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Lithous @ Dec 12th 2006 11:25AM
"Hey, our Toyotas and Hondas are built here, so why should we buy GMs built elsewhere?"
First of all, that statement implies all Toyotas and Hondas are built here. Not true. Second, there are plenty of GM vehicles built in the U.S. About the only segments you can't get a GM built in the U.S. will be (currently you can) the small SUV (VUE,Equinox,Torrent) and the tiny Aveo segment. I don't think the Fit and Yaris are made here so that is a moot point. Woodstock Canada is going to start producing the RAV4. The CRV will is built in Ohio and the Escape is built in Missouri.
There are *still* Corollas built in Canada. Accords built in Japan. Tacomas built in Mexico. Accords built in Mexico. Civics built in Canada and Japan. Oddyseys from Canada. Prius in Japan. And so on. I'm talking about for sale in the U.S. these are all built. Please, go to google and do a site search for these things.
I will only buy U.S. assembled GM or Ford and I don't like when GM moves the VUE but lets not act like the Japanese companies are all about America and don't use Canada and Mexico for U.S. sold products. That is just criminal. How many Americans buy Chinese crap because it is cheap and we aren't millionaires? That is all GM and Ford are doing. I wish we consumers didn't buy so much Chinese products and I wish GM and Ford didn't go outside the U.S. but at least GM is trying a bit harder than the American consumer. The new platform for the Solstice/Sky for instance went to Deleware instead of Mexico.
What sport car does Honda or Toyota build in the U.S. to compete with Corvette? What roadster do they build here to compete with the Solstice/Sky? Every Aura is built in the U.S. you can't say that about the Accord.
It is pretty irresponsible to make a statement like that.