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<blockquote>Hey, don't mind me. My dream car has hand crank windows and a bench seat. </blockquote><br><br>
LOL, yeah, I'm driving a Pacer! Anybody have an AMC vacuum advance? Seems they are not available outside of a complete distributor any longer. LOL
<blockquote><strong class="quote-title"><strong class="quote-title">Phildirt</strong> wrote:</strong>
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My take on the debate of foreign versus domestic: What the heck is foreign anymore? Nissans, Toyotas, Hondas, BMWs and others being built right here in the USA, while GM and Ford build some vehicles and subassemblies in Mexico; my Buick and some other GM critters come from Canada. It may take some time after decades of dinosaur thinking but America's carmakers will rebound. And I'll betcha, they've already dissected countless Priuses already. They ARE watching and listening.<br>Regarding quality, there's going to be good and bad of each, but more room for improvement with the domestics. Maybe we need a new union contract that involves tighter build standards.<br><br></blockquote>It all depends on where the money goes. All foreign car companies send the money back to their own countries and American car companies keep the money here. So when you buy a foreign car all profits go away. Now I own a Honda CRV and a Nissan Titan but the Titan was used and all money stayed here (at least I hope it did).<br><br>
<blockquote>It all depends on where the money goes.</blockquote>That is the point that is always brought up and it makes me scratch my head a little. So American car companies make some cars abroad and it's OK because the profits come back here - but.......how does that help the American worker? They are out of a job. That hurts the economy. <br>Foreign companies make cars here, profits go abroad, but.....American workers have jobs. Does it balance out?<br><br>People on this board have complained a lot about the harm of US companies(in general, not auto companies) outsourcing work to places such as China and India where labor is cheap. Why? Because it takes jobs away from an economy that desperately needs them. Never in those discussions do I see anyone defending the practice because the profits come back here. So why is it OK when US car companies do it? Do the workers see any benefit from those profits? Or, is it only a matter of time until their job goes overseas?<br><br>You can't have it both ways.<br><br><br>
In keeping with this thread's theme & a car going both ways ...<br><br><img src="http://nitrojohnny.smugmug.com/Cars/pinball/1007585/106024723_uhng8-M-1.jpg" alt="image"><br><br>70% of the parts for the '06 Civic Hybrid came from N. America w/ most of them from the USA.<br>15% of the parts ( basicly the drive train ) came from Japan & the other 15% ???<br>All parts deliviered to Japan for assembly & then the car was exported back.<br><br><img src="http://nitrojohnny.smugmug.com/Cars/pinball/1007588/106024740_nEAFw-M-1.jpg" alt="image"><br><br>... how Honda makes profit enough to warrant as such w/ a sticker @ $22,745.00 is beyond me.<br><br>John
<font color="#3333cc">The recalled Toyotas were all made here because that part was made here. My niece has a 2009 RAV-4 but hers was made in Japan was not part of the recall.<br><br>maribell</font>
<font color="#990000">This thread is really , really expanding to other areas. I was reading in a newspaper that health insurance is NOT required in the USA but all car companies offer it. In many foreign countries, health insurance is NOT provided by the car company. The country provides the health insurance. So that car company can sell their cars cheaper because they don't provide the health insurance. That plus the fact that they pay their employees less.<br><br>Anyway, it's obvious that the car companies pay their employees much more than the foreign car companies. That is also why US car companies are making their cars outside of the USA. Even Honda is now expanding to Mexico. The CR-V is now also made in Mexico and in Ohio.<br><br><br>maribell</font>