[Rhodes22-list] Cheap Car From China

[Brad Haslett]

Slim,

Three years ago I attended an international car show in Dalian China
and sat in a Chery.  It was an impressive automobile but after
watching the NTSB crash test, not so impressive. Most of the taxi-cabs
in Beijing used to be Shanghai Volkswagons.  Now, about 40% are
Beijing built Hyundai's, same quality as a Montgomery, Alabama built
Hyundai's (a very well built Korean designed car). My trackhoe is a
$97,000 wonderful machine built in the Hyundai plant outside Beijing
with a Japanese engine and an American drive-train.  I'd put it up
against any Caterpillar, John Deere, or Komatsu.  I haven't been to a
car plant since the late 80's, and that was the Audi plant in
Inglestadt Germany.  Even then, it was mostly robots.  I wouldn't be
so quick to write off Chinese cars.  It wasn't that long ago we were
making fun of the Japanese.  Who's having the last laugh now?

Brad

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Steven Alm <stevenalm at gmail.com> wrote:
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