Chinese Invasion
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Chinese Invasion
You have got to be kidding me...a Chinese car?!? 
When will it stop? We have to defend American workers against this type of invasion! 
I say "Buy American"
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When will it stop? We have to defend American workers against this type of invasion! I say "Buy American"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10779158/
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The Chinese are worming into every aspect of our lives. I have been to China a few times & I have seen first-hand how it works. They are masters of copying products. They don't care about patents either. As long as Americans keep buying this stuff, we are just fueling the fire. It will bite us in the rear one day.
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We all knew it would happen sooner or later. Anyway, it looks like it will mostly be competing with other Asian cars anyway. Daewoo, Kia-those types of cars. Let 'em have at it. The Koreans are worse than the Chinese anyway.
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Looking at the car they want to sell us, I don't think anyone will buy it except maybe for people in CA. Its too small and underpowered. Look at the market. The hottest selling cars are the Dodge Magnum/Chrysler 300 type cars. Americans want a V-8. I see less and less small cars on the road despite the rising gas prices (although this could be due to the fact that I live in TX, Ford pickup country). The small cars I do see a lot of are Chevy Cobalts and Ford Focuses. I will be surprised if the Chinese last more than 5 years here. Remember Daihatsu and Daewoo? They couldn't compete here either (although if you still want a Daewoo, go buy a Chevy Aveo). The Chinese have no idea what they are in for.
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I would not assume that most of the Magnum/300 are V8's. In fact I would bet that most are not.
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Originally Posted by BrianJ77
Looking at the car they want to sell us, I don't think anyone will buy it except maybe for people in CA. Its too small and underpowered. Look at the market. The hottest selling cars are the Dodge Magnum/Chrysler 300 type cars. Americans want a V-8. I see less and less small cars on the road despite the rising gas prices (although this could be due to the fact that I live in TX, Ford pickup country). The small cars I do see a lot of are Chevy Cobalts and Ford Focuses. I will be surprised if the Chinese last more than 5 years here. Remember Daihatsu and Daewoo? They couldn't compete here either (although if you still want a Daewoo, go buy a Chevy Aveo). The Chinese have no idea what they are in for.
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From: Lake Tahoe, Nevada
The Chinese are an immense threat to the US. I never knowingly buy anything from China. We have a $200 billion trade deficit with them for 2005. The value of the dollar is very low and the Chinese are going to end up owning more dollars than we are. We currently have the greatest national debt in the history of the planet, which is being financed by the Chinese and Japanese, megadollars that your kids will have to pay back. Probably the only way we can do it is to devalue the dollar.
When you walk out the door of your Target store, just take your purchases and dump them in the garbage can outside because all that Chinese crap will end up in a landfill in the next few weeks anyway.
When you walk out the door of your Target store, just take your purchases and dump them in the garbage can outside because all that Chinese crap will end up in a landfill in the next few weeks anyway.
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From: Houston
Originally Posted by OSin86
I will buy Japaness autos but the Chinese companies are just thieves of other peoples work.
People on this board talked for days about Ford's F-150 commercials using the bulldozer's etc. but few have commented about the stupid jap commercials showing a pickup getting hit by a meteor. I could see where some unlearned teenager could be prompted in to buying a ricer because of that cool commercial.
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From: Punta Gorda, Florida
I’ll reserve my judgment of Chinese car quality until I see one in person. I would not be surprised if they sold well here as said the Chinese are experts at copying and they have no doubt researched this move very well. They know just what kind of market they are going into and what kind of car will sell here. Imports are grabbing more of the American car market every year. The import companies are doing something right or they would not be selling. What it comes down to is if the American car companies were taking care of business these import companies would be out of business. You can blame what ever reason you wish for this that you please.