The latest casualty in the $4/gallon summer is Chrysler. The automaker announced Monday that it will cut back from two shifts to one at the full-sized truck-building St. Louis North Assembly Plant, effective September 2. And it will indefinitely idle its St. Louis South Assembly Plant on October 31 due...

Fresh from its split from Daimler, and subsequent purchase by investment group Cerberus, Chrysler formed a partnership with an international automaker Nissan. Back in January, Nissan agreed to supply Chrysler with a new car based on the Nissan Versa sedan for limited distribution in South America. This...