One month after leaving bankruptcy court, Chrysler has slashed inventories without selling cars at fire-sale prices and already is seeing the estimated resale value of its vehicles increasing.

The company still has a long way to go to get competitive. Scars of 789 terminated dealerships remain fresh, and Chrysler sales for the first half of the year are down nearly 46%.

But suspending production for nearly two months and giving priority to retail sales rather than discounted deals with rental companies are beginning to pay dividends.

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