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08-26-2006, 11:48 PM
Chrysler has said it would cut production of large pickups and sport-utility vehicles (http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060826/BUSINESS01/608260315/1014)
Katie Merx - Detroit Free Presss - August 26, 2006
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2006 Dodge Durango. SUV sees the first cutback in production since 1997.
Chrysler Group cut a shift at a Delaware assembly plant that produces the Dodge Durango SUV and the new Chrysler Aspen, a luxury SUV based on the Durango.
Like Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., Chrysler has said it would cut production of large pickups and sport-utility vehicles in the second half of the year as sales of the vehicles continue to slump due to high gasoline prices. The company declined to give details of planned production cuts.
CEO Tom LaSorda said Wednesday that the Durango and Dodge Ram pickup would take the biggest cuts in production while the company increases production of all of its cars and midsize SUVs.
Workers at the Newark, Del., plant told the Associated Press on Friday that it was the first time since 1997, when the plant began building the Durango, that the company dropped to one shift.
Chrysler began production of the Aspen this month.
Katie Merx - Detroit Free Presss - August 26, 2006
http://www.cleanmpg.com/photos/data/501/2006_Dodge_Durango.jpg
2006 Dodge Durango. SUV sees the first cutback in production since 1997.
Chrysler Group cut a shift at a Delaware assembly plant that produces the Dodge Durango SUV and the new Chrysler Aspen, a luxury SUV based on the Durango.
Like Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp., Chrysler has said it would cut production of large pickups and sport-utility vehicles in the second half of the year as sales of the vehicles continue to slump due to high gasoline prices. The company declined to give details of planned production cuts.
CEO Tom LaSorda said Wednesday that the Durango and Dodge Ram pickup would take the biggest cuts in production while the company increases production of all of its cars and midsize SUVs.
Workers at the Newark, Del., plant told the Associated Press on Friday that it was the first time since 1997, when the plant began building the Durango, that the company dropped to one shift.
Chrysler began production of the Aspen this month.