Posted on 03/08/2008 9:29:46 PM PST by vrwc54
Actually, that generation Camry was designed in California at the Calty studio.
You do know why NASCAR banned foreign cars, right?
It’s because JAGUAR, yes JAGUAR, came over and kicked their butts so badly they banned all foreign made cars. NASCAR is STILL an association of cowards.
So the Toyota NASCAR team in considered domestic?
If I put a republican bumper sticker on my car today, I'd probably have no car.
My Reagan bumper sticker lasted 3 hours 29 years ago!
Yup.
So are the Fusion teams (made in Mexico) and the Chevy Impala (Canada).
But if your car is made outside of North America, you’re banninated from the series!
The important distinction between "American" or "foreign" is not who gets to race on NASCAR tracks, it is where the corporate profits go.
And Toyota's profits go to Japan.
They just assemble their cars here to reduce their shiping costs and take advantage of American tax breaks and cheap labor.
Every dollar spent on Chinese consumer junk, OPEC oil or foreign name-tag cars weakens America.
“Amherst already voted in 2000 to have the Police Department ignore Marijuana laws”
Ironically if wars were not fought Mr. Weiss might never have been Born.
He should be put off the select Board.
There’s so much wrong with your post that I don’t know where to start.
1. Corporate profits: The profits go to the shareholders. The largest shareholders of Toyota are actually American institutions like banks and pension funds. So the money comes right back to the US.
2. “Assemble their cars here”. Actually, over 70% of the Camry’s parts are sourced from AMERICA. Not Japan. This includes many companies that were former GM, Ford, and Chrysler suppliers, and some that are current suppliers to same. The days of “kits” being shipped over and assembled here have been gone for **20** years. Check with BurbankKarl on this forum, I believe his employer is one such supplier.
3. You’ve never sat down and done the math, have you? Let’s say that a Toyota Camry and a Ford Fusion are both sold for $30,000. Let’s further say that for the purposes of this discussion that both cars have a 16.5% profit margin (they do not in reality, but it makes it easier to deal with as an example) so the vehicles both cost $25,000 to make, and there’s $5,000 profit on each.
If you buy the Camry, $25,000 STAYS IN THE US and EMPLOYS US WORKERS. $5000 goes overseas, but about $2500-3000 comes back as share dividends.
If you buy the “domestic car”, the Fusion, that $25,000 goes to MEXICO and EMPLOYS MEXICAN WORKERS. Only $5000 stays in the US, and it employs few workers.
So, let’s look at this. Buy a Camry, employ American workers. Buy a Fusion, employ Mexicans. Hm.....
I know which I’d rather buy, if “employing Americans uber alles” was important to me.
Work your numbers on two cars made/assembled in America, one Japanese and one American.
Profits do not all go to stockholders - but you already know that.
What car that isn’t a steaming pile is “American” badged and “made in America”? Answer: None that are that competitive, save the Malibu.
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