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Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

For the record, the 300's "suspension" is based off an older Mercedes model. Not it's chassis. At the time having a Chrysler model that rides like a previous Mercedes model, at half the cost, just makes good sense considering that they were both "parented" by DaimlerChrysler Corp. Pretty sound economic use of engineering. Oh, the 300's and Challengers are also made in Canada which is in North America, not quite U.S. of America, so I'm not sure if you want to use that fact to sling some more sht around but since you seem to be such a good and knowledgable steward of American Industry and it's building practices, you are more than welcome to build your rhetoric with those ideas.


On Apr 09 11:31 PM Seamus42 wrote:

> The "real Yank" is an idiot. But lest anyone be deceived, these American
> companies may assemble cars in the US, but many of the parts come
> from outside the US. The Ford Fusion is based on a Mazda chassis;
> the Tarus on a Volvo chassis. At GM, the Saturn Aura is a German
> Opel as is the Solstice, and Sky; the Pontiac G8 is based on an Australian
> Holden. At Chrysler, the 300 is based on a 2 gen old E-Class Mercedes
> and that chassis is also the basis for the new Challenger. Oh, and
> the mini vans are made (assembled) in Canada.
> As I last knew, the Ford F-150 truck was the most American made product
> as determined by the UAW and that was about 95% US parts. In today's
> global economy there is no true "American car company"

Cramer's Stop Trading! Save General Motors (11/7/08)

America destroyed GM. When GM, Ford, and Chrysler re-developed their SUV's in the late 80's early 90's, Suburban, Blazer(Tahoe), Bronco(Expedition), Ramcharger(Durango), and their other highly gas consuming vehicles, the American public decided that these were a must-have for nearly 1 in 4 driveways in America. This wasn't The big 3's fault, they mearly marketed them to hold or grab a bit of market share from their counterparts inside of that consumer market. With the sudden surge of sales that these "beasts" created they were forced to shift focus to appease the wants of the American people. The people demanded more SUV's and light Trucks, so the Big 3 made them. Profits were good on these vehicles and customer demand never wained until the gas and economic crisis we have today.

Asian rivals begin to look like the big saviors because they never shifted focus from what they intended to present to the American people. Affordable transportation. That was it!!! Give the Americans quality and affordability, and if they want it they'll buy it. Remember, Asian manufacturers were continentally diversified by the 70's. It was just a different marketing approach for them. They wanted to provide transportation for the world. The Big 3 wanted to satisfy the people that helped invent the car culture, the American people. So who really let who down here? The ones that demand auto's on the flip of a dime, or the ones that try to provide them? In the 70's and 80's America said Asian cars were POS, we want American steel, then said they want bigger, more powerful vehicles, and YOUR Auto manufacturers resituated their ideas to provide you that. And now you tell them to burn in hell, it's all their fault. Nice...

On Nov 08 07:33 PM XeroJ. wrote:

> Cramer,
> Why GM but not Lehman ?
> What is the bias ? What about my donut shop ?
> I need help too.
> It's workers loyalty we are talking about.
> Tell me who is destroying GM & Ford ?
> Don't find excuses either.