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Now that General Motors has shut down Holden and sold off Opel and Vauxhall to Stellantis, Ford is the only US car manufacturer that sells vehicles in significa

by cjs_ac 2y ago

Now that General Motors has shut down Holden and sold off Opel and Vauxhall to Stellantis, Ford is the only US car manufacturer that sells vehicles in significant numbers outside the Americas, and it does this by having completely different vehicle ranges on other continents. (Jeep also sells outside the Americas, but exclusively to the 'Gee, I wish I were American' crowd.) I don't trust China to produce good-quality cars at the moment (although I expect I'll have eaten my words in ten years' time), but if most of the world gets on fine without American cars, I'm sure the Canadians will too.

bhouston 2y ago
> I don't trust China to produce good-quality cars at the moment (although I expect I'll have eaten my words in ten years' time), but if most of the world gets on fine without American cars, I'm sure the Canadians will too. BTW other commenters on the story are saying they had great experiences with the latest Chinese cars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43279753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43279753
jessekv 2y ago
Ten years is now.
bryanlarsen 2y ago
Jeep is Stellantis which has a significant number of European sales. Which is not surprising, because it's a European company, not an American one.
jajko 2y ago
BYD = Tesla, sort of. Both have their issues. In Europe price will win, or hate for elon and if pushed enough everything-US. Other Chinese manufacturers, don't know probably lower quality, often direct copies of mostly premium German cars for fraction of the price. I used to trash everything Chinese, but years ago I got my first drone, it was from DJI. Miles ahead of anything else in that segment including both software and hardware quality and reliability. Don't judge quality of output of entire country based on some 1 dollar USB cables, they are smart and have great work ethics, plus a billion and a half headcount.
surgical_fire 2y ago
I've heard good things about Chinese electric cars to be honest. I am not sure if I would trust them on ICE ones. I am not ready for a EV yet, but when it is time, I would consider those.

by cjs_ac 2y ago

bhouston 2y ago

> I don't trust China to produce good-quality cars at the moment (although I expect I'll have eaten my words in ten years' time), but if most of the world gets on fine without American cars, I'm sure the Canadians will too. BTW other commenters on the story are saying they had great experiences with the latest Chinese cars: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43279753 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43279753

jessekv 2y ago

Ten years is now.

bryanlarsen 2y ago

Jeep is Stellantis which has a significant number of European sales. Which is not surprising, because it's a European company, not an American one.

jajko 2y ago

BYD = Tesla, sort of. Both have their issues. In Europe price will win, or hate for elon and if pushed enough everything-US. Other Chinese manufacturers, don't know probably lower quality, often direct copies of mostly premium German cars for fraction of the price. I used to trash everything Chinese, but years ago I got my first drone, it was from DJI. Miles ahead of anything else in that segment including both software and hardware quality and reliability. Don't judge quality of output of entire country based on some 1 dollar USB cables, they are smart and have great work ethics, plus a billion and a half headcount.

surgical_fire 2y ago

I've heard good things about Chinese electric cars to be honest. I am not sure if I would trust them on ICE ones. I am not ready for a EV yet, but when it is time, I would consider those.