American owned vs American made

[Jon Piper]

With the typical "American made" mentality and thinking all 'Murica which is more American ... An foreign owned auto company that is assembled in the USA with a higher percentage of parts being produced in the US than not or and American owned company assembled in a foreign country made with a higher percentage of parts produced in a foreign country ?

For example Toyota Tundras are assembled in Tx engine produced in Alabama with engine parts cast in Tennessee.... Where are the F150's z71's being produced ?

 

[muddinmetal]

Gm & Ford... America, Mexico, Canada .... Hell, it's all made by Mexicans either way... may as well let them build them in their homeland

 

[Eddyj]

Didn't trump just call out a major AC manufacturer for building a factory in Mexico?

 

[j-mox]

Well my last 2 vehicles were "foreign" a Mazda and Honda. Both built in US.

My view on it is that it was built in America in plants that are providing revenue to the area, buildings built by American people, and providing jobs for American people to be used locally. In the broad view of it more money is kept over here than on "American" vehicles built in Mexico or Canada. The money for the big 3 only pad the pockets of big corporate executives that ship the production elsewhere.

 

[tnford88]

Re: Re: American owned vs American made

Didn't trump just call out a major AC manufacturer for building a factory in Mexico?

https://youtu.be/Y3ttxGMQOrY

 

[TN9703]

Re: Re: American owned vs American made

Well my last 2 vehicles were "foreign" a Mazda and Honda. Both built in US.

My view on it is that it was built in America in plants that are providing revenue to the area, buildings built by American people, and providing jobs for American people to be used locally. In the broad view of it more money is kept over here than on "American" vehicles built in Mexico or Canada. The money for the big 3 only pad the pockets of big corporate executives that ship the production elsewhere.

I can agree with that. I have an Excursion built at the Kentucky plant and a 97 dodge 2500... Both considered "American" at the time, but I've seen the local impact from Nissan, Saturn, and Volkswagen here in TN.

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[1tonyj]

Re: Re: American owned vs American made

I can agree with that. I have an Excursion built at the Kentucky plant and a 97 dodge 2500... Both considered "American" at the time, but I've seen the local impact from Nissan, Saturn, and Volkswagen here in TN.

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Didnt the Saturn plant outside of Columbia TN close a few years ago??... just curious...I remember that place was hugh.

 

[TBItoy]

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Saturn is GM. Always was. Its still open, they just don't make Saturns...

 

[zukimaster]

You can thank your unions for all the American car plants hauling ass to Mexico!

 

[mckeddie]

My brother works for Honda. Engine made in Anna ohio, cars made in marysville ohio, seats, and wheels made in at Mary's ohio, transmissions made in lake view Ohio. Their impact in our state is huge.

 

[Pineygroveoffroad]

I work at a Toyotetsu in Somerset Kentucky we build a bunch of parts for all makes of Toyota, Lexus, and Nissan. Toyota is to Kentucky like Honda is to Ohio a lot of jobs in Ky because of Toyota.

 

[5BrothersFabrication]

I've been to the Nissan engine plant in Cowan thanks to a dude on here, that place was HUUUUUUGE and employed a lot of people. If ever one day I can afford a payment higher than bird *****, I'll buy a Titan for a tow rig before I buy "American". The only vehicle I ever bought brand new was an '02 S-dime, EVERYfuckinTHING in that truck said "hecho en Mexico". **** GM. :flipper:

 

[pholmann]

Myv2012 f350 was built in Kentucky. I couldn't tell you where the wife's Infiniti was made.

 

[El Diablo]

You can thank your unions for all the American car plants hauling ass to Mexico!

No you can Thank Greed for that!

 

[kmcminn]

You can thank your unions for all the American car plants hauling ass to Mexico!

If it weren't for them union auto workers you would not have made a living selling chevrolet cars.

 

[LightBnDr]

Re: American owned vs American made

If it weren't for them union auto workers you would not have made a living selling chevrolet cars.

The concerns and questions I have are that unions and union workers paint the picture of an atmosphere that is unfit to work in. That almost weekly there needs to be a meeting about how a worker can be made more comfortable. So in trade for that, to me it's the same as electing a Clinton or Bernie. You want a governing group to make all the rules for you. You can wear street clothes to work. Not be asked to do more than 3 things at a time. Take a 15-20-30 minute break several times a day. Crazy awesome benefits.

I say all that because in the beginning of the last century, members of the nazi party influenced mass production in the form of mistreating and enslaving employees. So a need for a union to protect them seems logical.

Now it seems blown way way out of proportion. Now the costs to operate a union are directly passed on to the consumer. On top of that 99% of them support socialism style politics and have conditioned people into thinking they are necessary in 2016.

I dunno, the actions of unions today bug me. I know this won't make some of you happy. I don't dislike you, just the system.

I work outside every day, rain or shine, snow or ice, 104deg summers. I don't take scheduled breaks. My pay reflects that. So I figure if I can go out every day and bust my booty without a union to protect me, it's aggravating to see other groups in the same business as me pass on their union costs to the rest of us.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. I would love to know from the inside how I may be incorrect

 

[5BrothersFabrication]

If it weren't for them union auto workers you would not have made a living selling chevrolet cars.

You can thank your unions for all the American car plants hauling ass to Mexico!

Too many retirees drawing 100% pensions. People live to be 70-90 years old these days, I can actually remember when the news thought it was some kind of medical break through that the life expectancy was 76 and rising. Without a significant increase of contribution by the employer or employee, it's just unsustainable.

I don't want to muck up the thread with the union argument, but that is a significant cost of doing business.

 

[TBItoy]

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I remember when I was a young teenager and starting to get interested in how the world works, and learned what a pension was.

It baffled me then, and still does now.

 

[mckeddie]

No you can Thank Greed for that!

It's the same thing isn't it?

(I'm referring to the unions, not the union workers).

 

[Beerj]

We don't pay into social security, we've got our own retirement system. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, we've got a hell of a surplus because people in our field don't tend to last long after retiring. I just wish my contribution could be lowered due to the lack of need. If not, at least put it towards something more useful than growing an unnecessarily large and still growibg fund.