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Vicente Fox says US makes mediocre cars and that's why auto industry collapsed
CNBC. Com ^ | January 27, 2016 | Matthew J. Belvedere

Posted on 01/27/2017 7:10:59 AM PST by BradtotheBone

Edited on 01/27/2017 7:12:54 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Mexico
KEYWORDS: stoppedclock; truth
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To: Gay State Conservative

My goodness. I don’t think the wipers will be able to get that off the windshield.


61 posted on 01/27/2017 8:14:43 AM PST by PLMerite (Lord, let me die fighting lions. Amen.)
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To: BradtotheBone

Between 1973 and lately he’s quite right

He’s still a pendejo ladron

Our pickups were usually ok but in the late 70s or thru the early 90s I would have most German cars for sure and.a lot of jap cars too over nearly all us car makes

Kids don’t remember that dearth era

What restored US cars are SUVs which lobs defeat

Aside from very pricey land cruisers I’ve found nothing beats a good Yukon xl or suburban or scalde if one must pimp

Ditto excursion diesel the mac daddy if u can find one

We went from great fun fast crazy cars to absolute shit in 1973

I think a few trans am models held on till 78


62 posted on 01/27/2017 8:15:44 AM PST by wardaddy (trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
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To: mtrott

Really. When the government took over? I guess. My cousin still likes’em. He just got a new Silverado which I have to admit is very nice. I find it difficult to reconcile them making good cars now with the shenanigans then. But good, I hope they get better. I guess we’re keeping them.


63 posted on 01/27/2017 8:15:49 AM PST by ichabod1 (The Wise Cracker)
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To: BradtotheBone

Keep talking, Vincente, keep talking.


64 posted on 01/27/2017 8:16:06 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: SVTCobra03

I very much liked the rental high-powered Mustang I had, but it was not a Shelby.


65 posted on 01/27/2017 8:16:50 AM PST by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Yep!

Autoworkers have had a rough time.

And if Mexico wants a good relationship with the U.S., they might want to dial it down. You’re going nowhere if you are criticizing the capabilities of the American worker.
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Particularly with our current president. You won’t win against Trump.


66 posted on 01/27/2017 8:24:43 AM PST by proud American in Canada (May God Bless the U.S.A. (Trump: I will bear the slings and arrows for you, the American people))
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To: BradtotheBone
Let a Mexican design your next car.


67 posted on 01/27/2017 8:25:56 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: mtrott
I think I’d go for a Genesis G80 3.8 Ultimate Package
Great choice, but I prefer "American" cars.
I also buy year old, not new. The savings is usually around 20%.
68 posted on 01/27/2017 8:26:47 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: BradtotheBone

There was a time where American cars were simply awful. The Japanese could build a superior car for the same money. There were many reasons for that, but the bottom line was the cars were terrible. In that last couple of decades or so, the cars have become much improved.


69 posted on 01/27/2017 8:32:22 AM PST by Paradox ("Wishing for a tautology to enact itself is not a strategy.")
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To: BradtotheBone

Senor Fox, vacíe su propia ciénaga


70 posted on 01/27/2017 8:38:38 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim (Hillary Clinton: the official candidate of the National Sleep Foundation)
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To: Gay State Conservative

That is disgusting and totally unnecessary.


71 posted on 01/27/2017 8:59:56 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: dainbramaged
That is disgusting and totally unnecessary.

Welcome to modern day Mexico,a failed Fourth World narco-terrorist state.And a former President of that filthy cesspool is talking down to the US President.

As I've said before...which drug cartel carries him on its payroll?

72 posted on 01/27/2017 9:08:38 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I know all about Mexico having been robbed at gunpoint by cops on the beach in San Blas back in 1973. They beat my brother so bad he pissed blood for a month - haven’t been back since - and your photo is still disgusting and unnecessary.


73 posted on 01/27/2017 9:20:35 AM PST by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: dainbramaged
...back in 1973...

Ah,yes...1973.Back when Mexico was an absolute paradise compared to what it is today.

Of course the photo is disgusting.MEXICO is disgusting.That photo perfectly represents what we're up against today.

1973? Aaaahhh...those were the days!

I assume you know that the mods are free to delete that photo if they agree with you.

74 posted on 01/27/2017 9:32:00 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: BradtotheBone

He’s not wrong— the cars out of GM and Chrysler in the 1970’s -the present have been a litany of really bad ideas generated by dull clock-punchers, cynically foisted on what they assumed to be the ignorant American car buying public. Ford also had its misses (The Probe and 2nd gen. Taurus, for example), but have generally gotten their act together in recent years.


75 posted on 01/27/2017 9:41:10 AM PST by mikeus_maximus (The liberal left promotes hate and violence.)
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To: equaviator

Looking at that photo, you can just hear the musical horn playing “La Cucaracha”.


76 posted on 01/27/2017 9:49:02 AM PST by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: Charles Martel
Looking at that photo, you can just hear the musical horn playing “La Cucaracha”.

Years ago Randy Newman did a great video to go along with his song "I Love LA".Now I hate LA and everything it stands for but the song and the video are fantastic.At one point during the video they show a clip of those cars that Mexicans modify that shows them bouncing up and down.I don't know how they do that!

77 posted on 01/27/2017 9:57:38 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: BradtotheBone

Of course he is correct and that is the reason the American Southland has become the manufacturer of superior quality autos and trucks.


78 posted on 01/27/2017 10:02:20 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: trebb

actually, Mexico is a major auto auto manufacturer. All the biggies have plants there that are primarily export oriented.


79 posted on 01/27/2017 10:04:41 AM PST by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... Macroagression melts snowflakes)
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To: BradtotheBone

Have another cerveza, Vince. Maybe you’ll pass out and shut the hell up.

Your pitiful country doesn’t even have a car company. If it weren’t for foreign auto plants in your country, you Mexicans wouldn’t build cars at all.


80 posted on 01/27/2017 10:09:29 AM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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