>> The high-volume models (or
>> what were the high-volume models until the game shifted over the past
>> year) are all made in the US.
>
> Well now, that's only semi-true. Yes, there are some Camry's and Corolla's
> made in the US. Toyota also builds them in Japan, Brazil, Venezuela,
> Canada, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, China, Taiwan, India, Malaysia, and
> Pakistan.
But not for the US market, and the cars that are built in the US are
typically optimized for the US market (that is, bigger and cheaper.)
The US-market Honda Accord exists outside the US only in Australia, to
my knowledge, and the US-market Civic is a special super-wide model once
again not seen much of anywhere else.
>> There's nothing sold in the US and licensed as a normal road vehicle
>> that costs less than $2000 to make.
>
> Problem is, it wasn't Jimmy down there on the docks, babbling away because
> he read it in the National Inquirer. It came up in a meeting with a number
> of the executives of North American operations from several of the car
> companies. I hope you understand that I'm pretty inclined to believe them
> over you. They sure were quick with the breakdown of their manufacturing
> and operating costs.
I'm sorry, it just doesn't scan. $2000 in LABOR in an Aveo or Kia Rio,
maybe. But not $2000 in total labor, materials, and allocated overhead.
John.
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