GM to start selling chinese cars in 2 years

[ray0414]

I dont see how this could possibly help the economy at all. These people just dont get it. If we dont make our own cars, then we dont have jobs, and we dont have money to spend to put back into the economy. By bringing in cars from china, we just keep more people in the US out of jobs. SO when people say "buy american", does that even mean anything anymore? should u buy the GM car that is made by chinese workers, or buy the toyota car that is made in a US plant?? IMO i would buy the toyota made by US workers. Lets not even think about the dangerous chemicals the car would be made out of, the stearing wheel would probably be made out of lead.



http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519974,00.html

Motown may be moving east. Far east.

The latest twist in Detroit’s do-over has General Motors becoming the first automaker to import Chinese-built cars into the United States, according to Automotive News.

Citing a leaked document shown to lawmakers who are overseeing the restructuring of the auto giant, the newspaper reports that GM is planning to market made in China cars to American consumers as early as 2011, the same year the company’s heralded Chevrolet Volt electric car goes on sale.

General Motors is currently the best-selling foreign automaker in China, and Buick is number one brand overall, part of the reason that the nameplate was saved during a recent round of cuts that included the elimination of Pontiac. As an example of the growing influence of that marketplace on the company, the interior of the upcoming replacement for the Buick LaCrosse sedan was designed at a GM studio in Shanghai.

According to the report, GM plans to sell nearly 18,000 Chinese-made vehicles in the US in 2011, with that number rising to over 50,000 by 2014.

General Motors currently imports the Chevrolet Aveo and Pontiac G3 from South Korea, and several other models from Canada, Mexico and Europe. The United Auto Workers union has been critical of any plans to move more production overseas.

[gixxerboy1]

because gm isnt trying to help the economy its trying to save its business. And in order to do that they have to outsource. Want to keep the jobs here then the uaw has to go

[cfiler]

Another bad decision from GM.