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so? they probably sell parts to competitors and vice versa. for example, a Chrysler pt Cruiser have a engine designed by bmw, made in Brazil and Mexico on fou

by gcb0 10y ago

so? they probably sell parts to competitors and vice versa. for example, a Chrysler pt Cruiser have a engine designed by bmw, made in Brazil and Mexico on foundries owned by Volkswagen. that's an extreme example, but hope this gives the idea to the downvote army.

weberc2 10y ago
> so? Why are you confused? You said "all manufacturers just assemble readily available parts". I demonstrated that this is not the case for John Deere (or probably any other automotive manufacturer), which builds many of its own components and writes much of its own software in-house.