Ford and GM
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That was a nicely spun article doing exactly what "foreign car lovers" do when they talk about domestics. But its good to see American car companies finally ponying up to the competition!
This paragraph is an example of spin, as transparent as it might be:
"And what do GM and Ford get for making their existing plants more efficient? It isn't tax breaks. Instead, they get accusations of not being "competitive" enough! Maybe here I should also mention that the average domestic parts content for Kia is 3 percent, while the average domestic parts content of Ford and GM is 78 percent and 74 percent, respectively. This means that buying a U.S.-assembled (or even foreign-assembled, for that matter) GM or Ford supports more American jobs than a U.S.-assembled car or truck with a foreign nameplate."
-Spending billions of dollars making factories more "efficient"? I hear that robots are better than humans at assembling cars..
-"Because average domestics parts content for a Kia is 3 percent...means that buying a U.S. Assembled GM or Ford supports more American jobs than a US Assembled car with a foreign name plate."
No its doesn't, it means that buying a GM or Ford supports more jobs than a KIA. The article could certainly be right about that whole sentence but how does Kia represent any other car manufacturer?
Just because its my only way of comparing, my Civic was assembled using 80% US Domestic parts and my Integra was assembled using 70% US domestic parts.
to foreign propaganda, to domestic propaganda, 
for facts!
This paragraph is an example of spin, as transparent as it might be:
"And what do GM and Ford get for making their existing plants more efficient? It isn't tax breaks. Instead, they get accusations of not being "competitive" enough! Maybe here I should also mention that the average domestic parts content for Kia is 3 percent, while the average domestic parts content of Ford and GM is 78 percent and 74 percent, respectively. This means that buying a U.S.-assembled (or even foreign-assembled, for that matter) GM or Ford supports more American jobs than a U.S.-assembled car or truck with a foreign nameplate."
-Spending billions of dollars making factories more "efficient"? I hear that robots are better than humans at assembling cars..
-"Because average domestics parts content for a Kia is 3 percent...means that buying a U.S. Assembled GM or Ford supports more American jobs than a US Assembled car with a foreign name plate."
No its doesn't, it means that buying a GM or Ford supports more jobs than a KIA. The article could certainly be right about that whole sentence but how does Kia represent any other car manufacturer?
Just because its my only way of comparing, my Civic was assembled using 80% US Domestic parts and my Integra was assembled using 70% US domestic parts.
to foreign propaganda, to domestic propaganda, for facts!
Last edited by Brownsound; Feb 16, 2007 at 01:00 PM.
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Haha wow like those awards can't be bought. I'm sure theres a underground deal going there. Like that one commercial about motor having the open wheel test drive with the 4wd fully loaded fusion versus a base model camry and accord. LOL. If you're going to compare cars, make sure its apples to apples.
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Haha wow like those awards can't be bought. I'm sure theres a underground deal going there. Like that one commercial about motor having the open wheel test drive with the 4wd fully loaded fusion versus a base model camry and accord. LOL. If you're going to compare cars, make sure its apples to apples.
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Haha wow like those awards can't be bought. I'm sure theres a underground deal going there. Like that one commercial about motor having the open wheel test drive with the 4wd fully loaded fusion versus a base model camry and accord. LOL. If you're going to compare cars, make sure its apples to apples.
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The Fusion and the Impalla are the Fugliest cars built right now, both ford and GM have no design quality, everything looks bland, and chevy doesnt ever want to get out of their pushrod engines,which suck. The impalla is only selling for fleets and for Cops. Plus Ford is trying to make every car they make look like their damn trucks.peer Ugly
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and that would've probably put it WAY out of the price range that they were comparing..
the models they compared are as follows:
Consumers drove three vehicles: a 2007 Honda Accord EX-L V-6, a 2007 Toyota Camry XLE V-6 and a 2007 Ford Fusion SEL AWD V-6. - From Autoworld.com
the prices were for those models (according to edmunds.com) is 27k, 28k, and 22k respectively (based on the v-6 and automatic transmission).
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