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Automotive News & Views Buying American Cars What Does It Mean?
7263 messages, Last post on May 27, 2009 at 4:31 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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Replying to: nvbanker (Apr 12, 2009 6:57 pm)  What do you expect? None of these famous public types have to live in anything resembling the real world like we do. Otherwise Bruce would have bought a 300C, Sean would have waited for the Fusion Hybrid, and Obama would have bought an Escape Hybrid...oh, wait, he did. Maybe he has some tenuous grasp of reality. 
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Apr 13, 2009 2:20 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Apr 13, 2009 4:18 am) Oh and the fact that none of those celebrity types are driving a Buick should tell you something. Should also tell you something that they made Chevy hybrids, GMC hybrids, Saturn hybrids, and Caddy hybrids, but didn't make a hybrid badge for Buicks. GM doesn't think it's worth investing much in in the US. Which means it'll probably get parceled off in that surgical bankruptcy: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514823,00.html
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Apr 13, 2009 4:29 am) |
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Replying to: lemko (Apr 13, 2009 5:48 am) Which, when you get down to it, is REALLY sad. Maybe they can get the World Bocce Ball Champ to endorse Buick. Naah, probably not...
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Replying to: bpizzuti (Apr 13, 2009 6:15 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Apr 13, 2009 5:48 am) My only issue with using celebrities like Tiger, Micheal Jordan etc, is do they really like the product or just doing it for the money. Maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt Tiger drives around in a Buick unless he's contractually obligated to show up to golf tournaments in one (well when he was under contract anyway). I'm not bashing Buick, but most people with that kind of money drive around in more expensive vehicles, particularly someone as young as Tiger. I know when Micheal Jordan endorsed Chevy, I knew some people who saw him in Chi-town a Corvette on occasion. Though, when he was seen at the casino's in Indiana it was often in a Ferrari. I've seen he's moved up a bit in his last few commercials. I think there is a Hanes commercial where he's in Jag or Bentley convertible, can't recall exactly.
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Replying to: dieselone (Apr 13, 2009 6:46 am) And I imagine that in real life, Michael puts his ass in something more expensive than Hanes!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Apr 13, 2009 7:00 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Apr 13, 2009 7:00 am) I would imagine. |
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