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I ordered Bosch pump, and I compared it with one from Autozone at the store to be sure it is authentic.
The Closeout one I got was made in Mexico. The Autozone one is made in China.

So even tier 1 suppliers are moving production there. The guy told me almost everything is going that route.

I bet plenty of new cars on dealer lots have modules, sensors, motors, etc made in China.
 
China is a huge market with tremendous upside for automobile growth. If you don't have a factory there then you miss out on all that.
 
Originally Posted by ford46guy
I ordered Bosch pump, and I compared it with one from Autozone at the store to be sure it is authentic.
The Closeout one I got was made in Mexico. The Autozone one is made in China.

So even tier 1 suppliers are moving production there. The guy told me almost everything is going that route.

I bet plenty of new cars on dealer lots have modules, sensors, motors, etc made in China.


There's very little of anything made in the USA now days.
From car parts to the clothes on your back and everything else in between. Sad deal really
 
Originally Posted by FordBroncoVWJeta
A couple of the new Buick's are directly from China.


Another reason I don't buy GM
 
At my former company, we held "job exchanges" annually where someone in my department would go to one of our offices in another country and a person from that office would be part of my department for a 2 week period. The cultural exchange and name/face recognition was incredibly valuable for creating/strengthening the overall relationship(s). I will never forget one particular exchange where a server engineer from the Shanghai office joined the team. As the host country, there is a general expectation that you expose the person to as much local culture and sights as practical and so he was able to eat BBQ, see the Houston Astros, visit the San Jacinto monument, visit the Battleship Texas, and we even made it down to Galveston Island. He enjoyed all of it--particularly hamburgers (he managed to take down a 1.5lb burger with all the trimmings and a chocolate shake).

The amusing part for me was shopping for souvenirs for him to take back home. We meandered through 5 or 6 shops before he looked at me, shrugged his shoulders, and said (wait for it)...

"Can you take me to a shop where I can buy something that is NOT made in China?" After we laughed for a solid 5 minutes, I took him to Cavender's Boot City where he proceeded to buy two pairs--one alligator and one python. I still chuckle when I think about the look on his face when he said -- "not made in China".
 
The manufacturers will go to the country of lowest cost to make stuff. Soon they'll look for someplace to undercut China. I wonder if they will ever run out of low cost countries to go to. If they do, what then.
 
Originally Posted by double vanos
The manufacturers will go to the country of lowest cost to make stuff. Soon they'll look for someplace to undercut China. I wonder if they will ever run out of low cost countries to go to. If they do, what then.

That has been happening for quite a while already. Thailand has a huge manufacturing base. Vietnam is excelling in clothing and hard fabrics. India, Bangladesh, and on and on.
 
Originally Posted by PimTac
That has been happening for quite a while already. Thailand has a huge manufacturing base. Vietnam is excelling in clothing and hard fabrics. India, Bangladesh, and on and on.

PimTac
Your spot on correct sir
 
Originally Posted by 2015_PSD
At my former company, we held "job exchanges" annually where someone in my department would go to one of our offices in another country and a person from that office would be part of my department for a 2 week period. The cultural exchange and name/face recognition was incredibly valuable for creating/strengthening the overall relationship(s). I will never forget one particular exchange where a server engineer from the Shanghai office joined the team. As the host country, there is a general expectation that you expose the person to as much local culture and sights as practical and so he was able to eat BBQ, see the Houston Astros, visit the San Jacinto monument, visit the Battleship Texas, and we even made it down to Galveston Island. He enjoyed all of it--particularly hamburgers (he managed to take down a 1.5lb burger with all the trimmings and a chocolate shake).

The amusing part for me was shopping for souvenirs for him to take back home. We meandered through 5 or 6 shops before he looked at me, shrugged his shoulders, and said (wait for it)...

"Can you take me to a shop where I can buy something that is NOT made in China?" After we laughed for a solid 5 minutes, I took him to Cavender's Boot City where he proceeded to buy two pairs--one alligator and one python. I still chuckle when I think about the look on his face when he said -- "not made in China".


Great story ...‚
 
Originally Posted by ford46guy
I bet plenty of new cars on dealer lots have modules, sensors, motors, etc made in China.


See if you can take a tour through any of the big three's parts depts,you'll be surprised that 99.9% of the parts are foreign made. Pretty much only the name is American.
 
Originally Posted by aquariuscsm
Originally Posted by ford46guy
I bet plenty of new cars on dealer lots have modules, sensors, motors, etc made in China.

See if you can take a tour through any of the big three's parts depts,you'll be surprised that 99.9% of the parts are foreign made. Pretty much only the name is American.

It wouldn't surprise me. Even if something is assembled in the US, the parts of that product come from all over.
 
Originally Posted by PimTac
Originally Posted by double vanos
The manufacturers will go to the country of lowest cost to make stuff. Soon they'll look for someplace to undercut China. I wonder if they will ever run out of low cost countries to go to. If they do, what then.

That has been happening for quite a while already. Thailand has a huge manufacturing base. Vietnam is excelling in clothing and hard fabrics. India, Bangladesh, and on and on.

Thank you for pointing out Vietnam made. Is not Indonesia one
 
Originally Posted by CourierDriver
IN the 50s and 60s , tags read made in Japan
This blows my mind. I have a set of Fuller wrenches that I bought at the Re-Store. Upon further inspection, I found they are marked KTC. KTC makes high end Japanese tools now, but before that they were likely the lowest bidder on that wrench set.

Japan was the Boomer's China back in the day. When you think about it that way, it's not surprising people preferred American cars to Japanese cars for so long.
 
Originally Posted by PimTac
Originally Posted by double vanos
The manufacturers will go to the country of lowest cost to make stuff. Soon they'll look for someplace to undercut China. I wonder if they will ever run out of low cost countries to go to. If they do, what then.

That has been happening for quite a while already. Thailand has a huge manufacturing base. Vietnam is excelling in clothing and hard fabrics. India, Bangladesh, and on and on.


Spot on both of you.

Some of the Harley Davidsons we get in Oz are made in India.
 
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