Would you buy a car assembled in Mexico?

[Whimsey]

Maybe I'm lucky but my 1996 Ford Contour was "assembled" in Mexico. I bought it new and still have it and it's been great. I live in NJ and it has no rust(salt city

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[Aldaris]

Would I buy a car assembled in Mexico? Not if I can help it - but who knows what will happen down the road? For now I'm sticking to Made in Japan cars, ones that have resisted even shifting to the United States. I like them better that way because they don't have GM Harrison radiators or Delco alternators or other union-made nonsense.

 

[refaller]

I doubt if I have ever "worried" about where my car is assembled. I always make sure that it is a car with a good reliability rating, crash rating and that satisfies my needs. Then I purchase that car. I had a PT Cruiser that got lemon lawed, but I was more frustrated with Chrysler for not fixing the parasitic drain that was so obvious after 4 batteries in 1 year. I never understood the mentality of my Civic had problems therefore Honda, the place of origin and Civic's stink. Statistics are great, but if you have the 1% that fails then it feels so much greater.

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[XPR]

Why not, isn't it better for the Mexicans to have work in Mexico than to come across the US border illegally?

 

[Kestas]

Yes, but THEY should build cars for THEIR market, and WE should build cars for OUR market.

 

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Yes, but THEY should build cars for THEIR market, and WE should build cars for OUR market.

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Isolationism is not the answer.

Yes, given a proven track record, I'd have not problem buying Mexican-built.

 

[brianl703]

No. As long as Mexico tries to dictate what US immigration policy should be, I avoid Mexican-made products.

 

[XS650]

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No. As long as Mexico tries to dictate what US immigration policy should be, I avoid Mexican-made products.

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If no one bought products from any country that tried to influence their countries internal affairs, the US would have no foreign sales at all.

 

[Lonnie]

At a share holder meeting a few years ago Ford stated that they must build in Mexico for economic reasons. Looks like Honda and Toyota don't know how to run their business as well as Ford because they build in the US. Maybe they should hire away some of the Ford exec's so they can learn how to do it right.

 

[rjundi]

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Yes, but THEY should build cars for THEIR market, and WE should build cars for OUR market.

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What is your feeling on Big three cars built across the river from the motor city in Canada?

 

[rjundi]

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At a share holder meeting a few years ago Ford stated that they must build in Mexico for economic reasons. Looks like Honda and Toyota don't know how to run their business as well as Ford because they build in the US. Maybe they should hire away some of the Ford exec's so they can learn how to do it right.

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There is more to it than that. The original intentions of building cars in US was to quell the old school ideas of "buying foreign". This PR has worked incredibly well for the most part in convincing US people they are buying "domestic".

 

[dwendt44]

GM and Toyota built cars together in California and GM didn't seem to learn a thing.

 

[benjamming]

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At a share holder meeting a few years ago Ford stated that they must build in Mexico for economic reasons. Looks like Honda and Toyota don't know how to run their business as well as Ford because they build in the US. Maybe they should hire away some of the Ford exec's so they can learn how to do it right.

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Some of the new 8th generation (2008-20xx) Honda Accords are built in Mexico. Some of the 6th generation were as well.

 

[XS650]

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GM and Toyota built cars together in California and GM didn't seem to learn a thing.

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GM's cars have improved since NUMMI started. Whether that's the result of learning from Toyota is another question.

I find it hard to believe that GM is incapable of learning from others.

 

[MrCritical]

We sell the Mexican built GMC trucks and Yukons. Quality at least as good as American. At first the Mexican units had more squeaks, rattles, and windnoises, but not anymore.

 

[javacontour]

I care more about the quality of assembly than I do about the nation and people that assemble the car.

I'm buying a car to fulfill the needs of me and my family, so those who build the highest quality vehicle that meets my needs and price constraints are going to have a shot for my business.

 

[brianl703]

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If no one bought products from any country that tried to influence their countries internal affairs, the US would have no foreign sales at all.

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I imagine that someone living in a country with a large illegal alien population from the USA might feel as I do, particularly when that illegal alien population manages to send billions of dollars home each year while consuming government services at an inordinately high rate, and any attempt to do anything about the issue is met with squeals of protest from the USA.

 

[Steve S]

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Yes, but THEY should build cars for THEIR market, and WE should build cars for OUR market.

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Isolationism is not the answer.

Yes, given a proven track record, I'd have not problem buying Mexican-built.

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I wouldn't call that isolationism . Isolationism is a newspaper word like undocumentated worker instead of illegal alien.

 

[Steve S]

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GM and Toyota built cars together in California and GM didn't seem to learn a thing.

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GM's cars have improved since NUMMI started. Whether that's the result of learning from Toyota is another question.

I find it hard to believe that GM is incapable of learning from others.

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Toyota learned to lower the quality of their cars like G.M has done for years .

 

[XPR]

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Yes, but THEY should build cars for THEIR market, and WE should build cars for OUR market.

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Wake up. This is a global economy.