Do a search, their is all kinds of evidence that those companies, bought by
Ford, Volvo, Rover , Aston Martin etc. have all increased in build quality
and reliability.

mike hunt


"Built_Well" <bw (AT) bbbb (DOT) com> wrote

Actually no, only a small percentage of Toyotas sold in the US are made in
the US. The only Toyota vehicles that are made in the US and have a '1' as
the first digit of the VIN are those made in the GM/Toyota plant in
California. That is the only union represented Toyota plant building
vehicles in the US. The UAW contract requires at least 70% American made
parts. ALL of Toyotas other assemble plant in the US only assemble cars of
imported parts.. Vehicles like the current Camry and Tundra have a '5' as
the first number of the VIN, indicating the vehicle is only assembled the US
of less than 40% American parts. Honda is the only foreign manufacture to
assemble vehicles in the US of the 70% American parts necessary to qualify
for a '1.'


mike hunt


"Built_Well" <bw (AT) bbbb (DOT) com> wrote

Mike Hunter wrote:

Don't get me wrong--I hate asking questions about
Ford's quality, especially since it's an American
company. I hope it offers superb quality, and
skirts bankruptcy.

By the way, my father has always bought American,
and never considered "foreign" companies. But
now that so many Toyotas are built in America,
can we say Toyota is a foreign car company?

I do think Ford is a good car company, just not as
good as Toyota. So I must buy Toyota again.

In article <OPOdnQt566WmPjDeUSdV9g (AT) ptd (DOT) net>, Mike Hunter
<mikehunt2 (AT) mailcity (DOT) com> wrote:

Um... Ford bought only the Land Rover marque.

IIRC BMW bought the automobile arm of Rover and then sold it to
independent investors who went belly-up when a deal to sell MG-Rover to
a Chinese automotive company couldn't be concluded and the British
gov't refused more loans. It's been a tough time for poor ol' Coventry.

Brent

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