Chinese Strikes: It Ain't Over Until It's Over – Toyota And Honda Down Again

You thought the strikes that affected Honda and Toyota in China are over, and both are happily churning out cars again? That makes two of us. But we are mistaken.

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  • Kwik_Shift_Pro4X How a Versa that's a $18000 car became a $24000 car says a lot. Or even the jacked price of the current Frontiers. Not worth it.
  • MaintenanceCosts They should focus on major non-Interstate routes in the flat West. I recently did a central Texas trip with a Model S rental. It was just fine along the interstates but there were significant gaps on the big federal highways, which caused a bit of extra driving to reach charging stations. The one public (non-"customers only") charger in the greater Fredericksburg area was very busy, even at non-peak times.
  • Tassos Real Cars are RWD.So if you want a Lexus, try either the GS, or the flagship LS460 (before they mutilated it into the current failed model)The ES used to be a rebadged Camry, then became a rebadged Avalon at $10k more. Not a wise buy, unless you are a silly snob and would not be caught dead driving an econobox.
  • Ajla Sounds like the pinstripes, nitrogen, window tint, TruCoat, and "filing fee" is about to go up. It is pretty fun to see a $18K Versa with $3k in add ons.
  • Tane94 A very cogent article, Tim. Maybe Cadillac needs its own version of Lincoln's Black Label edition to upscale its interiors. I don't know what Lincoln's take rate for the Black Label is but the BL interiors are outstanding.