<VV> no corvair content pop mech article oct 05

[Tony Underwood]

At 11:03 hours 09/16/2005, you wrote:


> > At least two of the Big Three already have factories in China.
>
>No, they ALL do (GM/Buick in Shanghai, Ford in Chongching,

Those were the ones I meant.

>Chrysler (Jeep)
>in Beijing)


I still tend to regard Jeep as not actually a part of Chrysler... and 
DC does as well, judging from the contingency plans I've heard, 
should Chrysler be "reshuffled" in Daimler's attempt to uncomplicate 
their current situation courtesy of Jurgen Shrempp having decided to 
throw up his hands and quit after having turned DC into the 
equivalent of Wal-Mart by buying up so many other money-stressed 
entities along the way, leaving current Chrysler head Zetsche in 
charge of the whole ball of wax.    And Dieter Zetsche is a business 
man... if Chrysler doesn't continue to make enough money to make the 
stockholders in Stuttgart (and elsewhere) happy, it could end up 
liquidated... and JEEP will not be a part of it, likely to be sold 
off separately to someone else.   Jeep seems to remain profitable, 
according to DC.


>along with Peugeot/Citroen and Volkswagen

...not of the US Big Three.


>Dude......show me a US auto company that's made a profit in the last 2
>years!


See my 5 minutes previous post regarding cheap Chinese labor.



tony..