Chrysler to Trim Jeep Commander and Jeep Grand Cherokee Production - Daily Auto Insider

Chrysler Group is halting production lines next week at its Jefferson North plant in Detroit and its Warren, Michigan truck plant, The Detroit News reported. There will be no production of the Jeep Commander and Grand Cherokee SUVs at Jefferson North for one month, while the Warren truck plant is slated to go down for two weeks. Slow sales caused the move; Chrysler's total light-truck sales are down 12.9 percent for the year, and the automaker is pushing a zero-percent financing program that it hopes will move 2006 models off dealers' lots, the story said.