Chrysler considering four-day work week at Toledo Jeep plant

[GMusa]

Chrysler considering four-day work week at Toledo Jeep plant

Posted Aug 7th 2008 3:30PM by Jeremy Korzeniewski

Filed under: SUVs, Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, Plants/Manufacturing, Dodge, Jeep, Earnings/Financials

Jeep sales are down. They're way down, in fact, posting a 44-percent drop in their daily sales rate last month. Though the larger 'utes are really dragging down sales, even the once-untouchable Wranger has been feeling the sting of escalating fuel prices, as its blocky shape and 3.8-liter V6 engine conspire to deliver awful fuel mileage. Also selling rather slowly are the Jeep Liberty and Dodge Nitro, which are assembled at the same plant in Northwest-Ohio. In an effort to save costs, Chrysler officials are considering reducing the work-week at the Toledo plant from the normal five days down to four and allowing its workers to stay on for ten-hour shifts. While that total still equals the forty-hours from a five-day, eight-hour per day work-week, Chrysler believes it can save on energy and fuel costs by shuttering the plant for an extra day.

[Source: 13abc.com]

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/08/07/c...do-jeep-plant/

[F14CRAZY]

I think mileage is pretty decent for all these vehicles but I suppose people are avoiding SUVs all together

[ChevySScoupes]

I totally forgot about chrysler if it wasn't for the 300, that company wouldn't have any sales.