Posted on 02/13/2018 10:54:27 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
I agree with you on that level. OTOH, whilae car shopping with a pal, we noted a Korean-made Buick.
About $32,000 for a Korean-made Buick?! Quite one thing to pay that sorta scratch for a car made by union types, quite another to pay it for something made in Korea.
I’m happy ROK has the know-how to build these. But I’m still not sure how the free trade aspect works well enough...
^ For some reason, Buick acquired the reputation of being a luxury car in Asia and they sell like hotcakes. Where you see a ton of them is wealthy places in Mainland China like Shanghai and Beijing, believe it or not. (In both Korea and Mainland China they also really like Audis as luxury cars, for some reason—I’ve personally never quite understood how that brand survives and what the attraction is.)
When the economic collapse hit the U.S. in 2008, G.E. was told they had too many lines and they would not be bailed out unless they stopped making some. In the end, they cut Oldsmobile (actually killed off a little earlier), Pontiac and Saturn.
They kept the Buick line, even though sales sucked in the U.S. The reason was its branding as a luxury car in Asia, and GM thought they could still make money on Buicks by concentrating on sales in Asia.
“Most likely, Buick will continue to be Cadillac-lite. Great, if you’re into that. “
Not a problem here. Just and individual with a very big disdain for I4’s in cars.
As for the Corvette, maintenance bills would make it more trouble than it’s worth for owning one. Even with an almost no-limit budget.
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