Comments on: Three Chrysler Plants To Remain Open During Summer Vacation

By: prousa1

prousa1 — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:47:10 +0000

quality better? wrong, listen if the upper management [CANADIAN] at chrysler wants to sell that story go ahead, but sell their minivans and their once upon a time american muscle car challenger up there too. ill buy a toyota made in the usa over anything canadian!!!

By: brettc

brettc — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:39:51 +0000

hehe, the Routan makes me laugh. Anyone that decides to buy one will get the full craptastic experience. Horrible Chrysler quality, and horrible VW ~~dealership~~ stealership service. What an unfortunate combination.

By: Banned User

Banned User — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:22:53 +0000

Latest thing I heard was Windsor is looking at a five week summer shutdown due to slow sales.

For decades the plants have shut every summer for two weeks and only maintenance and salary(like engineering) and anybody else required for changes during shutdown worked.

I have never seen Windsor stay open for shutdown.

By: EEGeek

EEGeek — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:13:24 +0000

Isn’t Windsor where they’ll build the VW rebadged van? I wonder if that plays into the decision to keep it open. Seems like that time would be right in the production window for VW’s autumn product launch.

And if my guess about VW’s success is correct, two weeks of production should last them quite a while…

By: George Labrador

George Labrador — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:38:37 +0000

You forgot the idea of manufacturing in Canada is a good idea as the quality is supposed to be better, also for Chrysler-Ceb to sell vehicles in Canada, they have to make them here from what I understand.Also the dollar is just under Parity most days.

By: RayH

RayH — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:37:53 +0000

I think their criteria for low demand would be boarded-up dealerships. Demand leveling off = 200 day lot time?
I finally got to drive the new Caravan last week. I actually didn’t think it was too bad driving, and outside it doesn’t look too bad right up on it. As others have said on here, the interior left much to be desired. The interior smelled, like a KIA, but it was a rental with 5k miles on it, so maybe a baby seal was clubbed to death in the back.

By: menno

menno — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:22:51 +0000

Seems to me it would make more sense to build any extra minivans at St Louis, since the costs of building in the USA is now supposedly lower than building in Canada.

Maybe the Chrysler execs who make these decisions forgot to take off his shoes to count.