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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-24-07 05:48 PM Original message |
Edwards Statement on Toyota Outselling General Motors |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. First, we have to make a car that's worth buying. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:21 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. No, first we need to quit spouting bullshit |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:28 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. but, can the average foreign buyer afford them? |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:04 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Uh... price them sometime. US cars are MUCH cheaper |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:42 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. How do you mean cheap? |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Our Taurus bled us white |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, I for one am really glad you |
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JohnLocke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:52 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. I seriously doubt we will "go to war" with Japan or South Korea in the near future (nt). |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Wow, way to go trying to guilt the other person |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Non-union workers as Toyota/Honda |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I admire your action but hope you'll remember that many |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Maximzing returns for the Investor |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. ...paying lobbyists to make sure they don't have tough |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Best ROI there is: |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Sadly, US auto manufacturers have gotten state and fed gov't to legislate their |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. You do realize that the brand of car does not indicate where it is made, don't you? |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Hmm you may want to check WHERE the parts were made |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. And again, another well meaning poster |
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Connie_Corleone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Toyota has American plants making these foreign cars. |
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BluegrassDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-25-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. But Japanese factories are non-union |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. Thank you! Finally someone who knows. |
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Indy_Dem_Defender (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 10:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Thank you for that rant |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. I guess the definition of "decent" and "nice" is up to interpretation |
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durtee librul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. That's ok, a lot of people in 3rd world countries |
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shaniqua6392 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Thank you for that!!! |
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ooga booga (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
15. In my one brief trip to Seoul (1994)..... |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:03 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Opening their domestic market is only one part of the equation |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:09 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Marketing as well |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-27-07 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
27. The biggest problem with American cars is the corporate structure that insists |
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