05-17-2015, 06:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-17-2015, 07:04 PM by RolloTheGreat.)
I understand that Toyota builds cars here, and that "The Big Three" build cars elsewhere.
RAM is now owned by Fiat, and Italian company.
Nonetheless, I purchase Big Three vehicles because:
A. They still employ a lot of Americans
B. The profits stay in the USA
C. The money pays for the retirement benefits of US auto workers
D. To a much lesser extent, buying a foreign pick up truck "just isn't done"
My last 5 GM pick ups were built in Fort Wayne, Indiana and I am helping my Midwestern neighbors have a job.
Also, when we bought the Challenger in 2013, Chrysler was primarily owned by Cerberus Capital (a New York based investment group) and VEBA (the United Auto Workers retirement trust).
So they were an American firm at the time.
RAM is now owned by Fiat, and Italian company.
Nonetheless, I purchase Big Three vehicles because:
A. They still employ a lot of Americans
B. The profits stay in the USA
C. The money pays for the retirement benefits of US auto workers
D. To a much lesser extent, buying a foreign pick up truck "just isn't done"
My last 5 GM pick ups were built in Fort Wayne, Indiana and I am helping my Midwestern neighbors have a job.
Also, when we bought the Challenger in 2013, Chrysler was primarily owned by Cerberus Capital (a New York based investment group) and VEBA (the United Auto Workers retirement trust).
So they were an American firm at the time.