GM PLANS TO BUILD CARS IN CHINA & EXPORT TO U.S.

Keith Tedford · #1 05-16-2009, 05:46 AM

I've been a 100% GM supporter all my life. Might just be five vehicles for sale before long.

COPO PETE · #2 05-16-2009, 05:53 AM

I will never, ever own a car built in China!!!!! And yes, I know "never" is a long time, but I'll bet on it!
Peter

JoeG · #3 05-16-2009, 06:22 AM

Ditto ..And never is not nearly long enough if all this financial and political mumbo jumbo is not gonna benefit the American Auto industry on American soil ---first and foremost......

beater68427 · #4 05-16-2009, 06:35 AM

American business..... Toyota built in Kentucky, GM built in China..... I just do not know what to say, guess I buy american and support our workers......

JChlupsa · #5 05-16-2009, 06:51 AM

From the Glenn Beck show last night
"BECK: OK. Are you — are you going to be importing cars from China now? I read that in the paper today.

HENDERSON: Yes. We don't import cars from China today. We have a very big business in China, but our business in China is focused on the China market. As, you know, we build where we sell, that's been part of our philosophy.

When you look at our business plan out through 2013 and 2014, there is an opportunity to do that, but frankly, we're in dialogue today with labor and with the UAW, for example, on how we might do this more efficiently and can we build product here instead of importing it. So, I'm — and I'm quite optimistic about trying to find solutions for that and — you know, it's really — it needs to be worked out at the bargaining table.

But, historically, and frankly prospectively, the philosophy of building where we sell pays."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520310,00.html

**gb70** · #6 05-16-2009, 08:03 AM

Great, figures.

A few years ago my number one customer did the same thing. Placed me out of business and into early retirement. Sad, very sad.

Will never buy a GM product if they do this.

StriperSS · #7 05-16-2009, 08:15 AM

And with a severely reduced deaker network, where will we buy our cars from in small markets?
I don't think I'm too far off the mark when I say that soon you'll buy some little Chinese car from......... Wal Mart.
Imagine that dealer experience!

no69x-44 · #8 05-17-2009, 08:46 AM

IMHO, every food item or good any of any kind should be clearly mark as being from China. But our own govt. has not and will not demand that to done. In many cases the fact a product in from China is masked and I'm sure that will also be the case in GM cars coming over here too. If I have a choice, I will glady pay a few dollars more for an item NOT made in China.

nuch_ss396 · #9 05-16-2009, 07:35 PM

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American business..... Toyota built in Kentucky, GM built in China..... I just do not know what to say, guess I buy american and support our workers......

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I hate to say it boys...... This is that "great big giant sucking
sound" Ross Perot was referring to all those years ago in
regards to the Clinton's

line about NAFTA and the like.

As far as automobiles go, China is on my "do not do business with" list.
If GM does this, they loose my business for life.

Nuch

**Dave Rifkin** · #10 05-16-2009, 07:41 PM

It kills me to think that US citizens bail out the American auto manufacturers and as thanks they outsource the manufacturing jobs to China and expect us to buy vehicles not made in the US.
I'm not in the market for a new car but, when I am you better beleive it won't be a GM vehicle; and that includes the Corvette and Camaro.

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