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25-11-2006, 05:17 PM
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Commodores built in China .... What's your view ?
i was just reading in Fordfurums that a magazine said future commodores will be built in China.... i thought China believed in quanity more than they believe in quality ...
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25-11-2006, 06:53 PM
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China is up and coming in the car building industry.
I think a few well known brand cars are built there... Nissan, Benz Daimler Chrysler, Ford, Honda, and GM...
If you knew the country of origin for alot of things in your car, you'd be pretty amazed.
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25-11-2006, 07:18 PM
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The Commodore's that are gonna be built in China are for the Chinese market. The one's for Australia will still be built in South Australia.
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25-11-2006, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by vztrt
The Commodore's that are gonna be built in China are for the Chinese market. The one's for Australia will still be built in South Australia.
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That is for now, within the next 20 years, i doubt australia will build here, it is just far too expensive.
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25-11-2006, 07:55 PM
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China will be building cars in remote Africa by then  (or getting Australians to build cars for them, lol) either way they will be a way bigger fish than us
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26-11-2006, 01:44 AM
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A 4 and a 6... Wheres 8?
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Have you seen some of China's new carmakers?
Decent quality stuff. Italian design styling (bertone etc.), GOOD warranties... As in 10 year, 100,000 MILE warranties (not km's).
Best part... dirt cheap. In my opinion they're gonna take over the world.
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26-11-2006, 01:51 AM
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Originally Posted by vztrt
The Commodore's that are gonna be built in China are for the Chinese market. The one's for Australia will still be built in South Australia.
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Using Chinese parts.
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26-11-2006, 02:05 AM
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A 4 and a 6... Wheres 8?
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Originally Posted by Pretender
Using Chinese parts.
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Which, unlike the aussie produced parts, have yet to cause any recalls, reworks or issues.
The parts are cheap generally because of cheap labour, not neccessarily because of poor quality.
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26-11-2006, 02:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 1991_Vn2nV
Which, unlike the aussie produced parts, have yet to cause any recalls, reworks or issues.
The parts are cheap generally because of cheap labour, not neccessarily because of poor quality.
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As you said previously people would be surprised if they knew where the parts for their car are currently made.
China is the new force and there are far more car makers sourcing parts and production from China than many would know. At present, these car makers don't want their clients to know about it though.
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26-11-2006, 03:07 AM
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Originally Posted by 1991_Vn2nV
Which, unlike the aussie produced parts, have yet to cause any recalls, reworks or issues.
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Except for the seatbelts in VE's and WM's 
Though I do agree Australian isn't that crash hot either, probably hundreds of Japanese cars which are superior in all ways except room and they would cost less to own/run (though getting parts for them is a pain)
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26-11-2006, 03:50 AM
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Don't really see a problem with it myself considering BMW, Mercedes, Honda, etc, etc all build a lot of their models in countries other than the manufacturers home countries
As long as it's decent quality then I'd have no dramas buying a Chinese built Holden
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26-11-2006, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1991_Vn2nV
Best part... dirt cheap. In my opinion they're gonna take over the world.
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They will be the "cheap" manufacturer of the world for quite a while yet but not indefenatly (sp?). Take the case histories of Taiwan and Japan as just 2 examples. As their manufacturing took off, their population became more affluent and demanded a better standard of living which increased wages and manufacturing costs in those countries. Both are still big manufacturing nations (as % of GDP) but neither are perceived as "cheap".
China is currently only part way thru their development but eventually they will end up the same as the rest of the developed world. IMHO India will be the next powerhouse after China.
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26-11-2006, 08:01 AM
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