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Chrysler Cuts Production, Idles Minivan Plant

Reuters
 Jun 30, 2008

Chrysler Group's new 2008 Town & Country minivan is introduced to the media at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
Chrysler Group's new 2008 Town & Country minivan is introduced to the media at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. (Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)


DETROIT—Chrysler LLC said on Monday it would cut production by closing a U.S. minivan plant and extending summer shutdowns at some of its other factories as the automaker battles slow vehicle sales amid record high gas prices.

Chrysler will "indefinitely idle" the St. Louis South assembly plant, effective Oct. 31, due to volume declines in the total minivan vehicle segment, said Tom LaSorda, Chrysler's senior executive in charge of manufacturing.


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