GM PLANS TO BUILD CARS IN CHINA & EXPORT TO U.S.

[JChlupsa]

From the Glenn Beck show last night
"BECK: OK. Are you — are you going to be importing cars from China now? I read that in the paper today.

HENDERSON: Yes. We don't import cars from China today. We have a very big business in China, but our business in China is focused on the China market. As, you know, we build where we sell, that's been part of our philosophy.

When you look at our business plan out through 2013 and 2014, there is an opportunity to do that, but frankly, we're in dialogue today with labor and with the UAW, for example, on how we might do this more efficiently and can we build product here instead of importing it. So, I'm — and I'm quite optimistic about trying to find solutions for that and — you know, it's really — it needs to be worked out at the bargaining table.

But, historically, and frankly prospectively, the philosophy of building where we sell pays."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520310,00.html

[gb70]

Great, figures.

A few years ago my number one customer did the same thing. Placed me out of business and into early retirement. Sad, very sad.

Will never buy a GM product if they do this.

[StriperSS]

And with a severely reduced deaker network, where will we buy our cars from in small markets?
I don't think I'm too far off the mark when I say that soon you'll buy some little Chinese car from......... Wal Mart.
Imagine that dealer experience!

[Unreal]

If a Toyota made in the US is still a foreign car, would a Chevy built in China still be an American car?

[lwkitt427]

WE AS A FAMILY MY DAD WHO IS RETIRED US CUSTOMS. MY BROTHER WHO WORKS FOR PETERBUILT AND MYSELF WHO IS SELF EMPLOYED LITTLE GUY. STAND BY EVERYONE HERE IF GM DOES THIS THEY HAVE GOTTEN THE LAST GM CAR FROM OUR FAMILY

[Xplantdad]

From this CNN/US article:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/12/ame...ars/index.html

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Fewer than half of the parts on some Big Three vehicles are made in the U.S.

Looking at a Ford Fusion? It is assembled in Mexico. The Chrysler 300C is assembled in Canada, but its transmission is from Indiana; the brand's V-8 engine is made in Mexico. Engines in the Chevrolet Equinox sport utility vehicle are from China.

On the other hand, Toyota's Camry is comprised 80 percent of parts made in the United States, and 56 percent of Toyota's vehicles sold in the U.S. also are made here, according to Toyota spokeswoman Sona Iliffe-Moon.

The Toyota Sienna and Tundra also have 80 percent of their parts manufactured in the U.S.

"When you have manufacturers from around the world building cars in the U.S. with 85 percent domestic content -- engine, transmission, assembly -- is that an American car?" Mandel asked. Or, he asks, is it considered foreign because the profits go back to a foreign country?

"It's truly a global industry," said Thomas Klier, a Chicago, Illinois, economist who co-authored "Who Really Made Your Car?" an encyclopedic analysis of the auto industry melting pot.


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So if it's a US car...is it really?

[old5.0]

Regardless of where the car itself is assembled, the bulk of the net profit returns to the country of origin. I wouldn't buy a Toyota if they assembled them on Mars.

[Chateau Slate 66]

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Regardless of where the car itself is assembled, the bulk of the net profit returns to the country of origin. I wouldn't buy a Toyota if they assembled them on Mars.

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Who cares where the "profits" are going (when is the last time a US automaker made a profit?).

Honda and Toyota are giving Americans good jobs here in this country. Chrysler and GM are taking away more and more jobs everyday with no end in sight.

[no69x-44]

IMHO, every food item or good any of any kind should be clearly mark as being from China. But our own govt. has not and will not demand that to done. In many cases the fact a product in from China is masked and I'm sure that will also be the case in GM cars coming over here too. If I have a choice, I will glady pay a few dollars more for an item NOT made in China.

[BJCHEV396]

I was in San Diego 2 years ago shopping in Old Town with my wife.Would you believe that a lot of the ''Mexican'' souvenirs were MADE IN CHINA.And the border to Mexico is only a few miles away.I guess the Chinese workers can even undercut the Mexicans!