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XDCX
02-02-2009, 07:31 PM
When I looked at Chrysler's "National Balance to Go" Report for February I was surprised to see they still needed more than 12,000 minivan orders - more than 25% of their total unsold production.

Then I remembered reading this story over the weekend: http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/090130-So-Much-for-the-Routan-Boom/

U.S. News and World Reports indicates that Volkswagen has asked Chrysler to stop building their Routan Minivan due to slow sales and building inventories.

http://i36.tinypic.com/ve6wz6.jpg

It looks like the Chrysler and Dodge dealers are being asked to pick-up the slack so Chrysler can keep the plants open.

According to Automotive News, as of 01/01/09 the Chrysler Town and Country had 30,300 units on the ground representing a 97 day supply and the Dodge Caravan had 26,400 units on the ground representing a 99 day supply.
goodone414
02-03-2009, 05:48 AM
Our Feb minivan allocation represented 78% of our Total Feb allocation. :eek:
SHACOS
02-03-2009, 05:58 AM
Weird? A Chrysler produced product not selling? ;)
CL Pgh
02-03-2009, 06:34 AM
The Minivan AND Ram 1500 represented 53% of the NON-ordered units as of last night. (I'd give ya exacts this morning... but the banner is gone again) I believe the Chrys. was look'n for 13,000+ Ram & 13,000- Vans orders as of late yesterday.

I was aware of the VW pullback on our vans (thus our allocation #'s) but what up with the RAM 1500 allocation???

Kind of figure this unit is just a money-maker... period!
dafuzz1956
02-03-2009, 11:58 AM
So answer me this, why doesn't Chrysler force feed VW vans like they feed us ? I mean if they were going to take x ammount then they should be holding them to their committment instead of force feeding us. :mad:
XDCX
02-03-2009, 08:04 PM
So answer me this, why doesn't Chrysler force feed VW vans like they feed us ? I mean if they were going to take x ammount then they should be holding them to their committment instead of force feeding us. :mad:

That's a great question, you can bet that Cerberus has their lawyers reading the Volkswagen contract trying to figure out if there's a way they can ship a few more units to Volkswagen.