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Old 06-15-2006, 04:49 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Re: Ford seeks help with revamping factories to compete with Import brand Transplants

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Originally Posted by Bravada
Toyota is one of the few big brands in America that does not have a factory in Mexico. Actually, they only started selling cars in Mexico like two years ago. Most of their American manufacturing capacity is in the US, plus there is the TMMC in Ontario. So, it's rather US Toyotas or walking (unless you want a Corolla or Matrix).
I think you misunderstood what I said...

I wasn't talking about the situation now. I mean the situation once they've successfully put F*rd and GM out of business and thus have no political need for plants in the US or Canada. (Don't forget: they built the North American plants in the first place because in the 80s, American/Canadian politicians WERE listening to the Big Three)

At that point, once there is no longer a danger of politicians doing subtle pro-GM/F*rd things, why would Toyota continue to keep US/Canadian plants? Either move production back to Japan, or, if they want cheap labour and lower transportation costs, build in Mexico. It's not like the politicians will be able to bring GM or F*rd back from the dead at that point...
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