Following a trend that has become the norm throughout the auto industry, Dodge has announced that it will idle its Saltillo, Mexico Ram pickup truck production facility for two weeks. The shutdown – which is being called a “temporary shutdown” – began on June 9 and will continue through June 23.
The stoppage is intended to help bring Ram inventory more in line with consumer demand. “This is nothing that we have not talked about before,” Manuel Duarte, corporate communications director for Chrysler in Mexico, told Automotive News. “It will be the same until the situation in the U.S. changes because they are the main market for our exports.”
The Mexican plant employs about 2,000 workers.
The Saltillo plant produced 169,301 Rams in 2007, up from 153,890 a year earlier.
06/11, 5:04 PM
posted by:
JoshyLofty
i’m guessing they’re not talking about the all new 09 ram?
06/11, 5:10 PM
posted by:
xyunya
^^^ I guess you are mistaken. That the one Dodge is shipping to its dealers and selling right now.
06/11, 5:18 PM
posted by:
mayer_ray_nagin
Well since they pay those poor guys $1.50/hour and there are 2000 workers, they’ll save $3,000 a day for two weeks (10 working days) coming to $30,000 in compensation costs saved, and for announcing this idea they’ll pay a suit in Detroit 50k in bonuses.
06/11, 5:27 PM
posted by:
xyunya
Ci
06/11, 5:56 PM
posted by:
RTT10
it’s SI not ci dumbass
06/11, 6:20 PM
posted by:
brassmonkey
Oh. I guess Dodge also employs wetbacks.
06/11, 6:34 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
Doesn’t matter, the new Ram is a significant improvement over the last generation, and once people get to test drive it they’ll be hooked.
06/11, 9:59 PM
posted by:
Jordan
i’m just glad it’s not an american plant.
06/11, 10:52 PM
posted by:
autonut
It is a beautiful truck, but at $4+/gallon it will sit in a garage just like grand piano in my living room.
06/11, 11:25 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
Isn’t this the pant that will make the next Nissan Titan as well?
06/12, 4:36 PM
posted by:
NoNameDenton1
And now they will sell their Newark, De.
Plans to put the Newark, Delaware plant to use making Fiats or Iveco trucks have apparently fallen through, and the plant, which currently makes the Durango and Aspen, will officially be put on the market later this week. Chrysler’s Ed Saenz told the AP that the Mopar distribution center is also to be sold, with 150 related jobs apparently being lost. (Story from http://www.delawareonline.com/ and the Associated Press.)
The plant is now 57 years old and employs 1,100 people; it has been scheduled for closure in 2009 for some time, but there was a hope that negotiations with Fiat would result in local production of Italian vehicles at the plant. With many automotive facilities to choose from, some in far better condition, Fiat appears to have turned their attention elsewhere.
06/12, 6:10 PM
posted by:
arclight
If they are in Mexico, they aren’t “wetbacks”, you ignorant **** heel. Just Mexicans.
If you are going to be stupid enough to use racial slurs to act bad ass, at least know that the **** it is you’re saying.