Post by "Pop" Stran on May 14, 2005 12:28:32 GMT -5
YOUR NEXT CAR: MADE IN CHINA?
Martha Stewart candles, bicycles, appliances, clothing ... just about everything seems to be made in China these days, and it may not be long before our cars are made there.
DaimlerChrysler is looking at building cars in China for export to the U.S.
Sound far-fetched? Honda, perhaps the world's most successful automaker, is already doing it.
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Detroit Starting to Rust
The last few quarters have been disastrous for American automakers, especially General Motors.
For years, GM's market share has been declining as it turned out one boring car after another; now the finance numbers have caught up with the sales numbers.
Ford and the Chrysler Division aren't far beyond.
Most embarrassing is GM's failure to see that record gas prices are beaching its Hummers, Suburbans, Escalades and other whales.
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SUV Deaths Up
American automakers have at least one ascending line on the charts:
the SUV rollover death toll.
Despite a lot of glib blather about safety improvements, the fatality rate is up 6.9 percent.
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Hey, Wheazy Riders!
Motorcycle deaths are up for the seventh straight year and the victims aren't all 20-something males.
A moronic number of 60ish men are buying Harley hogs, gettin' out on that highway and seeing themselves as born to be wild.
Guys, it's a little late in life for this foolishness.
Try Pilates instead. You start out on the floor so it's hard to get hurt.
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Feds Probe GM Pick Ups ... Again
The Silverado is the target of a federal investigation into tailgate failures that could lead to the second recall of the vehicle in less than a year.
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Jury Awards $43 Million in Flaming Lincoln Case
An Illinois man was killed, his wife horribly burned in a fire after their Lincoln exploded into flames after being rear-ended.
This will sound familiar to many police officers, who fear for their lives every time they pull onto the shoulder in their police-model Crown Vics.
...Gee...Flaming Fords...Has a familiar ring, doesn't it..?
*Update note: Your local police officers can breathe a bit easier soon...Ford has finally caved-in and agreed to recall an as-yet undisclosed number of their patrol cars and taxis.
Martha Stewart candles, bicycles, appliances, clothing ... just about everything seems to be made in China these days, and it may not be long before our cars are made there.
DaimlerChrysler is looking at building cars in China for export to the U.S.
Sound far-fetched? Honda, perhaps the world's most successful automaker, is already doing it.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Detroit Starting to Rust
The last few quarters have been disastrous for American automakers, especially General Motors.
For years, GM's market share has been declining as it turned out one boring car after another; now the finance numbers have caught up with the sales numbers.
Ford and the Chrysler Division aren't far beyond.
Most embarrassing is GM's failure to see that record gas prices are beaching its Hummers, Suburbans, Escalades and other whales.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
SUV Deaths Up
American automakers have at least one ascending line on the charts:
the SUV rollover death toll.
Despite a lot of glib blather about safety improvements, the fatality rate is up 6.9 percent.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Hey, Wheazy Riders!
Motorcycle deaths are up for the seventh straight year and the victims aren't all 20-something males.
A moronic number of 60ish men are buying Harley hogs, gettin' out on that highway and seeing themselves as born to be wild.
Guys, it's a little late in life for this foolishness.
Try Pilates instead. You start out on the floor so it's hard to get hurt.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Feds Probe GM Pick Ups ... Again
The Silverado is the target of a federal investigation into tailgate failures that could lead to the second recall of the vehicle in less than a year.
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Jury Awards $43 Million in Flaming Lincoln Case
An Illinois man was killed, his wife horribly burned in a fire after their Lincoln exploded into flames after being rear-ended.
This will sound familiar to many police officers, who fear for their lives every time they pull onto the shoulder in their police-model Crown Vics.
...Gee...Flaming Fords...Has a familiar ring, doesn't it..?
*Update note: Your local police officers can breathe a bit easier soon...Ford has finally caved-in and agreed to recall an as-yet undisclosed number of their patrol cars and taxis.