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Yeah but so is Ford (https://qz.com/1262815/fords-move-to-stop-making-cars-was-enabled-by-american-protectionism/ https://qz.com/1262815/fords-move-to-stop-maki
by forkLding 8y ago
Yeah but so is Ford (https://qz.com/1262815/fords-move-to-stop-making-cars-was-enabled-by-american-protectionism/ https://qz.com/1262815/fords-move-to-stop-making-cars-was-en...) and GM ($49.5 Billion US govt. bailout), they would have been crushed by the Japanese and European auto companies a long time ago but nobody cares, it's the winners that matter in the world so saying govt. sanctioned is pretty random chance of probability, I wish I was a govt. sanctioned company person in China but that is never gonna happen.
- baybal2 8y agoBy the way, China is the one and only foreign market where GM ever managed to sell their bad cars.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoYou mean SAIC-GM (51% SAIC, 49% GM JV of course). Buick is considered a decent brand in China. American brands are more competitive with Japanese brands in China due a fluke: as all of them are made in human labor intensive factories (vs. using more robots), the quality of Japanese designed cars has gone way down to the point that Toyota and Honda aren't thought of as being very good cars like they are in the states.
- baybal2 8y agoI say it's not much different from what it is in states: Old Rich People Drive Buicks.
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoYoung rich people might drive Buicks in China. My 40ish boss had a Buick luxury minivan that they don't even make in the states.
- baybal2 8y agoForty is old
- seanmcdirmid 8y agoEh. Minivan means you have kids to worry about. Buick is basically dead in the states but is a viable brand in China for some reason.
- baybal2 8y agoAnd yes, Chinese made Toyotas are terrible
- alkibiades 8y agoevery submission of yours is chinese shilling. and it’s facetious to compare them.