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Buying American Cars What Does It Mean?

18079 messages,  Last post on May 20, 2013 at 10:17 AM

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With parts coming from everywhere, does "Buying American" have much meaning anymore? Is quality and price the bottom line?

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#16795 of 18079 Re: flats... [fintail] by ateixeira

Feb 01, 2013 (12:42 pm)

Replying to: fintail (Jan 31, 2013 7:36 pm)
Lula didn't help relations much, smoking cigars with Castro and all...
 
Dilma isn't much different. She was his right hand man woman.
 
The car guy's president was Collor. He opened the flood gates, you could buy any car in the world (for a price) when he was President.
 
Of course he was so corrupt we impeached him. I mean really impeached, as in left office.

#16796 of 18079 Re: flats... [ateixeira] by andres3

Feb 01, 2013 (3:57 pm)

Replying to: ateixeira (Feb 01, 2013 12:42 pm)
I'd like to see some Chrysler execs join Wagoner, and then other Wall Street Bailout company execs in a prison cell somewhere in Mexico for the next 25 years.

#16797 of 18079 The quality control at Chrysler was so bad by andres3

Feb 01, 2013 (4:23 pm)

That I wouldn't be suprised if some Neon owners ended up with Viper engines in their car.
  
Oops, that motor wouldn't fit, so I guess that would be a hard mistake to cover up. Cover up a mistake? The big 3? never!

#16798 of 18079 Re: flats... [andres3] by gagrice

Feb 01, 2013 (4:30 pm)

Replying to: andres3 (Feb 01, 2013 3:57 pm)
I'd like to see some Chrysler execs join Wagoner
 
That would be tough to take. Wagoner got a $23 million pension package guaranteed when he left. That is bad considering he took GM from $70 per share to under $4 per share in 8 years. And lost 10% of their market share.

#16799 of 18079 Re: flats... [gagrice] by dieselone

Feb 01, 2013 (4:46 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 01, 2013 4:30 pm)
That would be tough to take. Wagoner got a $23 million pension package guaranteed when he left. That is bad considering he took GM from $70 per share to under $4 per share in 8 years. And lost 10% of their market share.
 
LOL, sign me up. I promise to give at least 1/2 away to charity;)

#16800 of 18079 Re: flats... [dieselone] by gagrice

Feb 01, 2013 (5:28 pm)

Replying to: dieselone (Feb 01, 2013 4:46 pm)
That is over $500,000 per year if he lives to 100. The stockholders should have sued him for every penny he had. Too many of these execs have cost companies huge amounts of revenue, then walked away with their pockets filled. If you make money for your company, good pay is deserved. Wagoner ran GM down from the moment he took over in 2000. He lost them money when it was flowing like a river.

#16801 of 18079 Fastest car on earth MADE IN USA by gagrice

Feb 10, 2013 (11:16 pm)

January 10, 2013. HOUSTON, Texas – Hennessey® Performance (HPE) today announced that on January 10, 2013 its street-legal Venom GT® supercar accelerated from 0-300 km/h in just 13.63 seconds, thus establishing the vehicle as a new record holder according to Guinness® WORLD RECORDS (GWR). The acceleration time was an average of two runs made in opposite directions within one hour and validated by a VBox 3i GPS-based data logging system. VBox officials were on hand to certify the numbers as required by Guinness® rules. The first run was completed in 13.18 seconds with a 4 mph tailwind. The second run was made in 14.08 seconds while encountering a 6 mph headwind. The resulting two-way 0-300 km/h average was 13.63 seconds.
 
Hennessey® only plans to build a total of 29 Venom GTs, with one-third of the production run already being sold. Thus, the Venom GT® is not only the fastest accelerating production car in the world, it’s also one of the most exclusive. The Venom GT® costs $1.2 million US Dollars plus shipping and not including options. Each vehicle is custom built to order and requires six months for completion
 
http://www.desktopmachine.com/press/1970/Lotus_Exige_Hennesey_Venom_GT/

#16802 of 18079 Re: Fastest car on earth MADE IN USA [gagrice] by gagrice

Feb 10, 2013 (11:19 pm)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 10, 2013 11:16 pm)
If you want to order one here is the website:
 
http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/

#16803 of 18079 Re: Fastest car on earth MADE IN ENGLAND BY AMERICAN COMPANY! [gagrice] by bpizzuti

Feb 11, 2013 (4:22 am)

Replying to: gagrice (Feb 10, 2013 11:16 pm)
The car is assembled in Silverstone, England. The chassis is a modified Lotus Exige chassis, also built in England.
 
The engine comes from Texas, but is sent to England to be mated to the car.
 
The company itself is headquartered in Texas where they build the engine, which begs the question of why they export the engine for assembly instead of importing the chassis.

#16804 of 18079 Re: Fastest car on earth MADE IN ENGLAND BY AMERICAN COMPANY! [bpizzuti] by gagrice

Feb 11, 2013 (6:20 am)

Replying to: bpizzuti (Feb 11, 2013 4:22 am)
Thank you Paul Harvey, now I know the rest of the story. I tried to find that info on their website. It is possible most of their sales are in the EU. May save on corporate taxes as well. Many good reasons NOT to build stuff in the USA. At least an American nameplate holds the record.

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