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Originally posted by Laminar Lou:
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Originally posted by dailydriver:
Sad, but true.
Then they will try to justify by saying they were built here, or the content was from here. Doesn't matter. What they forget is that the excessive profits and money
STILL go
OVERTHERE!!
Well, I am one of those Americans that
works for a Japanese company. Let me start by saying that I pay taxes and my company pays taxes right here in the USA like the big 3. When we were purchased by the Japanese company, we had to start doing all kinds of new accounting tests during audits to make sure that we weren't transferring profits to Japan. The IRS looks at the transfer pricing issue every year to make sure that profit that is made here is taxed here, and they make sure that our manufacturer in Japan isn't jacking up our costs to move the profit over to Japan.
Also, if you think there is such thing as an American car anymore you are delusional. Your American car is made by Mexicans and Canadians too, and they have a lot of Japanese and Chinese parts in them. My company sells to the big 3 and the reason that an American made product isn't sold to them is because they consistently beat our margins to death and forced us to move stuff to overseas companies. Don't get me started with Visteon's "pay for play" program that stated they wanted 5% of the total savings we promise (over the contract term) up front
in cash before they even place their first order!
That said, when it comes to quality the American companies are easier to deal with. When something fails they wait to see a trend before they even bother us. With companies like Toyota, if a light bulb blows there is a full investigation, 8D analysis, outside sorting companies, etc. You decide which company is more quality concious...
I am just saying that a lot of people perceive the import car manufacturers as the evil invader, but that is not the whole picture. It's more complicated then most people think. [/QB]