Chinese Vehicles are coming
09-30-2006, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by SoCalHHR
This is like sitting next to a "Bad" table at Starbucks...
I'm staying out of this because I never have anything nice to say about foreign vehicles. 
Except for German and Italian vehicles that is. 
Edit: I almost forgot that there are some nice British cars too.
Last edited by captain howdy; 09-30-2006 at 01:33 PM.
09-30-2006, 01:58 PM
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Thing I find kinda funny is that it doesn't list cars. Their site lists a CUV, SUV and trucks. And the names are different...ie Sing, Pegasus, Sailor and Deer. They will more than likely change those to the letter/number system that the higher end companies have been using. (is300, e350, g35) Not saying these are high end autos but even if they are going to be inexpensive it seems to be the growing trend..(HHR) 
09-30-2006, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeR
Good post.....true, kind of....(the term, "one of", helps)
Last I heard....one of the largest VEHICLE companies in China...IS The Peoples Republic of China.
As an American Company, GM or any other vehicle manufacture, is not a single entity. The only way the vehicle companies can do business over there is to form an ALLIANCE (sound familar) with another Chinese company. The Chinese auto companies are controlled and owned by the government. Again, last I heard. Oh, I think VW is the largest "outsider" or partner. Daowoo and Hyundai are moving in fast with new "alliances".
And, unfortuneately BB is probably correct.
09-30-2006, 03:48 PM
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HEY, I resemble that. What do you mean Un-fortunately, I started out saying that WE drive a FOREIGN veh. I`ve owned both foreign and domestic, when it really comes down to brass tacks, 4 wheels beats 2 heels any day. I just want to get where I`m headed, in the most economic fashion possible.
To be truthful, since My tax dollars subsidize GM, you could say they`re Government owned/operated
To be truthful, since My tax dollars subsidize GM, you could say they`re Government owned/operated
09-30-2006, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Snoopy
Daowoo and Hyundai are moving in fast with new "alliances".
Originally Posted by Black Beauty
To be truthful, since My tax dollars subsidize GM, you could say they`re Government owned/operated
09-30-2006, 04:43 PM
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GM recieves Tax incentives, Breaks, etc; All big businesses get incentives, Mc Donalds, Burger King, GM... Any thing that comes to them in any form of Gov. program is TAX dollars paid by You & I or Taxes not paid by them...
Take your chose. When the gov. garrantees a pension plan by GM, thats a program.
Take your chose. When the gov. garrantees a pension plan by GM, thats a program.
10-01-2006, 02:26 PM
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But, that's because our government THINKS they are doing what is best for the populus overall. I don't agree with it...but that's the way it's done.
Because I was a small business owner and a minority, many state and federal programs were available to me. I did not afford myself (or my wife) these opportunities because my belief was "a business should be worthy of generating it's own capital"....and not be artificially subsidized, "with your tax dollars". That was my decision, others have made theirs.
Oh, by the way. You mentioned you work in the health care/hospital industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, that is the next area of export. Many hospitals are now exporting data (patients records, radiology, billing, etc.)for "crunching" in areas of the world, where costs are much less. I wonder if your position will change, if it begins happening to you.
Because I was a small business owner and a minority, many state and federal programs were available to me. I did not afford myself (or my wife) these opportunities because my belief was "a business should be worthy of generating it's own capital"....and not be artificially subsidized, "with your tax dollars". That was my decision, others have made theirs.
Oh, by the way. You mentioned you work in the health care/hospital industry. According to the Wall Street Journal, that is the next area of export. Many hospitals are now exporting data (patients records, radiology, billing, etc.)for "crunching" in areas of the world, where costs are much less. I wonder if your position will change, if it begins happening to you.