Chrysler to resume production at Illinois plant
After a five-day shutdown due to a mechanical glitch at Chrysler's Belvidere stamping plant, the facility will again be able to resume building the Dodge Caliber, Jeep Compass, and Jeep Patriot. In the short term, Chrysler will keep the assembly facility running smoothly by outsourcing stamping to other nearby plants. The shutdown came only weeks before the Belvidere plant permanently drops one shift, which will result in the indefinite layoff of 1,000 workers. With a tough economy in which automakers are struggling to sell units, it's unlikely many people will have difficulty finding a Caliber, Compass, or Patriot as a result of the temporary shutdown.
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FThorn 12:08PM (2/16/2008)
Aww, now my brother has to get back to work, and leave his Florida vacation home. ;)
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SherbornSean 2:40PM (2/16/2008)
Thank goodness, the world cannot get enough Calibers and Compasses!
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The Friendly Grizzly 6:07PM (2/16/2008)
Yeah they can. Try any Dollar rental lot.
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Raydude 9:51PM (2/16/2008)
Almost as many as Ford Focus & 500
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lvdave 2:21AM (2/17/2008)
I never understood why Jeep has the Patriot and the Compass. Don't they compete with each other. They should rebadge the compass as a Chrysler and use it as a PT Cruiser replacement. That would actually make sense.
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ebm 1:13PM (2/17/2008)
The need to get rid of those old fashion front antennas
and re-do the interiors as promised to get me back into the showroom. The outside of the Patriot looks really nice, but a shame the rushed them out w/o a nice interior.
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PiCASSO 7:37PM (2/17/2008)
Wow... that front end of the Patriot looks SO dorky.
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