Originally Posted by redhawkssh44
Do you mean the Ford Courier or the Dodge Colt? The Courier was made by Mazda and the Colt by Mitsubishi Motors. In either case they were manufactured in Japan until the US Government made it to expensive to import an assembled car to the US unless a certain percentage were assembled in the US. That is why we have Toyota, Mazda and Honda plants in the US.
Just thought you would like to know.
It has become a very global market. I beleive that the Colt was one of the first Fords built in Japan. IMO the only reason that we have labor elsewhere, and other plants are here has to do with the total cost of trade, tariffs and marketing....My F150 was actually assembled in Montreal, CN. Things now have to do with what is correct conceptually, not necessarilly the best or most cost effective way of doing things.
The US response on imports had to do with the trade deficit with Nippan, and was done because of the outcry from the US Automakers and the US people.