GM China President Bob Socia says that Americans “could very well” soon find Chinese-made GM cars on showroom floors. “There is no reason why we can’t be exporting to the [United] States,” he told a reporter for the website Autoblog at the Shanghai Auto Show.
… GM is becoming the new face of Chinese-made cars. If GM’s executives think the bailout made the company a political football, wait till they see what happens when American car buyers start finding “Made in China” tags on Chevrolets and Cadillacs.
For those people who actually still care about where a car is made (for whatever reason) when they make a purchase, this might be something to watch.
I just find it SUPER ironic that Japenese car companies are now building cars in the US, and US car companies are considering building their cars in China.
I really dislike outsourcing, though. Guarantee the Chinese will steal the design.
The Japanese are in Tennessee and other US states because it’s cheaper than Japan. But since the Japanese & the Chinese are not exactly best of friends we won’t see them shift production to China. So GM can go to China to get a leg-up on the Chinese.
Our current system essentially encourages this behavior.
The only solution is the violent overthrow of the ruling bourgeoisie by the working proletariat, with the equitable redistribution of land, wealth, and the means of production.
if americans didn’t have a foot up their ass and expect 30-40$/h to put a bolt in a door hinge on an assembly line… maybe they’d still have their jobs… lol
this is true once you factor in transport and tariff related costs… i’m sure the price x quality is still better off the line in Japan than it is over here.
I hate it and I would not consider a GM product made in China. Part of the reason I buy American, besides the fact that I like V8’s and torque, is because they actually pay Americans a living wage. Import companies may be “Made in USA” but they pay $10 an hour with no benefits in red states. This would make me re-evaluate that.
Third-world manufacturing is really just a stopgap until it’s all done by robots anyway. Once that’s the case, with labor costs significantly reduced it makes sense to just make big stuff in the market it’s going to be sold, to save on shipping.
If it was THEIR capital and not the TAX PAYERS spending power I would agree with you. They went belly up & fucked over long term shareholders, asked for US bailout funds and then came out with $20+BILLION in new shares which they are now investing overseas as a thank you to America? Fuck GM!
I’d be interested in seeing the American made parts content on your Hondas vs. a GM or Ford. Paying some monkey in Alabama $10 an hour to screw a bunch of Japanese parts together at the final step, while the profits go right overseas, does not make a car American in my book. GM and Ford are getting worse with the parts too but they buy a lot more stuff from American subs like Delphi.
Where are you getting this $10/hr figure? Maybe $10/hr LESS than comparable union labor, but I can’t find anyone working in production or assembly making $10/hr. Maybe I just haven’t looked hard enough?