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Fiat Chrysler to lay off 1,300 workers
Associated Press ^ | Apr 6, 2016 2:57 PM EDT | Tom Krisher

Posted on 04/06/2016 12:18:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Tumbling sales of Fiat Chrysler’s main midsize car have driven the company to indefinitely lay off 1,300 employees at a Detroit-area factory.

Workers on the second shift at Fiat Chrysler’s assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Michigan, will be furloughed starting July 5 as the slow-selling Chrysler 200 has started to stack up on dealer lots.

Sales of the cars were down 61 percent through March, and inventory grew to a 150-day supply, according to Ward’s Automotive. Automakers consider 60 days to be optimal to give dealers enough of a selection for customers. Fiat Chrysler sold only 7,500 of the cars last month, less than half the number it sold a year ago. …

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: automakers; chrysler200; fiatchrysler; fixitagaintony; layoffs; manufacturing; michigan; midsizecars; sterlingheights
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1 posted on 04/06/2016 12:18:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Ugly, nondescript cars make for poor sales.

Anyone remember the Pontiac Aztec ?

LOL


2 posted on 04/06/2016 12:20:20 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Moving to Mexico too????


3 posted on 04/06/2016 12:27:35 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

Say my name.


4 posted on 04/06/2016 12:30:26 PM PDT by bicyclerepair (Ft. Lauderdale FL (zombie land). TERM LIMITS ... TERM LIMITS)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

The 200’s a problematic car on top of being a plain midsize.


5 posted on 04/06/2016 12:31:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Yes.

Production to Mexico was announced last September. Has Trump mentioned it?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/09/17/fiat-chrysler-cars-mexico/32561253/


6 posted on 04/06/2016 12:32:59 PM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Olog-hai

This is actually news. I am shocked that any factory was still open in Detroit.


7 posted on 04/06/2016 12:34:22 PM PDT by gr8eman (Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Nope just thinning the herd. Detroit of all places. 1300 going from tax payers to tax takers. Not good for the state of Michigan.


8 posted on 04/06/2016 12:36:06 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Olog-hai

Better go call for Barry-O!

Maybe he can save them from the Brink ........Again!

Ha,ha,ha!


9 posted on 04/06/2016 12:45:54 PM PDT by EnglishOnly (Fight all out to win OR get out now.)
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To: Olog-hai

Change the name to Chrysler 100 and they will sell twice as fast.


10 posted on 04/06/2016 12:47:15 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: Olog-hai

Chrysler 200 has been the recipient of some horrendous reviews.


11 posted on 04/06/2016 12:49:36 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Olog-hai

ain’t nobody got time fo a two hunit. I gottsta hab me a fee hunit.


12 posted on 04/06/2016 12:55:38 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: gr8eman

I’m not shocked at all that you think so. You’ve probably never been here. Most people who comment about Detroit never have.


13 posted on 04/06/2016 1:27:16 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: Olog-hai

How can this be??? Racist lies, I tell you. Clown [prince nobama recently assured us that the economy is wonderful.


14 posted on 04/06/2016 1:35:06 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Olog-hai

Read this on Daily Job Cuts...........

http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/

A lot more closing and job cuts...one wonders why the poverty level is at its highest since 1956.


15 posted on 04/06/2016 2:18:55 PM PDT by sweetiepiezer (MY COUNTRY WAS OF THEE!!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

How about making better cars? Bring back the ‘69 Charger.


16 posted on 04/06/2016 2:42:08 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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The 200’s a problematic car on top of being a plain midsize.

There are just too many good cars in that size and price range.

17 posted on 04/06/2016 2:57:13 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Olog-hai

Not to worry, they’ll each find two part time jobs saying “Fries with that?”, and we’ll have another month of solid jobs gains.


18 posted on 04/06/2016 3:18:21 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
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To: TwelveOfTwenty

Until the robots come along.


19 posted on 04/06/2016 3:28:01 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: ozzymandus

The modern muscle cars are stuck on small blocks and mega-horsepower. And Dodge is stuck on its “retro” Challenger.


20 posted on 04/06/2016 3:29:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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