Comments on: Chery – Chrysler deal hurt bailout hopes

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:08:10 +0000

Isn’t it good MR07 speaks Mandarin???????

By: realcars

realcars — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:47:11 +0000

I agree that Chinese greed in retaining all manufacturing and wealth in their own land will be a major constraint on them taking over the world.Lol. Thank goodness.

By: davie

davie — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:59:09 +0000

I’m with Alex II,

If the Chinese invest in auto making plants in the US, who will be reponsible for the (lack of) quality standards?

Maybe the US/Chinese management should hire a japanese person.

I have been reading countless internet boards and the main complaint by Americans is that GM built POS cars but american consumers felt it their patriotic duty to continue buying them.

By: Frontman

Frontman — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:42:35 +0000

i reckon this is more-so some government bearucrat trying to come up with a reason why they bailed the banks who predominately caused the current pain and not the Auto groups. AS the article said, the talks were abandoned, IIRC this happened a while ago.

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:31:29 +0000

Unfortuanately though as more and more companies in various inductries including the automotive industry pull out of countroes where they are located at the moment and move operations to China

What will eventually happen is the Chinese government will gradually increase fees carges taxes and wages etc which will make it as expensive to build cars in China as it is in Europe the USA or Australia.. if not more so; and the car companies will be stuck there as it will cost so much to start up production in the countrise where they used to be.. like Europe the USA and Australia

So even though its cheaper to make things in Chian at the moment it won’t be forever.

That’s why our government should do whatever it takes to protect their local car industries. both here and overseas

By: Wheelnut

Wheelnut — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:24:58 +0000

It seems that despite Chrysler hurting, Washington is unwilling to help the car maker if Chrysler’s turn-around plan includes closing local operations

Chrysler shouldn’t have indicated what they would do once they got the money… they should have waited untl they actually got the money before announcing thier intentions to cease production and pull out of the USA..

Because have no doubt there would be some execsutives at both GM and Ford who are thinking about of moving some of their US based operations overeseas – if they have to inorder to survive.. it’s just that they haven’t said anything yet.

By: Alex II

Alex II — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 23:05:39 +0000

I’m confused, does this story mean the Chinese can’t build cars as badly as the Americans or as well. I suspect it would be a toss of the coin.