It seems manufacturing axles is no easy feat, what with the two-month long American Axle strike crippling GM’s production and now come reports of Chrysler trying to quietly sell off its two Michigan-based axle plants. The automaker is trying to cut costs, and outsourcing production of major components is its latest effort towards that goal.
Chrysler has approached privaty equity groups as well as Dana and American Axle with a sale price of about $400 million for the pair in the last two months, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. One of the plants is still under construction in Marysville and was meant to replace Detroit Axle, which is due to close.
The reports say the offer has netted little interest, reasons for which may include the complications involved in having to work out a deal with the UAW for shuttering Detroit Axle.
The change in strategy have been brought on since Cerebrus bought the automaker, and hired on Robert Nardelli and VP Jim Press to head the now privately-owned company.



04/28, 12:06 PM
posted by:
murderedout
Ford is the only one, that don’t have this problem. **** Chrysler for outsourcing more jobs out of MI. No wonder why American quality is down, because autos are built in a less experienced workforce outside of MI. All the good quality vehicles are/were built in MI. Now you have rednecks in the south or Canadians and Mexicans slapping you’re cars togather. Someone needs to wack all these dumbass CEOs, Mafia, Sopranos style.
04/28, 12:08 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Having the UAW tied to your every move is like being forced to take your mother-in-law on your honeymoon.
04/28, 12:32 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
what if she’s a HOT mother-in-law, not sure what they look like in canada :-/
04/28, 1:04 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Who is this dumb@$$ calling a redneck? I hope I never catch you in FL. They’re moving out of MI because of the LAZY mofo’s that “work” there and demand moore money for their useless work. The jobs are coming to the south because taxes and such are CHEAPER and people are willing to work unlike northerners that want to sit on their @$$ all day.
04/28, 1:33 PM
posted by:
xyunya
HemiDegenerate, the civil war was lost by your 4 legged ancestors 144 years ago, since you a little bit slow you weren’t aware. Consider this your educational site. Now, sit down and count your fingers and toes to 17. See it is not THAT difficult.
04/28, 1:53 PM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
^^^ This guy again with his nerd @$$ comments, everything comes back to rednecks because this guy has no real world experience in anything including the workforce. Where are all the successfule plants going retard? What are you going to be when you finally graduate highschool? Oh, and tell your mother I’ll be a little late tonight.
04/28, 2:23 PM
posted by:
murderedout
HRR, There are more lazy ****s in FL than anywhere in the country, that’s why FL has the highest population and concentraion of Homeless people. Taxes are actually higher in the south, when you figure in flood insurance,and Hurricane disaster insurance that you are “FORCED” to have, if you are a homeowner. I guess that don’t effect you HHR cause you live in a trailor with you’re parents, inbreeding with you’re sisters all day and playing the Banjo. WHO WON THE CIVIL WAR? THE NORTH! WHY? CAUSE THE NORTH HAD MORE MONEY AND UNIONS, AND LESS LAZY ****S LIKE THE SOUTH!
04/28, 2:24 PM
posted by:
shaver
Where are all the successfule plants going retard?
04/28, 2:28 PM
posted by:
murderedout
**** the South. **** ‘em. We should have let them go when they wanted to leave. But no, we had to kill half a million people so they’d stay part of our special Union. Fighting for the right to keep slaves – yeah, those are states we want to keep.
And now what do we get? We’re the ****ing Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?
Cause we ****ing founded this country, assholes. Those Founding Fathers you keep going on and on about? All that bull**** about what you think they meant by the Second Amendment giving you the right to keep your assault weapons in the glove compartment because you didn’t bother to read the first half of the ****ing sentence? Who do you think those wig-wearing lacy-shirt sporting revolutionaries were? They were ****ing blue-staters, dickhead. Boston? Philadelphia? New York? Hello? Think there might be a reason all the ****ing monuments are up here in our backyard?
No, No. Get the **** out. We’re not letting you visit the Liberty Bell and ****ing Plymouth Rock anymore until you get over your real American selves and start respecting those other nine amendments. Who do you think those ****ing stripes on the flag are for? Nine are for ****ing blue states. And it would be 10 if those Vermonters had gotten their ****ing Subarus together and broken off from New York a little earlier. Get it? We started this ****, so don’t get all uppity about how real you are you Johnny-come-lately “Oooooh I’ve been a state for almost a hundred years” dickheads. **** off.
Arrogant? You wanna talk about us Northeasterners being ****ing arrogant? What’s more American than arrogance? Hmmm? Maybe horsies? I don’t think so. Arrogance is the ****ing cornerstone of what it means to be American. And I wouldn’t be so ****ing arrogant if I wasn’t paying for your ****ing bridges, bitch.
All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your ****ing Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you’re the ones who built on a ****ing swamp. “Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a ****hole,” we said, but you had to have your ****ing orange juice.
The next dickwad who says, “It’s your money, not the government’s money” is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal ****ing dollars and pay the least… can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, mother****er, they’re red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s ****ing our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own ****ing stop signs, assholes.
Let’s talk about those values for a ****ing minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you ****ing Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s ****ing Massachusetts, the ****ing center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the ****ing nation. Think that’s just some aberration? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are ****ing blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to ****ing guess? 10 of the top 10 are ****ing red-ass we’re-so-****ing-moral states. And while Nevada is the worst, the Bible Belt is doing its ****ing part.
But two guys making out is going to ****ing ruin marriage for you? Yeah? Seems like you’re ruining it pretty well on your own, you little bastards. Oh, but that’s ok because you go to church, right? I mean you do, right? Cause we ****ing get to hear about it every goddamn year at election time. Yes, we’re fascinated by how you get up every Sunday morning and sing, and then you’re ****ing towers of moral superiority. Yeah, that’s a workable formula. Maybe us ****ing Northerners don’t talk about religion as much as you because we’re not so busy sinning, hmmm? Ever think of that, you self-righteous assholes? No, you’re too busy erecting giant stone tablets of the Ten Commandments in buildings paid for by the ****ing Northeast Liberal Elite. And who has the highest murder rates in the nation? It ain’t us up here in the North, assholes.
Well this gravy train is ****ing over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bull**** and shove it up your ass.
And no, you can’t have your ****ing convention in New York next time. **** off.
04/28, 2:31 PM
posted by:
murderedout
shaver, learn how to spell before you call anyone a retard. Just makes you look like one!
04/28, 2:33 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
IS Chrysler being asset stripped?
04/28, 2:35 PM
posted by:
murderedout
Oh and the HRR was built in Detroit,MI!
04/28, 2:43 PM
posted by:
LaCaLover
But the HHR is ****, just like the PT Cruiser
04/28, 4:26 PM
posted by:
jumpoffit
what is with that long ass novel, shesh- less is more
04/28, 4:36 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Wow, Murderedout. That was some rant. It made for very enjoyable reading. My opinion of you has changed drastically for the better, and I’m not being sarcastic. Thanks.
04/28, 5:22 PM
posted by:
sanfranmac
My state California that the rest of you red-state douchebags like to rail against, pays 17% of ALL American taxes. It’s also the worlds 5th largest economy, all by itself. Your roads are paid for by California money, the gas you fill is refined by California money. When Bush mails you your rebate check this month- California will be the one fronting him the cash. Murderedout- your rant does have truth in it but Tennessee, Florida et al aren’t gonna figure that out.
04/28, 8:04 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
I don’t hate California. In fact, I would love to live there (I’m trying to secure a job there now). But I’m not a fan of California drivers. There are a lot of good people, but the aggressive driving and the pacing bugs me. Not everyone does it, but whenever I drive in Cali, I get peeved. Why do people have to speed up when I try to pass? Why do they want to be right next to me? Anyway, enough of that. It’s my own beef, not yours.
Thank you, California, for helping pay for our roads. But please, stop taking our water, and stop sending us your rejects.
Sorry, I had to. Hopefully, you’ll find it funny.
04/28, 8:42 PM
posted by:
hateful83
Go ahead and outsource that **** Chrysler, got to get profitable somehow. For the folks who question why our country is in the ****ter, keep your eye on Chrysler. Sooner or later we’re not going to have any jobs or any GDP. Can’t wait for the pillaging, disease, social unrest, demise.
04/29, 8:12 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
Well sounds like murdered is going to be looking for a job soon. Your rants show your insecurity about your job dumb@$$. Look where nissan, toyota, honda, etc are building plants, in the SOUTH, it’s CHEAPER! Why do you think so many people are moving here from up north? Because it’s CHEAPER! Your MI roads suck by the way. And CA does not support every damn state through it’s tax system retard.
04/29, 8:15 AM
posted by:
HemiRoadRunner
As far as my car goes, I’m glad it was built in Detroit in THAT era. Today is a totally different era than 1970 jack@$$. I still don’t want some jap company building my cars, but I don’t get a chub knowing a unio member built my car either.
04/29, 12:18 PM
posted by:
murderedout
HRR, we all know you’re still mooching off mommy and daddy, living in a trailor park in FL somewhere. I bet you even never been to MI. The roads are better than FL, and MI don’t have the ****ty traffic or pollution FL has. MI is richer than FL and MI kicks FL ass in every sport. The only people moving there are old retirees. It’s cheaper to live in the south cause the quality of life is ****tier, They have ****ty tap water, ****ty services and ****ty droughts all the time and have to come to us for water. Half of FL will be covered in water by 2020. I guarentee I make more money than you’re parents or you(well you don’t have a job anyways, since you’re the one who posts the most comments on here). BTW, My job is recession proof. I’ll enjoy this perfect 72 degree sunny weather while you are in you’re hot stuffy humid trailor that smells like horse ****. You don’t own a Road Runner either.