I'll admit that I either don't have/know enough about this or the facts,but I seem to be smelling 'mousey' !!! Ooooo, I just wish I/We/Challengertalkers could be in charge !!!Heck,with gas /oil prices and everything that is affected thereby,most products/companies/financials are down [ even Starbucks announced today they are closing 600 stores by years end] . I do not 'get it' ! By the stats above in post #1, Cerberus bought Chrysler for $7.4Bil ; yet in just 4 months time it's reported a $1.2-1.5B loss with revenue of $59B[ for the whole year] with a net profit or $9.5B in cash. Unless I'm missing something or lack in logistical arithmatics, they are already ahead of their purchase and have cleared/profitted about $2.1B [ yes, in only 4 months] !!! Is this legal for a company to make this much in such a short time [ could this be considered a "short buy" ?!?
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I say keep St. Louis open for 1 shift and ship vans/trucks from there Southward and save a bit of fuel.The vehicles made up in Windsor ship East, West ,North and in the top tier U.S. Seems logical,simple too ?!?! Also tool up in St.Louis/Belvidere for the All New Dodge Hornet,push the mpgs to 85mpg and not let Nissan or China do this.Yes, our wages are what 10 times theirs.but save on cargo ships fuel !