Stop having babies: Volkswagen asks Chrysler to stop building Routan for a month

Well it seems like people listened to Brooke Shields when she said not to have babies for the sole purpose of purchasing a Volkswagen Routan. According to The Windsor Star, in a letter posted on CAW Local 44’s website, workers this week will not be building the Routan minivan when they return to work on Feb 2.

Local 444 president Rick Laporte said that Volkswagen has asked Chrysler Canada to stop building the Routan, which is based on the Chrysler Town and Country, due to an inventory build-up. The Windsor Assembly has been pumping out about 300 Routans per day for Volkswagen in the past five months. About 29,000 Routans have been put into V-dub dealerships.

However, Volkswagen only sold 3,387 copies of the model in 2008 and just 899 in December alone.

Guess the Routan Boom has come to an end.

2009 Volkswagen Routan:

Source: The Windsor Star (via KickingTires)