Chinese-made cars are coming to these shores very soon. In surveys, 35% of Americans said they would consider purchasing them. Many of their models would cost under $10,000, but higher end models are also in the planning. I think it is a matter of time before all domestic automobile manufacturing will be discontinued. Already the Chevy Equinox has a Chinese-made Buick engine. People already accept that products from American brands such as Motorola, GE and Hewlett-Packard are made in China. Most Americans will accept buying a Ford or Chevy made in China.
It is interesting that GM threatened to file a lawsuit for Chery not to use that name for products sold in North America, because GM believes that Chery (pronounced "Sherry") is to close to sounding like Chevy (pronounced "Chevee"). They don't sound close at all in pronunciation to me. It is funny that Honda apparently did not feel threatened by the similarity of the Hyundai name.
Are you ready for a Chinese made Thunderbird?
Alexander
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