:33 +0000

“In the coming months we plan to switch to a bizzarely normal approach to product development. “

By: y2kdcar

y2kdcar — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:38:47 +0000

It’s a shame Chrysler decided to idle the wrong minivan plant. They should have jumped at the chance to stick it to the CAW by idling the Windsor plant, especially now that the plunging dollar has made it cheaper to assemble cars in the U.S. than in Canada.

By: menno

menno — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:38:24 +0000

Watch for more announcements, as a guess.

Should be interesting to see the June sales numbers in light of this announcement from yesterday, shouldn’t it?

As in monthly sales, I mean, not “14% drop year to date”.

By: Cammy Corrigan

Cammy Corrigan — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:31:27 +0000

P.S. Since Chrysler is committed to employee welfare, you may find you have more leisure time after August…..