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08-29-2008, 01:20 PM | #23 | |
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Yes I'll give you that. My initial outburst was biased because majority of the Detroit built cars lack the refinement. And I do agree that it has nothing to do with the actual workers, but it does have to do with the corporate philosophy and guidance so perhaps there is no problem with the 3er being built here.
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08-29-2008, 01:49 PM | #24 |
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Well, they recently increased their pricing by ~2.1%, they will keep that extra margin of profit and started building vehicles in NA; they are cutting costs by travel/importing and keeping extra profit, many consumers may look at another brand...there are many competitors.
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08-29-2008, 01:58 PM | #26 |
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Besides being designed in Germany, you might be interested to know that much, if not all, of the manufacturing equipment is built in Germany using German (or European if German is not available) and then shipped here. Even test and QC equipment is generally German. About the only thing not German are some of the employees.
We sell some force sensors and data acquisition system to the plant and know of the difficulties in getting domestic equipment in there. What we sell them is actually Swiss but is as close to German as could be had. |
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08-29-2008, 03:48 PM | #30 |
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very true on the toyota comment. if someone would have told you 10-15 yrs ago that theyre gonna make toyotas in the U.S with the same quality and it also would become the 2nd largest car manufacturer in the world u would have laughed. but its true. and dont be surprised when it passes GM eventually and becomes #1.
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08-29-2008, 03:51 PM | #31 | |
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08-29-2008, 05:00 PM | #33 | |
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08-29-2008, 05:12 PM | #34 |
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As long as the engineering and designs stay German it still is a German car. I feel more comfortable for it built here than south America.
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08-29-2008, 05:15 PM | #35 |
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Don't you mean South Africa?
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VW Beetles are manufactured in Puebla, Mexico. I don't know where you learned your geography, but Mexico is part of North America.
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I dont care what others think, but if BMW is built in US....I'm not buying, plain and simple
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08-29-2008, 05:28 PM | #40 |
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Thought it was in Brazil since it has a big butt.
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I thought all ///M cars were built at the ///M factory in Germany?
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