Hahaha, that's greatdelurker said:...so now every time I miss a shift I can blame the French...?
bigaloz said:I wouldn't buy any Japanese made car, even if it was a mustang
it isnt interesting, you just think it is.ExCon said:Although once again I have offended some, this thread has proved interesting. You guys brought up some good questions. For example yes alot of Japanese and German cars are built here using American labor. They are NOT using American technology however. Everything from the ground up is designed and engineered by the engineers in that organization. Odds Are they are primarily working from Germany. The Porsche Boxster is NOT built in Stuttgart, Porsche build a plant in Sweden or Norway to build the Boxsters.
If I have a choice of a Japanese car thats built in the US or in Japan I will take the one built in Japan ANY DAY. Its a fact that the Japanese have so much pride and dedication at their plants that the BIG THREE went over and tried their best to COPY the Japanese style of management and operations. The people who work at the car plants in Japan border on the fanatical. They consider the company a part of their family. In the US a jobs a job. Its cultural differances. The FORD ESCORT is a copy of the Honda Civic.
What is taken for granted in many large corporations such as "team leaders" and "team competition" all originated from within the Japanese style of corporate mangement. Its ironic since Japan rebuilt its economy after the war by "copying" products from the US and making them better. They got SO GOOD at it that the US now COPIES THEM!!
ExCon said:OK BILLIEBOB!! Now put down that pack of Chewin Terbacky and put on yer thinkin cap. Would you buy a Mustang if it was designed and built in JAPAN or GERMANY?
After all it actually is a Japanese Mustang to some extent since it did take someone of Asian origin to lead all those LOSERS at Ford to get enough nerve to trash that garbage Fox Platform and completely redesign a car that seems to be screwed together ALMOST as well as a true Japanese car!!
What if the Mustang actually came from the place where GOD builds all his cars? Naturally I speak of STUTTGART where the finast machines on the planet are born.
Before you answer too quick remember your gonna have to switch to that there Communist Metric System and order all kinds of new Craftsman Tools from the Sears Catalog. And you better hope that Ma didn't use the tool section for personal hygeine!!
Sofar m GT Convertible has been so rattle free that I think it was built in JAPAN!! American cars are generally speaking so poorly built that they start to rattle and fall apart almost from the day you buy it.
My GT has started to lose some interior parts already as expected but it still remains as quiet as a Japanese car!!
Sit down and STFU. When you get your engineering degree then Ill let you talk about inferior engineeringExCon said:Check out Myblueoval, hes still living in the war years!! Kinda like those Japanese they found on remote islands 25 years after the war was over and they were still fighting!!
Military your dead right about cars being Global.
There is no US Built car anymore. These guys wrap themselves in the American flag and tell everyone its Unamerican to buy a car not US Built.
The Nissan Titan for example is built in the US AND USES 85 percent US PARTS! This truck won award after award when it came out. Why? Because Japanese Companies tend to spend alot more time and money designing and engineering their Assembly Plants and their Product. The Titan blew away the competition in comparisons but odds are that the mentality of a great percentage of "pick up truck owners" is not conducive to change. Can you imagine a small town in Texas population 540. Elroy goes out shoppin fer a new pickup. If that guy drove down Main St in a Nissan Titan he would probably be lynched!! The man KNOWS its a better machine but its not politically correct to buy one!! This mentality still persists in the 21st century. Simply look at Myblueovals War Years Comment!!
Subaru, Nissan, Toyota, BMW,Honda, Mercedes, they all build plants here in the states.
Funny thing is that when you want one of the BETTER MACHINES that these companies produce for example a Subaru WRX, a Honda S2000 or a Mercedes AMG they are ALL made in their country of origin. An AMG is NEVER ALLOWED to be built by a US Citizen. Its simply a matter of pride. Kinda like the sticker I was readin on my new Mustang that quality is job one while it was being towed away for repairs at 41 MILES!!