Comments on: Why The Chinese Aren’t Coming http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-the-chinese-arent-coming/ The Truth About Cars is dedicated to providing candid, unbiased automobile reviews and the latest in auto industry news. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:44:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: blowfish http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-the-chinese-arent-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-585252 blowfish Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:48:16 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=55231#comment-585252 All of this is irrelevant. After all, Volvo is not for sale. Ford has said it’s committed to the brand. Case closed. Never say never, we never able to see the balance sheet of the Blu Oval boyz. Is like a plane when go low on fuel, u need to ditch even the most precious cargo too. Or we all go down. If it can save the mother ship then is a painful decision. No different than the guy who got hand stuck in the rock had to slowly severe it inorder to save his own Derriere. All of this is irrelevant. After all, Volvo is not for sale. Ford has said it’s committed to the brand. Case closed.

Never say never, we never able to see the balance sheet of the Blu Oval boyz. Is like a plane when go low on fuel, u need to ditch even the most precious cargo too. Or we all go down. If it can save the mother ship then is a painful decision.
No different than the guy who got hand stuck in the rock had to slowly severe it inorder to save his own Derriere.

]]> By: blowfish http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-the-chinese-arent-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-585232 blowfish Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:42:19 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=55231#comment-585232 Don't we forget the Chinese has held a lot of US trade surpluses/debentures/ junk bonds/ wall paper eventually hope not too soon , they could probably have enuf to buy out the General Motors too. There are 2 ways too look at, if to hold US$ debenture for long term is gong to shrink. The buzz word nobody wanted to hear as either a bond holder or a patient. They mind as well buy something now before it slowly melted away just like the North/ South Ice cap. Don’t we forget the Chinese has held a lot of US trade surpluses/debentures/ junk bonds/ wall paper eventually hope not too soon , they could probably have enuf to buy out the General Motors too.

There are 2 ways too look at, if to hold US$ debenture for long term is gong to shrink. The buzz word nobody wanted to hear as either a bond holder or a patient.

They mind as well buy something now before it slowly melted away just like the North/ South Ice cap.

]]> By: John Horner http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-the-chinese-arent-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-584961 John Horner Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:07:45 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=55231#comment-584961 China has four times as many potential customers as does the US. Why spend the considerable effort required to break into a stagnant US market when there are so much easier pickings at home? Besides, the shipping lanes from China to the US are already chock-full-O-crap headed for our hyper consuming big box shoppers. People think of the stuff they buy there as essentially disposable. In fact, automobiles are one of the last consumer purchases where the buyers expect the thing to last more than a few years. China has four times as many potential customers as does the US. Why spend the considerable effort required to break into a stagnant US market when there are so much easier pickings at home?

Besides, the shipping lanes from China to the US are already chock-full-O-crap headed for our hyper consuming big box shoppers. People think of the stuff they buy there as essentially disposable. In fact, automobiles are one of the last consumer purchases where the buyers expect the thing to last more than a few years.

]]> By: N Number http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-the-chinese-arent-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-584872 N Number Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:47:07 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=55231#comment-584872 All of this is irrelevant. After all, Volvo is not for sale. Ford has said it's committed to the brand. Case closed. Sarcasm may be the lowest form of humor, but that's all I've got right now. All of this is irrelevant. After all, Volvo is not for sale. Ford has said it’s committed to the brand. Case closed.

Sarcasm may be the lowest form of humor, but that’s all I’ve got right now.

]]> By: Facebook User http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/why-the-chinese-arent-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-584792 Facebook User Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:28:32 +0000 http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/?p=55231#comment-584792 The Chinese stock market has lost half it's value this year. The DOW is a gem in comparisn.(the DOW despite it's problems is outperforming Europe and most of the worlds markets) Maybe the Chinese are a little short of money which is why they are dropping their fuel subsidies. And inflation is a huge problem in China. It is not a bowl of cherries like the press makes it appear. The Chinese stock market has lost half it’s value this year. The DOW is a gem in comparisn.(the DOW despite it’s problems is outperforming Europe and most of the worlds markets) Maybe the Chinese are a little short of money which is why they are dropping their fuel subsidies. And inflation is a huge problem in China. It is not a bowl of cherries like the press makes it appear.

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