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Buick Sells Four Times As Many Cars In China As In U.S
Yahoo News ^ | January 8, 2014 | Anthony Ingram

Posted on 01/09/2014 3:09:27 PM PST by lbryce

For the second time in its 110-year history, Buick has topped one million sales in a year--and set a new overall record in the process. Last year saw the marque shift 1,032,056 vehicles, beating the company's last million-sale year in 1984, when it sold 1,003,345 cars. Whereas that 1984 volume was largely down to North America, Buick's current prosperity is largely influenced by a different country: China. Of those million-plus sales, a full 809,918 cars were sold in the Chinese market, nearly four times as many cars as the 205,509 units sold in the U.S. market.

Buick is just one of several large automakers enjoying huge sales booms in the Chinese market, as greater proportions of the population move into the middle classes and have the disposable income to buy new cars. Chinese facilities dodge previously draconian import tax laws and some automakers, like Volvo, are even owned by Chinese firms.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: buick; carbuyers; china; gm
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To: Mears

I had a 65 Skylark, with a more “mild mannered “ 300 V-8, which ran pretty strong until the timing chain crapped out, those engines were known for this. Got so frustrated I practically gave it to my brother-in-law, told him to get it the bleep out of my sight, and I still kick myself when I see a nice one at a car show >:(


21 posted on 01/09/2014 4:23:09 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: lbryce

I was in China earlier this year. Buicks were quite common. I believe they have a factory in Shanghai. I was impressed with the quality of many of the cars there. Way different than what I expected.


22 posted on 01/09/2014 4:24:28 PM PST by upsdriver
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To: Impala64ssa

” and I still kick myself when I see a nice one at a car show >:( __”

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Hindsight really has 20/20 vision,doesn’t it?.

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23 posted on 01/09/2014 4:26:38 PM PST by Mears
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To: Responsibility2nd

That’s because it is a stylized Pontiac Aztec design

The ugliest vehicle made designed by a team of females

The only thing I could ever say about men driving them would get me banned

Something about an organ they have not had in their mouth. Yet (Think Metrosexual)


24 posted on 01/09/2014 4:27:00 PM PST by 5Madman2 (There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
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To: lbryce

touché hahaha!


25 posted on 01/09/2014 4:35:33 PM PST by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: lbryce
I'll take this : 1957 Buick Roadmaster
26 posted on 01/09/2014 4:37:11 PM PST by sushiman
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To: sushiman

That’s a beautiful, very high quality image,considering
it was taken nearly sixty years ago. Thanks for posting.


27 posted on 01/09/2014 4:41:16 PM PST by lbryce (Obama:The Worst is Yet To Come)
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To: Impala64ssa

I was 10 years old when my dad bought a 1965 Buick Wildcat.

Oh my. It also has the 401 motor.


28 posted on 01/09/2014 4:45:12 PM PST by Responsibility2nd (NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
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To: lbryce

By chinese standards the buick is built pretty well.


29 posted on 01/09/2014 4:51:49 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: FreedomGuru
The Chinese bought more Buicks because the Chinese have more jobs and more money than the USA.

Well, they have 4 times the population of the United States -- 1.2 trillion people.

Why wouldn't they be expected to have more jobs and more money? Fact is they have 1/5 our GDP/capita. Analyze the data, FreedomGuru.

30 posted on 01/09/2014 4:53:48 PM PST by BfloGuy ( Even the opponents of Socialism are dominated by socialist ideas.)
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To: driftdiver

Buick is the standard for cars made in China...... it is chinese


31 posted on 01/09/2014 4:54:57 PM PST by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... History is a process, not an event)
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To: driftdiver

I remember when people laughed at the Japanese cars in the 60s and Korean cars in the 80s.


32 posted on 01/09/2014 4:55:43 PM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: nascarnation

Difference being quality is a way of life for Japanese and Koreans. Not so much with the Chinese.

We used to have that and still maintain it in some areas.


33 posted on 01/09/2014 4:59:33 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: BfloGuy; FreedomGuru

If population were the only factor the Chinese would have been rich a long time ago.

Its about more than population.


34 posted on 01/09/2014 5:01:09 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: sushiman

Wow, that photo was taken in the lobby of the General Motors Design Center outside of Detroit, designed by Eero Saarinen in 1949.

Those awesome suspended stairs over a reflecting pool are too cool.

I was just there working and they are more fanatical about absolutely No Cameras than a Court House is about guns.

Just try it find any choice interior photos of that place, and no architectural tours ever which sucks because it’s a Historical Building and it’s looks pretty close today as it does in the black and white photos that adorn the corridor walls.


35 posted on 01/09/2014 5:01:55 PM PST by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: lbryce

GM has been wanting to build all of their vehicles in china since at least the late 90’s. The only thing stopping them was the tier suppliers who wouldn’t jump on board, and move to china. It took a bankruptcy, and a shakeout of the supplier chain to make the dream a reality, with the help of their US government cronies of course. Ford and Chrysler moved operations to mexico and canada a long time ago, so GM needed an edge in the market, and jumping on the china bandwagon was just the answer.


36 posted on 01/09/2014 5:26:24 PM PST by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: lbryce

That’s because in China they don’t know “Buick” means to puke or vomit.

Yet.


37 posted on 01/09/2014 5:28:17 PM PST by anton
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

We have a 2010 Buick Enclave and it’s a fantastic car. Never had one issue with it. They have redesigned everything over the last 3-5 years.


38 posted on 01/09/2014 5:30:21 PM PST by Wyatt's Torch
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To: sushiman
Another great Buick

Had that big beautiful front end that screamed "Get the you-know-what out of my way!" Immortalized in song by The Medallions
39 posted on 01/09/2014 6:10:50 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: Responsibility2nd
It also has the 401 motor
Many of George Barris' early customs were powered by these engines. Interestingly, they were prone to water pump failure because of the gobs of torque they put out.
40 posted on 01/09/2014 6:14:46 PM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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