GM Commrolet Equinox AWD LT. I think I'm gonna puke.

Brian Albrecht · Dec 17, 2004

I decided to walk around a Chevy dealership while I was having some warranty work done. I hadn't stepped foot on a new car lot since 2000 when we bought a now defunct Olds product. Anyway, there are all these really ugly looking vehicles with high stickers parked everywhere and I read an Equinox's sticker:

Country of origin: Ingersoll, ON Canada

Engine: China

Transmission: Japan

I happen to own one of those crappy 3400 V6 engines. Mine was made in Mexico. Could GM be chasing cheap labor? I will never, never ever, NEVER buy a made in Communist China vehicle or vehicle with significant made in China part content. That should be enough rant for now. Nope. Need some of this :af: :moonu: :blast: :spank: :error:

tstclr · Dec 17, 2004

Dont know about the engine from China, but I did work at the factory in Ingersoll Ont for 7 years and I can attest that the quality of the products built there (at least from a manpower perspective) was that of the best plants in the world. Don't forget there are several high quality vehicles built her in Ontario: Toyota Camry and Matrix, Lexus, Ford Crown Victoria, Pontiac Grand Prix and Chevy Impala.

Todd

Brian Albrecht · Dec 17, 2004

tstclr said:

Dont know about the engine from China, but I did work at the factory in Ingersoll Ont for 7 years and I can attest that the quality of the products built there (at least from a manpower perspective) was that of the best plants in the world. Don't forget there are several high quality vehicles built her in Ontario: Toyota Camry and Matrix, Lexus, Ford Crown Victoria, Pontiac Grand Prix and Chevy Impala.

Todd
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Wow! That's a lot of vehicle types aey. I don't have a problem with the Canada part of things. :beer

into_l · Dec 17, 2004

Sadly, what isn't made in China nowadays! You may not want to support their political system, but I think it would be extremely difficult to not buy chinese products even if you deliberately tried. Read the following and think twice before you buy from WALMART or anywhere else!

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Wal-Mart's China inventory to hit US$18b this year
By Jiang Jingjing (China Business Weekly)
Updated: 2004-11-29 15:21

The world's largest retailer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, says its inventory of stock produced in China is expected to hit US$18 billion this year, keeping the annual growth rate of over 20 per cent consistent over two years.
The trend is expected to continue, company officials revealed.
"We expect our procurement stock from China to continue to grow at a similar rate in line with Wal-Mart's growth worldwide, if not faster," said Lee Scott, the president and CEO (chief executive officer) of Wal-Mart.
Nevertheless, he said China is Wal-Mart's most important supplier in the world. The overseas procurement home office in Shenzhen, a city of South China's Guangdong Province, has played a key role in the firm's global purchasing business.

Wal-Mart shifted its overseas procurement centre from Hong Kong to Shenzhen in February 2002 to better serve the purchasing and exporting business.

"If Wal-Mart were an individual economy, it would rank as China's eighth-biggest trading partner, ahead of Russia, Australia and Canada," Xu said.

By the end of September, 2004, the top seven trading partners to the Chinese mainland are the European Union, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), South Korea and China's Taiwan Province, state statistics from the Ministry of Commerce.

Last year, the firm bought US$15 billion products from China, half from direct purchasing, the other from the firm's suppliers in China.
More than 5,000 Chinese enterprises have established steady supply alliances with Wal-Mart.
Good quality and low price are the major attractions of the retailing giant.
Insiders point out Wal-Mart's imports from China have largely influenced the US trade deficit in China, which is expected to reach US$150 billion this year.

Xu declined to comment if the anti-dumpling measures of the US Department of Commerce have impacted the firm's procurement of textile commodities and household appliances in China, saying again that China is an important sourcing base for the firm.

So far, more than 70 per cent of the commodities sold in Wal-Mart are made in China.

Experts say Wal-Mart's plan of increasing its procurement from China has granted the firm a positive corporate reputation in the country.

"Buying more products in China means more job opportunities, which helps the firm win not only the government's hearts, but also the customers' appreciations," said Wang Yao, director of information department under the China General Chamber of Commerce.

In the United States, poor people find it possible to afford cheap "Made In China" products for their daily necessities, Wang said.

Wal-Mart, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, entered China in 1996. It has opened 39 stores, including supercenters, "Sam's Clubs" and neighborhood markets in 15 cities around China, including Beijing, Harbin and Dalian.

It has recently announced the opening of its first store in Shanghai, slated for the middle of next year.

The firm has a total of 4,900 stores in 10 countries worldwide.
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Junkman · Dec 17, 2004

99% of the stuff you get at WAL-MART comes from China and shoot,there are over 25,000 Chinese troops stationed at Fort Polk,Louisiana-courtesy of the United Nations!

nailheadina67 · Dec 17, 2004

Brian Albrecht said:

I will never, never ever, NEVER buy a made in Communist China vehicle or vehicle with significant made in China part content.:
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I'm with you, Brian. The new crap GM expects us to buy nowadays does nothing for me anyway. Their vehicles are ugly and cheaply made. The other ones aren't much better. As for consumer goods, the same holds true.....I'll take a good old one over a new one cuz it's prolly made better.

Just bought the wife a new glass top stove, it's a Whirlpool and it's USA made as far as I know, but it's as flimsy as a shoebox. I would have bought an older one but they didn't make glass top stoves back when things were made right. :bglasses:

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