Hilarious

knockoff ? Sure, mind you, it has a cabin that was designed by
australian firm FACC, engine is from GE, wing design is from antonov.
btw, i heard that the only thing that american can really manufacture
now is boeing, american cars are only the verge of bankruptcy thanks
to Japan, ask chrysler if you don't believe me. almost the entire
american market now is dominated by Japanese brands, what a pity for a
country that hated Japanese brands so much only 2 decades ago.

sometimes it makes me laugh to think what would happen to boeing if
japan was to make passenger planes. lol

God bless america !

wrote:
knockoff ? Sure, mind you, it has a cabin that was designed by
australian firm FACC, engine is from GE, wing design is from antonov.
btw, i heard that the only thing that american can really manufacture
now is boeing, american cars are only the verge of bankruptcy thanks
to Japan, ask chrysler if you don't believe me. almost the entire
american market now is dominated by Japanese brands, what a pity for a
country that hated Japanese brands so much only 2 decades ago.

It was four decades ago. Honda, Toyota,
Nisson (AKA Datsun), Sony, Olympus, Panasonic
etc, etc were firmly entrenched by 1987.

Do you work in manufacturing?

sometimes it makes me laugh to think what would happen to boeing if
japan was to make passenger planes. lol

God bless america !

Jim Stewart wrote:
wrote:
knockoff ? Sure, mind you, it has a cabin that was designed by
australian firm FACC, engine is from GE, wing design is from antonov.
btw, i heard that the only thing that american can really manufacture
now is boeing, american cars are only the verge of bankruptcy thanks
to Japan, ask chrysler if you don't believe me. almost the entire
american market now is dominated by Japanese brands, what a pity for a
country that hated Japanese brands so much only 2 decades ago.

It was four decades ago. Honda, Toyota,
Nisson (AKA Datsun), Sony, Olympus, Panasonic
etc, etc were firmly entrenched by 1987.

Do you work in manufacturing?

sometimes it makes me laugh to think what would happen to boeing if
japan was to make passenger planes. lol

God bless america !

2 decades ago, alot of American car factories were shut down due to
the surge of Japanese cars and because of that alot of American
factories workers held resentment against Japanese cars, and the
situation only got better when Japanese automakers decide to open many
factories in America.

God bless America !

wrote:

Jim Stewart wrote:
wrote:
knockoff ? Sure, mind you, it has a cabin that was designed by
australian firm FACC, engine is from GE, wing design is from antonov.
btw, i heard that the only thing that american can really manufacture
now is boeing, american cars are only the verge of bankruptcy thanks
to Japan, ask chrysler if you don't believe me. almost the entire
american market now is dominated by Japanese brands, what a pity for a
country that hated Japanese brands so much only 2 decades ago.
It was four decades ago. Honda, Toyota,
Nisson (AKA Datsun), Sony, Olympus, Panasonic
etc, etc were firmly entrenched by 1987.

Do you work in manufacturing?

sometimes it makes me laugh to think what would happen to boeing if
japan was to make passenger planes. lol

God bless america !

2 decades ago, alot of American car factories were shut down due to
the surge of Japanese cars and because of that alot of American
factories workers held resentment against Japanese cars, and the
situation only got better when Japanese automakers decide to open many
factories in America.

Oh, now I understand. You said America, but
meant auto workers. Japanese products were
largely scorned in the 50's and 60's as cheap
and poor quality. Government mandated quality
control standards fixed that. The same will
happen with Chinese goods and thus end Japan's
nice run.

BTW, there is lots of manufacturing going on
in the US. It's specialized and niche-market
oriented, but it still exists. Just try to
get some CNC metalwork done and note the prices
and leadtimes.

"John Smith" wrote in message
...

Blame it on greed and hedge funds.
CEO's and top corporate officers are so overpaid it is driving America
out of business. Where else could a top corporate officer write his/her
own objectives in such a way that even if the company is failing
financially, they still will draw their bonus for achieving their
self-set goals.

See Carly Fiorina as an example.

Kennedy's "Ask not what your country can do for you" seems to have been lost
on the boomer generation.

Now 1% of America is making all the money and justifying it as good for the
economy, while the middle class can't afford homes, the banks are being sold
off to communists, and even as the President admits we're addicted to
terrorist-sponsoring oil your patriotism will be questioned if you tell
people we need to stop needlessly wasting gasoline and other resources.

Meanwhile their kids and grandkids are doing what they can for their
country, fighting the war, picking up the tab and, then being called
treehuggers, socialists, traitors or whackos by boomer columnists and talk
show hosts for saying America needs to slow the hell down and figure out how
it's going to feed itself and get out of debt before China and Saudi Arabia
own our asses.


-c

Japanese products were
largely scorned in the 50's and 60's as cheap
and poor quality.

Well at least that was an improvement from the 30s and 40s when they
were reputed to produce crap AND have poor eyesight and be poor
marksmen to boot.

Nowadays the Jap cars are not doing so well in terms of quality.

See latest consumer report.

We're okay. The OP can kiss (and ****) off.

... before China and Saudi Arabia
own our asses.


Too late for that, bub.

On Dec 28, 4:20 pm, wrote:

2 decades ago, alot of American car factories were shut down due to
the surge of Japanese cars and because of that alot of American
factories workers held resentment against Japanese cars, and the
situation only got better when Japanese automakers decide to open many
factories in America.

My wife and I were in Africa a few weeks ago and saw many
Japanese vehicles there along with European stuff, but I was floored
to learn of a couple of makes I'd never heard of befo Great Wall
Motors (China), and Mahindra (India). Good-looking stuff but
apparently it's still rather cheap. But they'll fix that and we North
Amicans will be in even deeper trouble.

Go he http://www.chinacartimes.com/categor...t-wall-motors/

And he http://www.mahindra.com/OurBusinesse...ufacturer.html

I bet others will show up. Doesn't look good for the big NA
automakers. Too smug for too long.

Dan

Not to worry!!! We will have 35 mpg cars on the road in 13 years. In the
meantime, China and India will improve their infrastructure, meaning more
cars on the road and more fuel needed. Gas will be $10 per gallon. In 2020,
some politician will suggest improving the interstate rail system, like the
railroads in Europe and Japan, and will be hailed as a genius. Then it will
be another 20 years minimum before investment in rail has any effect.

Bob Gardner

wrote in message
...
On Dec 28, 4:20 pm, wrote:

2 decades ago, alot of American car factories were shut down due to
the surge of Japanese cars and because of that alot of American
factories workers held resentment against Japanese cars, and the
situation only got better when Japanese automakers decide to open many
factories in America.

My wife and I were in Africa a few weeks ago and saw many
Japanese vehicles there along with European stuff, but I was floored
to learn of a couple of makes I'd never heard of befo Great Wall
Motors (China), and Mahindra (India). Good-looking stuff but
apparently it's still rather cheap. But they'll fix that and we North
Amicans will be in even deeper trouble.

Go he http://www.chinacartimes.com/categor...t-wall-motors/

And he
http://www.mahindra.com/OurBusinesse...ufacturer.html

I bet others will show up. Doesn't look good for the big NA
automakers. Too smug for too long.

Dan

I once listened to Dave Platt, CEO of Hewlett-Packard when they still made
the world's best oscilloscopes.

His message was about change. "Normally, change happens only when the pain
of continuing exceeds the pain of making the change. The leaders will be
those who dare to change sooner".

Think of the day when avgas will cost $10 a gallon as it already does in
Europe, and you still want to continue flying. The Europeans already prove
it's doable, so better start preparing now.