Alan Petrillo wrote:
Ken wrote:
It means a lot of lost jobs, because of all the Jap cars
when will we wake up, buy AMERICAN. We've already lost the
electronics, next will be the Automotive, WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!!!!

Look again. Most of the "Japanese" cars sold in America are built in
America, and largely with American parts. I wrote a report on this
about ten years ago, but I can't find what I did with it.

I had an altercation with a guy about driving an "American" truck. He
was in a Ford Ranger, and I was in a Nissan Hard Body. He didn't
believe me when I pointed out that his truck was made in Mexico and
mine was made in Bowling Green, Kentucky. I told him to go look up
his VIN and see for himself.

The latest players in the US car market are the Koreans, with Hyundai
and Kia. Not too long ago Hyundai announced that they were going to
open a US plant and start building cars here.

In fact, about the only car manufacturers that are taking their plants
out of the US are The Big Three, who are largely moving to Canada and
Mexico. Even so, the way the rules are written, because they're US
based corporations this is still considered "domestic" production.

So before you look at the manufacturer's badge and make an assumption
you should find out where the vehicle was actually built.

And as far as consumer electronics (which is the industry that has been
"lost"--the US still makes radars and whatnot just fine) the US consumer
electronics industry shot itself in the foot by not jumping on the solid
state bandwagon when transistors first came out. I don't blame that
Japanese for that at all--they were working hard at coming up with
innovative new products while the US consumer electronics industry was
stagnating.