Posted on 07/29/2009 9:03:20 PM PDT by model B
A motocross publication that I read online is quoting Nasdaq that Honda is closing their Marysville OH plant, which currently produces the VTX and Honda Goldwing motorcycles. Production (up to 75,000 motorcycles/year) is being sourced back to Japan.
You know something is up when it is once again cheaper to produce in Japan. The labor and facility costs there are extremely high.
Always told the wife that I would get a Gold Wing over a Harley, but this changes things.
Japanese aren’t going to be forced or fined because they aren’t providing benefits the US govt mandates on employers. Probably will be cheaper back in Japan.
Obama gets a win because that’s less industry in the USA. Gets two victories, maybe three or four. Let’s count them:
1. Obama wins because he de-industrializes us more.
2. Obama wins because more people unemployed.
3. Obama wins because more people will be forced into govt hcare plan.
4. Obama wins because economy is worsened.
You can’t have global govt with the US remaining a superpower.
You cannot be a superpower if you have a robust industrial economy.
I guess Honda announced their plans to close this plant earlier this year but it’s news to me. definitely sucks for those folks there. they made a good product.
The Japenese didn’t elect OBOZO and they can see the Devastation he is reeking on AMERICA! HONDA has made a big statement; “SCREW YOU OBOZO!, We are getting out before You Nationalize the U.S. Asstes like Your Hero, Chavez, did in Venezuala!” :-(
Blame Obama not Honda !
Japanese companies are in the end - Japanese companies.
You can’t blame Honda .
Damn, I am looking at a Shadow for my first bike.
It makes perfect sense to flee a sinking ship when the drunken captain has started chopping holes in the lifeboats.
We know how that hope and change thingy is working in ohio.Gonna be tough for a while.
Not a good sign....that is a lot of jobs lost
But, the days of willy-nilly free trade are over....and you will see more in-sourcing of jobs. In fact, this is now happening in reverse, as some manufacturers are leaving Communist China to return to the US (mainly due to transportation costs)
You mean they were lying?? I mean if you can't trust a bunch of commie-pinko leftwing facist dirty lowdown Democrats then who can you trust?
I don’t blame Honda. And when I do buy another bike, it will probably be a Honda. I have never had an issue with them. My wife wants me to buy a Harley for us both to ride. However, I still think a Gold Wing would be better.
Honda is an exceptionally well run company. I would take a Honda over a Toyo any day. Honda’s hybrid is not as good as the Prius or Ford Fusion/Milan. Ford now owns all of their own hybrid technology and it was created in house.
AFAIK - they cross licensed some stuff with Toyo but now it is all Ford. Ford’s new V6 is also world class.
No way any smart company will built a plant in America now.
You used to meet the nicest people on a Honda.
You used to meet the nicest people on a Honda.
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