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GM cuts 3900 jobs and closes 2 Ontario plants
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| TheVrk |
Obviously not good news:(
N.American cars just don't cut it and more
of the public realizes that....
Let alone all the cheap labour abroad
Sad just sad:sadgreen: |
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| Tordan |
| that is not good news, not at all. :( |
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| jon jon |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by TheVrk
N.American cars just don't cut it and more
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I wonder why that is the perception.
On a price-point/car-class basis, North American vehicles are nearly the same as foreign cars with respect to build quality.
2005 Initial Quality Study - JD Power
GENERAL MOTORS
Gold Plant Quality Award, North/South America - GM Oshawa #2
Silver Plant Quality Award, North/South America - GM Oshawa #1
Highest Ranked Entry Midsize Car in Initial Quality - Chevrolet Malibu/Malibu Maxx
Highest Ranked Full-Size Car in Initial Quality - Buick LeSabre
Highest Ranked Full-Size SUV in Initial Quality - Chevrolet Suburban
Highest Ranked Heavy Duty Full-Size Pickup in Initial Quality - GMC Sierra HD
Highest Ranked Premium Midsize Car in Initial Quality - Buick Century
FORD
Highest Ranked Light Duty Full-Size Pickup in Initial Quality - Ford F-150 LD
Highest Ranked Midsize Pickup in Initial Quality - Ford Explorer Sport Trac |
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| TheVrk |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
I wonder why that is the perception.
On a price-point/car-class basis, North American vehicles are nearly the same as foreign cars with respect to build quality.
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It mostly applies to economy cars imo.
I think it boils down to longevity.
I'm by no stretch of ANY imagination a car buff, but its pretty obvious that the avg N.American economy car is hurting by 200 000 kms.
Whereas as a German or Japanese economy car EASLIY clears 300 000 or more... |
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| TheVrk |
| quote: | Originally posted by rabbitjoker
GENERAL MOTORS
Gold Plant Quality Award, North/South America - GM Oshawa #2
Silver Plant Quality Award, North/South America - GM Oshawa #1
Highest Ranked Entry Midsize Car in Initial Quality - Chevrolet Malibu/Malibu Maxx
Highest Ranked Full-Size Car in Initial Quality - Buick LeSabre
Highest Ranked Full-Size SUV in Initial Quality - Chevrolet Suburban
Highest Ranked Heavy Duty Full-Size Pickup in Initial Quality - GMC Sierra HD
Highest Ranked Premium Midsize Car in Initial Quality - Buick Century
FORD
Highest Ranked Light Duty Full-Size Pickup in Initial Quality - Ford F-150 LD
Highest Ranked Midsize Pickup in [b]Initial Quality - Ford Explorer Sport Trac |
Notice the recurring theme to the awards won? |
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| Ziggy |
| I LOVE MY FORD FOCUS!!!!!!!! |
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| rabbitjoker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ziggy
I LOVE MY FORD FOCUS!!!!!!!! |
In 2001 and 2002, Focus was the world’s best selling car. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| the CAW strikes again! Sorry to say it folks but if not for the outragous wages autoworkers are paid these lay-offs would not be necessary. Let's all thank the unions for raping industry and making it unprofitable to maintain plants here. |
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| Orko |
Unfortunatly it goes beyond just initial quaility.
The american themes have always been:
1) they will give you lots of features, even if they don't all work right and break down.
2) When the car breaks down, repairing will be cheap and easy.
The Japaneese always followed different rules:
1) They won't give you every feature under the sun, but things will work well.
2) If something breaks down, which is not often, it may be a little more expensive to fix, but it will happen less often.
The public got tired of the US bull. The US companies just took their segment of the market for granted, and believed that they would always have loyal consumers based on the fact that they are domestic.
unfortunatly this bad for Ontario as a whole. When this many jobs are taken away from any economy, everybody feels the pinch. THere is just less money as a whole to spend. Sales every where suffer. |
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