hahahah. My first thought exactly!!!

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Obviously they think they can sell them.

What, should Chrysler just sit on empty plants and jobs banked labor and all the parts stocks and tooling amortization costs, etc, etc, etc and make NOTHING to pay for it all?

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Those cars are liabilities, not assets. They should not be a part of the new company.

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cdwrx,

You'll get no argument from me that these cars are awful (though at least the Avenger is attractive from some angles, in my opinion) next to the competition.

But what would be better? For a cash-strapped company to sell 0 cars (and make $0) in the highest-volume market segment in America? Or to sell at least 100,000 mediocre cars and bring ~$2B (or more) into the coffers when they've already paid for the tooling, the parts, and they're paying the workers 85% of their wages as they sit in the jobs bank doing nothing?

They've got to generate revenue somehow for the next 18-24mos before the Fiats come online.

That's more important that the immediate image hit from continuing to build them.

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I understand your argument, however the scenario you describe does not sound like a reorganized company - at least not a well reorganized company. They shouldn't have all these liabilities of excess parts and labor. Plus, there is the assumption that they will sell as opposed to sitting on lots costing dealers money. I'd like to know just how many dealers really want these cars.

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Why bring back the crap... my sentiments exactly...
different company my rear end...

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Remember the list you just read lists the cars that are made at those plants - it does not say that is EXACTLY what they will be building there. For example Toluca makes the Dodge Journey and the PT Cruiser. This is the last year for the PT. So it is quite possible that when it starts up it will be only making Journeys, which are not crap vehicles. They have done very well for such a down market overall, outselling the Ford Flex every month. The Flex is not in the same size class but when you think of all the press and marketing it has got while the Journey has had pratically none that's pretty remarkable. As for the Avenger and Sebring, they have to keep selling them to rental fleets and belive it or not the inventory is getting low. The plant has been down to one shift for a while now (reduced production) and since it has been closed for over a month the stocks are getting low.

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Why do they want to re-open the factories to build cars when they forced dealerships to close because of unused inventory?

Maybe the idea, the one with proof behind it, that the dealer closings were politically motivated, will finally start to grow on people?

Maybe Americans will start to understand how a communist government handles private businesses when they see it first hand, in this country?

Or maybe they wont notice until its too late?

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Wow Saxxon, if you aren't a pathetic and crazed God damned conservative who is apparently just nuts, I don't know WHO is... just looking at this and other comments on Autoblog makes me wish I knew you in person, so I could laugh at the miserable life you must lead.

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That Sebring sedan has to be replaced ASAP, I am happy what Obama has done because this was a big mess! NO more boring crap Chrysler, this is your last chnace! The traditional car buyer is gone! This is really simple....bulid cars and trucks that people really want to buy...I absolutely loved Chysler cars back in the late 60's.

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Not really. I talked to someone at the dealership I used to work for and they are hurting for inventory. They tried to get 7 vehicles from a dealer that was on the shut down list but couldn't get them. A lot of dealer's inventories are fairly thin right now.

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