Posted on 09/09/2018 8:42:24 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Ford won’t be moving production of a hatchback wagon to the United States from China — despite President Donald Trump’s claim Sunday that his taxes on Chinese imports mean the Focus Active can be built in America.
Citing Trump’s new tariffs, Ford on Aug. 31 said it was dropping plans to ship the Focus Active from China to America.
Trump took to Twitter Sunday to declare victory and write: “This is just the beginning. This car can now be BUILT IN THE U.S.A. and Ford will pay no tariffs!”
But in a statement Sunday, Ford said “it would not be profitable to build the Focus Active in the U.S.” given forecast yearly sales below 50,000. …
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The Active would compete head to head with Corolla, Civic and Elantra. Not sure those cars make much profit to start with. If competitors don’t have tariffs, the Chinese Active couldn’t compete.
Might end up with no small, cheap cars on the US market at all as has happened with pickups because of tariffs.
Probably part of a long-term plan to make personal transportation too expensive for average Americans.
good point about the union. they have certainly contributed to their own demise and the destruction American know-how and entrepreneurship and it’s replacement with crony capitalism. as i’ve said many times here, big unions are a leg on the stool of leftism in this nation, and need to be broken up like any monopoly.
however, aren’t there right to work states here that ford could use instead of china? and isn’t a plant closure enough of a stick to get the attention of even the uaw? did current Ford mgmt bother to talk with the union and even the workers separately about it?
FUFMC
So you hate unions more that you love the USA. F off.
No they don't. Govt. CAFE is the culprit not unions.
Corolla and Civic for USA market are made in USA.
[however, aren’t there right to work states here that ford could use instead of china?]
[So you hate unions more that you love the USA. F off. ]
[No they don’t. Govt. CAFE is the culprit not unions. ]
The Japs make money from cars Made in the USA. So it can be done and should be done.
Unions suck but importing 3rd world cars sucks even more. FOAD.
[The Japs make money from cars Made in the USA. So it can be done and should be done.]
My point was towards Ford having turbochargers in nearly everything - and that there is a noticeable performance drop with regular.
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LOL!
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Who buys Buicks these days?
They look just like Japanese blister bugs, and cost plenty.
why do all Ford plants statewide “have to be UAW?”
Well,it looks like if we were rid of CAFE,UAW,& Chinese business non-ethics,we might be able to make & sell affordable decent cars here.
Sorry to nitpick but JFTR, Red China’s the second world versus third.
That was the point I was trying to
convey. Performance in a high output
computer controlled engine is dependent
on many variables. Cylinder temps,
altitude, quality of fuel, timing,
cylinder pressures, all play a part.
Not ALL Dodge Demons with a 700 hp+
engine, when run below “recommended”
octane levels will ping or knock, or
run the risk of melting pistons. Pushing
them hard on below recommended octane
would allow for more potential of failure.
I ran a 450 hp 5.0 with 10.5:1 compression
over 600 miles with 87 octane. It was all
I could find after a major snowstorm
affected gasoline deliveries.
(The recommended octane rating for the
tune in the 5.0 was 93).
The engine suffered no damage.
500,000,000 live like third world peasants.
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