Who will buy the old pickups in a few years?

DirtyOil wrote:

Remember Harley's are made in the USA, Hello Hello

yes, but they had to go over seas to get someone to show em how to make an engine.

You saying Willy doesn't make them all himself in Wis?

DirtyOil wrote:
yes, but they had to go over seas to get someone to show em how to make an engine.

VW/Porsche had a hand in the engine design at one point. We were building suspensions and suspension parts for the Bike.

fla-gypsy wrote:
Again you are making assumptions, because I don't buy transit vans and I couldn't care less where a piece of plastic trim is made. If I want a truck to pull my TT it will be NA made.

That is OK, but others I notice agonize on where parts are sourced.

TravelNutz, well you did reply after saying you would not. Yes your knowledge of the outside world would fit into the back of a postage stamp.

Me Again wrote:
Might want to read this!

Thar Cadillac is for the Chinese market. VW has been selling Chinese built Audi's for that market as well. VW has a slight lead over GM in China. I would think those Cadillacs could be destined for the US market as well and they would be cheaper to build there than in the US.

Just exactly what I was referring to in some of my earlier posts in the thread and many past threads. RobertRyan constantly writes posts about subject matter he obviously knows nothing or very little about. He seems to think and elude that the RV/tow vehicle/cars real world revolves around Australia, Asia, and Europe as if they are the end all. Sorry to bust your bubble Robert but you are SO wrong!

More autos and trucks are sold in the USA alone in one month than are sold in all of Australia in a year. More than quadruple that imbalance in sales for RV's sold in the world compared just to NA. Robert, you have a lot of research and reading to do!

Let me say it again that the entire continent of Australia (the same in size as the total USA with 50 states or the entire Canada in total has the tremendously high portion of the worlds population at 3/10 of 1% as in 23.28 million as of yesterday 11/15/2013 per:

www.abs.gov.au/aus stats/abs

Population Clock - Australian Bureau of Statistics

Another way to put it is less than 1/20 oth the population of NA.

Gee, maybe each australian must buy 20 vehicles and another 40 RV's to each NA vehicle or RV sold.

The vehicles used in Asia, Australia, and Europe do NOT impress me one bit nor would they any thinking NA person of intelligence. They are fine for where they are used because of the infrastructure and long established mindset of the public but very few would buy those tow etc vehicles over here even if they made them here also. Yes, there are mavericks and fringes like any where but those are minisclue compared to the mainstream vehicle buyer in NA.

I rest my case!

RobertRyan wrote:

Fla-Gypsy wrote:
RobertRyan let me rephrase for clarity, not only am I not going to purchase a vehicle in those places, I am not going to purchase a vehicle made in those places and sold here so my point still applies

You already are. Many parts of US Pickups are made elsewhere. The Mini Van Ford Transit Connect, The Promaster and the larger Transit will be made entirely or partially in the US. They are already produced in Europe. Many US cars have a European or Asian orgin and are made or imported to the US. The US does export cars, but not Models by Ford, GM or Chrysler, more Global models from "transplanted factories" from the likes of BMW and Mercedes.Jeep is exported worldwide but are mainly powered by Diesels something yo do not get in the US.

Again you are making assumptions, because I don't buy transit vans and I couldn't care less where a piece of plastic trim is made. If I want a truck to pull my TT it will be NA made.

RobertRyan wrote:

Fla-Gypsy wrote:
RobertRyan let me rephrase for clarity, not only am I not going to purchase a vehicle in those places, I am not going to purchase a vehicle made in those places and sold here so my point still applies

You already are. Many parts of US Pickups are made elsewhere. The Mini Van Ford Transit Connect, The Promaster and the larger Transit will be made entirely or partially in the US. They are already produced in Europe. Many US cars have a European or Asian orgin and are made or imported to the US. The US does export cars, but not Models by Ford, GM or Chrysler, more Global models from "transplanted factories" from the likes of BMW and Mercedes.Jeep is exported worldwide but are mainly powered by Diesels something yo do not get in the US.

Might want to read this!

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jimhenry/2013/10/31/general-motors-ramping-up-the-cadillac-brand-in-china/

Chris

Remember Harley's are made in the USA, Hello Hello

yes, but they had to go over seas to get someone to show em how to make an engine.

Remember Harley's are made in the USA, Hello Hello