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Buick Sells Four Times As Many Cars In China As In U.S
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| January 8, 2014
| Anthony Ingram
Posted on 01/09/2014 3:09:27 PM PST by lbryce
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That's because you need to buy the car first, to find out it's a lemon. GM's products have jut only recently been introduced to China's car market. GM having produced inherently obsolescent products for decades in the US gives us the dubious luxury of knowing which cars to avoid buying.
In the heyday of American economic, manufacturing prowess, it was once a common refrain that What's good for America is good for General Motors and visa versa.
Today, it's more like, GM's Fate is Detroit's Destiny.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:09:27 PM PST
by
lbryce
To: lbryce
I guess the Chinese do not realize how crappy a car the Buick is.
Frankly, I would rather have my grandfather’s Buick. That car was reliable. The current ones are not so reliable unless you are measuring how you can rely on them to break down.
To: lbryce
Buick Sells Four Times As Many Cars In China As In U.S
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That’s great. Yessiree.
The next time GM needs a government buyout - let the Chinese handle it.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:17:03 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: MIchaelTArchangel
Don’t American women wear Buicks?
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:19:33 PM PST
by
bert
((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
To: lbryce
We send them our crappy cars as revenge for them sending us their crappy.... everything.
To: MIchaelTArchangel
Actually, the 3800 series is pretty good. I drive a ‘98 Park Ave, and the drive train is great at 185,000. Now, buisances like door handles, electric windows and ashtrays are another matter.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:21:54 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(Five years, my brain hurts a lot.)
To: bert
Don’t American women wear Buicks?
Exclusively. I think its a law someplace. Only women can drive Buicks. Ever seen a man behind the wheel of one of these?
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:23:34 PM PST
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: lbryce
The Chinese have had and continue to have some strange affinity for Buick and I have no idea where it comes from. The only thing that kept Buick alive when Pontiac, Saturn, and, Hummer were all axe was its success in China. They’ve been selling like this over there for years now.
Apparently China’s last emperor owned Buicks and it somehow achieved a oversized reputation for luxury as a result. The Chinese look at them like affordable MBs.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:24:59 PM PST
by
FAA
To: lbryce
I've visited China twice in the last couple of years...both times focusing on the region that's within a 100 mile radius of Hong Kong with Shenzhen and Guangzhou being the two major cities I visited.I can attest to the fact that Buicks are surprisingly common on the streets of those cities.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:28:53 PM PST
by
Gay State Conservative
(Osama Obama Care: A Religion That Will Have You On Your Knees!)
To: MIchaelTArchangel
I guess the Chinese do not realize how crappy a car the Buick is. For some reason, "Buick" is regarded as a premium brand in China, like "Cadillac" is here. Apparently, this goes back decades.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:36:19 PM PST
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: lbryce
“...some automakers, like Volvo, are even owned by Chinese firms.”
Really? Somehow, I missed that one. I remember Jaguar and Land Rover going to India’s Tata Motors, but Volvo to the Chi-Comms? Bummer.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:36:50 PM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
To: lbryce
The Chinese bought more Buicks because the Chinese have more jobs and more money than the USA.
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posted on
01/09/2014 3:47:33 PM PST
by
FreedomGuru
(Time for torches and pitchforks.)
To: lbryce
Can they even pronounce Alero?
To: FAA
For some reason Buicks look gangster flashy abroad. In europe they do turn heads. It just is unusual to see a US dinosaure I guess.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:00:09 PM PST
by
lavaroise
(A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
To: lbryce
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:00:13 PM PST
by
nascarnation
(I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:03:50 PM PST
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: Responsibility2nd
Even with the retro-looking portholes on the front fenders, BLAHHH! To paraphrase Buick's slogan from the 50's and 60's I'd really rather have THIS Buick
1965 Gran Sport with the old 401ci "nailhead" V-8. Almost bought one many yrs go to rebuild, with a bad motor.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:15:08 PM PST
by
Impala64ssa
(You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
To: Impala64ssa
That is one gorgeous automobile.
.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:17:04 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Irenic
Yes, it is. Your point that the Chinese wouldn’t need bothering to pronounce ‘Alero’ is an astute observation on your part. No used Olsmobiles need apply for the car market in China.
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:20:13 PM PST
by
lbryce
(Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
To: who_would_fardels_bear
That’s borderline cruelty! LOL
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posted on
01/09/2014 4:22:03 PM PST
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
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