gafry Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 I WILL NOT YES I SAID I WILL NOT BUY A FORD VEHICLE NOT MADE IN THE USA WE NEED AMERICAN JOBS OT CHINA JOBS IT IS TIME AMERICANS START TO TELL MANUFACTURE'S WE WANT AMERICAN MADE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sullynd Posted September 26, 2011 Share Posted September 26, 2011 Who said Ford is building cars in China for the US market? Why when I read your post did I think of Foghorn, I said Foghorn, Leghorn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision street wear Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 The China market is forecasted to grow (depending on who is forecasting) anywhere from 25 to 30 million units annually. We are currently on a roughly 12 million pace this year in North America. Do the math and you will see Ford needs factories in China to meet the demand. To build and ship hundreds of thousands of vehicles a year to China is not feasible. The majority of the capacity Ford is putting into China is meant for the China market or surrounding APA countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Man, that's our problem! We got all this unemployment and gosh darn it some how we need to take advantage of that labor and be an actual nation of producers for once! We shoiuld be building and selling as many damn cars as we can... or atleast as many as we can sell around the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) Man, that's our problem! We got all this unemployment and gosh darn it some how we need to take advantage of that labor and be an actual nation of producers for once! We shoiuld be building and selling as many damn cars as we can... or atleast as many as we can sell around the world. Given import controls in many of the largest markets around the world, exporting big ticket items like cars from the US is a losing proposition. There's just no way it can be done profitably on any large scale. It may work for small volumes, like Ford shipping Edges to China (from Canada anyway) and Mustangs to Japan, but that's about it. Edited September 27, 2011 by NickF1011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneekr Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 I WILL NOT YES I SAID I WILL NOT BUY A FORD VEHICLE NOT MADE IN THE USA WE NEED AMERICAN JOBS OT CHINA JOBS IT IS TIME AMERICANS START TO TELL MANUFACTURE'S WE WANT AMERICAN MADE IT IS TIME BLUE OVAL FORUMS MEMBERS START TO TELL TROLLS LIKE YOU "CLAM OFF" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafry Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 (edited) IT IS TIME BLUE OVAL FORUMS MEMBERS START TO TELL TROLLS LIKE YOU "CLAM OFF" Well you sound like [edit] probably work for China Edited September 27, 2011 by NickF1011 Edited for content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted September 27, 2011 Share Posted September 27, 2011 Given import controls in many of the largest markets around the world, exporting big ticket items like cars from the US is a losing proposition. There's just no way it can be done profitably on any large scale. It may work for small volumes, like Ford shipping Edges to China (from Canada anyway) and Mustangs to Japan, but that's about it. How awesome is that. They won't let us export products to them but they sure don't have a problem selling our children poisonous toys with lead and god knows what else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAC_Sparky Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 How awesome is that. They won't let us export products to them but they sure don't have a problem selling our children poisonous toys with lead and god knows what else This surprises you? WalMart and every other store is full of crap made in China and every other third-world country. Ever see an empty WalMart parking lot? People don't care where it comes from as long as it's cheap. Until people actually vote with their pocketbooks don't expect things to change. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aneekr Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 (edited) They won't let us export products to them It's the U.S. that imposes export controls to China on several categories of goods, including some components/technologies applicable to gasoline-electric hybrid and full electric vehicles. Edited September 28, 2011 by aneekr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky66 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 What worries me more if the reverse engineering China does with high-tech products. We design them and then they build them cheaper than we can with minimal R&D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickF1011 Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 What worries me more if the reverse engineering China does with high-tech products. We design them and then they build them cheaper than we can with minimal R&D. Well, they would do that regardless of whether or not Ford sells them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
probowler Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Well, they would do that regardless of whether or not Ford sells them there. Yeah, It's already happing, sorta... Perhaps some of you have noticed the news about counterfit- Chinese parts ending up in our military aircraft. Of course in the spirit of great Communist China, they are very poorly made and highly prone to failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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