Ordered a new Encore GX today.
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The Trailblazer does have one nice thing the Encore GX lacks......but only on the Trailblazer RS model. This Oasis Blue color is simply beautiful.....I would have strongly considered it if Buick had offered it on the GX. And Chevy should consider expending it to the whole Trailblazer line-up. But, obviously, the TB is selling like hotcakes with the color pattern it's got, so Chevy has little reason to make any changes....even though they insult buyers on the base Trailblazer L model with only one available color.....plain white, with a black interior.
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GM will shift operations from South Korea to China in the medium term.
From Reuters:
That blow to production was on top of the 60,000 units lost earlier in the year as the novel coronavirus spread, making it likely GM Korea would not turn a profit this year unless it could recapture that output, he added.
“We’re basically being held hostage in the short term by lack of vehicle production,” Kiefer said in a telephone interview. “That’s having a very significant short-term financial impact.”
The industrial action would “basically make it impossible for us to allocate any further investments or … new products to the country of Korea. It’s making the country non-competitive”, he said.
“It is going to have long-term effects if we can’t get this resolved in the coming weeks.”
From Reuters:
That blow to production was on top of the 60,000 units lost earlier in the year as the novel coronavirus spread, making it likely GM Korea would not turn a profit this year unless it could recapture that output, he added.
“We’re basically being held hostage in the short term by lack of vehicle production,” Kiefer said in a telephone interview. “That’s having a very significant short-term financial impact.”
The industrial action would “basically make it impossible for us to allocate any further investments or … new products to the country of Korea. It’s making the country non-competitive”, he said.
“It is going to have long-term effects if we can’t get this resolved in the coming weeks.”
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Actually, one of the reasons I don't mind bright colors is that I went to high school with cars like this...........
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GM will shift operations from South Korea to China in the medium term.
From Reuters:
That blow to production was on top of the 60,000 units lost earlier in the year as the novel coronavirus spread, making it likely GM Korea would not turn a profit this year unless it could recapture that output, he added.
“We’re basically being held hostage in the short term by lack of vehicle production,” Kiefer said in a telephone interview. “That’s having a very significant short-term financial impact.”
The industrial action would “basically make it impossible for us to allocate any further investments or … new products to the country of Korea. It’s making the country non-competitive”, he said.
“It is going to have long-term effects if we can’t get this resolved in the coming weeks.”
From Reuters:
That blow to production was on top of the 60,000 units lost earlier in the year as the novel coronavirus spread, making it likely GM Korea would not turn a profit this year unless it could recapture that output, he added.
“We’re basically being held hostage in the short term by lack of vehicle production,” Kiefer said in a telephone interview. “That’s having a very significant short-term financial impact.”
The industrial action would “basically make it impossible for us to allocate any further investments or … new products to the country of Korea. It’s making the country non-competitive”, he said.
“It is going to have long-term effects if we can’t get this resolved in the coming weeks.”
Whatever happened to being built with American labor? 
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High-end luxury vehicles of the type you bought often don't give you much choice....outside of the Pearl White, most of the available colors look like something out of Murphy's Funeral Home. Lexus, though, did, to their credit, not long ago, offer the gorgeous Matador Red on the LS.
Actually, one of the reasons I don't mind bright colors is that I went to high school with cars like this...........
Actually, one of the reasons I don't mind bright colors is that I went to high school with cars like this...........
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^^^That is a beautiful-looking green on that 7-series....more-so than the traditional British Racing Green.
Ever notice how most colors seem to look better when there is light (or sunlight?) on them. It typically brings out the best.
Ever notice how most colors seem to look better when there is light (or sunlight?) on them. It typically brings out the best.
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5-letters....corporate G-R-E-E-D.
The fact that Buick is importing the Envision from China (and paying Chinese workers slave-wages) was a major reason (among several others) why I chose the Korean-built Encore GX instead. There were other reasons as well, including overall size, shifter-design, and what I considered the Encore GX's value for the buck, but the country of manufacture was a significant one. Of course, if possible, given the choice, I would have preferred one built in a U.S. or Canadian plant by UAW or UNIFOR...but GM just didn't operate that way.
Oh, and BTW, some Encore GX models are also built in China, but not to American specs for export here.
The fact that Buick is importing the Envision from China (and paying Chinese workers slave-wages) was a major reason (among several others) why I chose the Korean-built Encore GX instead. There were other reasons as well, including overall size, shifter-design, and what I considered the Encore GX's value for the buck, but the country of manufacture was a significant one. Of course, if possible, given the choice, I would have preferred one built in a U.S. or Canadian plant by UAW or UNIFOR...but GM just didn't operate that way.
Oh, and BTW, some Encore GX models are also built in China, but not to American specs for export here.
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Although I've never owned or driven one, actually, from what I understand, Ladas were quite well-built and competent vehicles...certainly not like the crap-Trabants that came out of the former Communist East Germany .
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General Motors should not be off-shoring their production for products consumed in the U.S.A...GM should not importing cars from China,,,
to Volvo too
to Volvo too
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If you are like the majority of people, you will probably support it in some cases and not in others. Me, as I see it, yes, domestic production for domestic consumption...but, if one is determined to outsource, at least do so to a friendly country like South Korea, and not our major adversary China. If American/Canadian or Korean workers strike or want tocollective-bargain...then bargain with them. 
GM should especially importing cars from China,,,
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Well, first, you're preaching to the choir.....I've been saying that for several years now. (and you yourself seem to have been changing your mind on that position back and forth now. One day, you seem to support globalization, and the next day, you don't. Which is it? If you are like the majority of people, you will probably support it in some cases and not in others. Me, as I see it, yes, domestic production for domestic consumption...but, if one is determined to outsource, at least do so to a friendly country like South Korea, and not our major adversary China. If American/Canadian or Korean workers strike or want tocollective-bargain...then bargain with them.
If you are like the majority of people, you will probably support it in some cases and not in others. Me, as I see it, yes, domestic production for domestic consumption...but, if one is determined to outsource, at least do so to a friendly country like South Korea, and not our major adversary China. If American/Canadian or Korean workers strike or want tocollective-bargain...then bargain with them. Honda, BMW, Hyundai, Mazda all brought factories to the USA......they all still do the right thing
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I have no issues with globalization..but there are drawbacks as well....however, it is very sad to see an American company like GM move so much of their production to China to have some of it imported to the USA (A total shame)...In contrast...Toyota has moved Lexus ES, and upcoming Lexus NX to North America......domestic automotive jobs still pay well for the average folk...not everyone can have a decent job or go to university...there needs be more middle ground jobs
In fact, as I've said before, if we can get outdoor electric-rechargers in our condo development, this may (?) be my last ICE vehicle, period. As it is, though, the chargers are available close by at some local businesses.
Honda, BMW, Hyundai, Mazda all brought factories to the USA......
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