Who will be the US "Big 3" in 2016?

So do I LOL

mike

 

Aveo MSRP starts at $9,995

mike

 

Hondas employees in the US do not get as good a wage, benefits, including
healthcare, or pensions as do GMs employees. Surely you do not believe that
national health coverage will be free, do you? Why do you think gas cost
$6 or more in Europe and they have a VAT tax? LOL


mike

 

In order to promote good transport systems and it is working

 

They used a lot of Delco electrics in those, and they just aren't as durable
as Denso.

 

Hmmm....all the Vibes I've seen were made in Cambridge, ONT, along with all
the Matrix'.
I know the Tacomas are made there! Had to pull off the shipping tags!

 

Excessive taxation slows economic growth. Hence the poor economic growth in
Europe, over the past ten years or so, and the high unemployment rates.
Free medical is anything but free. Surly you do not want the US to emulate
Europe?

mike hunt

 

Build cars like the Mustang and Corvette and sell them for $10,000 LOL


mike hunt

 

Denso Global is only a Japanese sales company. They buy parts made all over
the world, but mostly in the far east.


mike hunt

 

I'm not a car designer by any means, but Ford should stop doing silly things
like with the Focus: Why the hell keep the performance engine out of the ZX3
and only in the sedan? Compare the tired styling of the Focus to the modern
look of the foreign offerings! The same with GM's Cobalt. Too much leftover
styling from the Cavalier. As quoted from Edmund's review, "Cobalt's design
seems rather bland and its materials low-grade". The Japanese vehicles tend
to put technology in to engines of even the lowest priced models, such as
VVT for good performance from smaller engines that get great gas mileage.

John

 

Taxation on petrol has prompted new technology to go away from petrol
and thus promoted smaller cars, bigger trains and better economy

US could do well emulating Europe

Europe has been improving a lot its transport system over the last
decades and not the least because of controlled taxation by taxing
petrol and promoting alternatives

Market economy with lots of interventions by the governments in health
care and unemployment benefits has created a very good balance and a
strong middle class

The high unemployment rates are mainly in former east areas and results
of former centralised controled governments

The production per manhours is much higher in Europe than in the US

The norm is for 6 weeks paid vacations, many countries 35 hour work
weeks, not unusual around 50 year pension schemes

The underground economy where people pay each other without letting the
government know is also quite high so the overall economy is much
better than the official figures show

Unemployed people, people on holidays, medical benefits or pensions are
often working and paid with black money giving extra strenght to the
economy

The US could learn a lot from Europe but they do not because they think
they know it all

 

You are quite incorrect. Denso is one of the largest parts
manufacturers in the world. For decades they went by the name
Nippondenso, but for some reason shortened the name a few years back.

You can see a list of some of Denso's US factories at:

http://www.densocorp-na.com/locations/locations.html

Some are 100% owned by Denso, some are joint ventures. Most of Denso's
production is outside of the US, but they are expanding in the US all
the time.

Denso's sales for the quarter ended June 2006 were 856.2 billion yen,
~ US$7.4 billion

http://www.densocorp-na.com/news/pr.asp?Action=348

In fact, GM named Denso it's supplier Company of the Year for 2006:

http://www.densocorp-na.com/news/pr.asp?Action=345

To borrow a phrase from Ronald Reagan: "There you go again". By that I
mean saying things with seeming authority yet getting the facts wrong.
You remind me of a Marketing VP I used to work with. His favorite
saying was: "Often wrong, but never in doubt".

John

 

No, but it costs a lot less than health care in the US and everyone
has it.



Why do you think gas cost

 

Sure, if you want a stripped Aveo without air conditioning, CD player or
anything else you can buy the sub $10k special. Almost nobody does.

John

 

Here is a question for you, Mike. What is the second richest country
in the world that doesn't have nationalized health care?

 

Let me guess - English is your second language? If not, you should find
your high school English teacher and sue her for not doing her job.

 

Toyota and Honda pull off major redesigns of their big selling cars
every 3-6 years. Once upon a time, the US companies INVENTED the idea
of constant design updates to keep the vehicles interesting. Somehow in
the 1970s they lost the ability to do so. One could blame government
regulations, but how then do you explain the fact that the Japanese pull
it off like clockwork while selling cars all over the world in left and
right side control configurations as well?

John

 

Warranty doesn't impress me. Not having to use the warranty impresses me.

Hyundai had some serious problems in previous years with Transmissions.
And when they went, you were without your car for months, as the Tranny's
were hard to get.

Hopefully, they've gotten all of those issues fixed, and the new ones will
be much less likely to need frequent visits to the mechanic, warranty or
no.

Also, as to fit and finish, the Hynundais do use lower tolerances to allow
for less expensive assembly. There are larger gaps in places like hood and
trunk. It all works out OK, as they are not noticeable (generally) unless
you are looking for them, but the fit and finish of a Honda is still second
to none.

Above all, drive what you like. If it does what you need, and lasts, then
it was a good buy!

--
Joseph M. LaVigne

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"For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die."

-Charles Lamb

 

Well, he's Finnish... but his English is a helluva lot better than most
Brits who post on the Soccer forums.

Lay off him, never mind his Economics are bullshit!

 

Here's one for you... where do those folks who cant, or dont want to, wait
for their NHS number to come up typically go as an option?

What is the state of hospitals in the UK and Canada?