I'd rather take the bus.
HUGO!
Did I ride in a Chevy the other day with an engine made in China???
Remember the YUGO !!
Hmm! disposable autos. @ 7 grand each, they're toaster cars - you wear one out, toss it like a toaster, and buy another. One could wear out three without touching the price of a Detroit model.
Fords and Chevys, made in China, sold in Walmart, how far away?
The Geely sports sedan, called Solo, will cost $10,888 fully equipped with leather seats, power windows, a remote control entry system, CD player and wood trim. A fully-equipped Solo sedan is $8,888.
Hollywood would be a readymade market for them.....After all who would worry about their quality if you wanna blow th'm up anyway???
What comes to mind are vehicles like hte old King Midget which was produced in PA and OH when I was young...
or the Mini Moke made in Britain...
or any number of neighborhood elecrical vehichles...
I also really enjoyed the old Honda 50's and 90's with the step through frames as well as Vespa's and other scooters.
These would great for getting around a small town or even inner city neighborhood. They are NOT for extended highway driving.
Not only would they save on gas but with more people having increased mobility at reasonable cost, intercourse (you know what I mean) would rise dramatically to the benefit of all businesses.
We could build them here at regional plants designed to manufacture vehicles tailored to indiviual areas.
Because the vehicles are of simple design allowing low skilled assembly labor costs could be kept down. Semi - assembled vehicles could also be offered passing along the savings to the customer who has the ability to put one together or hire someone locally to do it. That would help discourage similar vehicles from being imported. It just wouldn't be cost effective to haul them from overseas and ship them inland.
And YES...I DO like the Segway...
would really like to have one....sigh
prisoner6
It's ok to import the Chinese cars. So long as we teach those union thugs and all those stupid autoworkers who number in the hundred thousands and all the satellite businesses that support them and the industry a lesson while the Big Three bite the dust, who cares?
GM will just attempt to sell cars in China, manufactured in China to Chinese who won't buy anything but Chinese manufacturers.
~or so I've read from some truly whacked out posters who think the US needs to lose more jobs. It's Capitalism!~
If they come up wih an SUV at a good price, sign me up.
6,995$ is unbelievable!! Seriously at that price I will buy my children cars when they turn 16.
Yugo - part II -
Another piece of junk to be eaten by the Mackinaw Bridge and tossed into the straits.
If you build them - they will come.....
HELLO GM, Ford, anybody... !?
The car prices will have to compensate for the $5 /gal. gas....
HERE is a chance to make a difference.
Buy American, buy Japanese, but DON'T buy Chinese.