GM closing Ontario, Detroit, and Ohio factories
01-30-19, 04:19 PM
#481
Lexus Fanatic
People care today where vehicles are built? Nobody knows where their vehicles were built lol
As to your comment about the invitation to come and discuss. You keep on projecting this idea that the government has some control over GM. they don’t.
As to your comment about the invitation to come and discuss. You keep on projecting this idea that the government has some control over GM. they don’t.
01-30-19, 05:08 PM
#483
Lexus Fanatic
Right on.
Not saying it would make a difference in my purchase decision.
Last edited by mmarshall; 01-30-19 at 05:34 PM.
01-30-19, 05:15 PM
#484
Lexus Fanatic
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01-30-19, 05:59 PM
#487
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
You had changed your original post. Manufacturing is adtualy better in the US than it was in the past. Add in the fact that car manufacturing is higher as well. Today, manufacturing is more efficient. Where the US/Canada continues to lead and always has lead is the manufacturing of advanced items and highly complicated products.
01-30-19, 06:41 PM
#488
Lexus Fanatic
Yes, I edited it. It was probably a little more detailed than it needed to be.
The only (current) things that North America really leads the world in is the manufacture of transport/military aircraft and of agriculture, although the large Ukranian agricultural breadbasket is not far behind the American Midwest in that regard...one reason why Putin wants it so much.
Manufacturing is actually better in the US than it was in the past. Add in the fact that car manufacturing is higher as well. Today, manufacturing is more efficient. Where the US/Canada continues to lead and always has lead is the manufacturing of advanced items and highly complicated products.
01-30-19, 06:42 PM
#489
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
Yes, I edited it. It was probably a little more detailed than it needed to be.
The only (current) things that North America really leads the world in is the manufacture of transport/military aircraft and of agriculture, although the large Ukranian agricultural breadbasket is not far behind the American Midwest in that regard...one reason why Putin wants it so much.
The only (current) things that North America really leads the world in is the manufacture of transport/military aircraft and of agriculture, although the large Ukranian agricultural breadbasket is not far behind the American Midwest in that regard...one reason why Putin wants it so much.
This is not true. The United States and Canada lead in many advanced manufacturing items
Last edited by Toys4RJill; 01-30-19 at 06:45 PM.
01-30-19, 06:57 PM
#492
Lexus Fanatic
Anyhow, don't want to get too far off-topic....which, of course, is the auto industry, not aircraft or agriculture.
01-30-19, 08:11 PM
#493
Lexus Fanatic
If it wouldn't make a difference in your purchase decision BTW you don't actually care. For instance, my Dad drove American cars for decades because he didn't want to buy a foreign made car. Thats an example of actually caring.
01-31-19, 12:37 PM
#494
Lexus Fanatic
Thread Starter
For sure, some people care but I don't think theres any way to say "people care more nowadays than they used to". I see zero evidence of that, if anything its the exact opposite. We have example after example of companies moving production overseas and no sign that it impacts sales of those items produced at all.
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I disagree with you, I do care and where something is made does have an influence, however not every circumstance is the same as one another, and you cannot make the domestic choice or non domestic choice if that is what you want to do each and every time. We have choices of where the car you purchase is made, we don't have much of a choice of where our cell phones/electronics are made etc. I would be reluctant to pay more for a cell phone because it was made in the United States vs if was made in China. I would also be reluctant to pay more for a Chinese car unless it was from a Chinese manufacturer which is currently not available. Does not mean I do not care.
Last edited by Toys4RJill; 01-31-19 at 12:47 PM.
01-31-19, 01:45 PM
#495
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if it does/would ‘concern’ you that your iphone was made in a giant chinese sweatshop, but won’t influence your buying decision, then it really doesn’t matter, does it?
this is so wrong it has to be challenged. First of all, the thread topic, cars, are produced in massive numbers in the u.s., even by manufacturers not headquartered here. I wouldn’t be surprised for example if bmw makes the majority of all the vehicles it makes worldwide, in the u.s. bmw is certainly world class. Tesla is the world’s leading ev producer, and they’re made in california. There’s medical devices and equipment, world leading. Putting aside large hard goods though, the u.s. leads he world in the design, development and implementation of software, websites, movies, apps, etc. that is a vast industry worth more than the entire auto industry by far. There’s so many other things... vast world class wine industry, and foods...