Lexus now
Posted on 04/23/2012 12:14:12 PM PDT by Talisker
GM announced plans to build the new 2013 Cadillac XTS luxury sedan [in China].
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Lexus now
Excellent and long overdue move. I’ve never figured how a UAW wrench turner is more of a skilled worker than someone who solders electronic parts together. For the price of a typical UAW high school dropout, you can hire several Chinese college grads who don’t stick beer cans, cigarette butts and assorted non-auto related accessories in the door panels or deliberately sabotage the cars just to show management (and the hapless car buyer) who’s boss. It’s long past time that the UAW was sent to the glue factory.
I’m sure CEO Obamah will pay UAW wages and pensions!
I own one of the last pre government motors Cadillacs, an 08’ STS which I love. Sadly I will never again buy a Caddy. While I am morally outraged at the outright theft from GM bondholders, the real reason to never buy a Cadillac again is service and quality.
GM as a company is making most of their decisions based on politics, similar to Jaguar when they were taken over by the British unions. I believe the result of those policies will become apparent soon in the form of reduced dependability.
As for service, I have dealt with 3 dealerships in two different states and frankly I find the service to be extremely poor. Every time I have taken my car in for warranty work, it has taken more than one trip to fix the problem. Instead of being apologetic about the situation, the service people are generally unconcerned with an unhappy customer. Looking on line this seems to be a theme for caddy dealerships when compared to Lexus or BMW.
With all the competition in the luxury car market, perhaps Caddy is smart to build in China as Americans will no longer want them.
“Shouldn’t there be a clause in the associated fine print that says keep the jobs in America?”
I am all for GM moving out of the country. They will build a good international business outside this country and eventually close all of their US plants. Bye bye UAW! Ford, the company that didn’t take the bailout, has already announced that they are never going to build another plant in the US. So your future US made cars will be Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and BMW. All with non- union plants! One way or another, the UAW is done, and good riddance!
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With a gangsta lean “
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” 2013 Cadillac XTS luxury sedan [in China].”
Free egg lorr.... : )
See post 49 : )
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63 SS 409 !!
I have owned several cads....the worst was the 99 Seville STS........POS.
Apparently this production is just for the Chinese market. They’re still building the XTS in US factories for the North American market.
Think about lead paint on everything from the Ching-changs; all kinds of toxic materials in building products from the Ching-changs. Now just let your mind run free and try to anticipate all the toxins and poisons and contaminants you’ll be breathing-into your lungs every minute you spend in your GM Ching-chang Cadirrack!
“So your future US made cars will be Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and BMW.”
I don’t think I’ll have any truble selecting a suitable ride from that list. But for the time being, we’re a FORD family.
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