because it would destroy what little reputation we have left. those chinese vehicles are cheap because they start falling apart the day you buy them
You mean when inflation and interest rates skyrocket nobody is buying high end SUVs, full sized trucks, and muscle cars? Sales of budget cars go up? Must be Stellantis making bad decisions? The fact is the bread and butter of the brand has always been those markets that will be 1st hit when the economy faulters. Their latest big release was a massive, inefficient, luxury, six figure SUV. I'm a huge Jeep/ram/mopar fan and I would be hard pressed to name anything they currently build on the economy side. The Fiats? Maybe a compass if they still even make those? The focus on higher end and/or niche vehicles bit them hard. The perceived lack of quality is a forum myth in my experience, and even stupid rags like consumer reports have them middle of the pack there. Between the 2 JLs, my JT, and the Ram it replaced we are over 250k miles without a single warranty issue.
Totally makes sense if you understand that they simply don't want to actually sell anything. At least not in the US.
I mean, why not? GM, Ford, and others are already doing it, cars built in China, and sold in the US, thousands and thousands of them already on US roads. Patriotism/nationalism only goes so far when you're trying to make or save a buck, right?
I believe Volvo is all China made now
Here's a timely article. The answer: It depends.
when you read the news, media want you to believe not many people want to make america great again. consumer manufacturing is way dead in america.
So is education, apparently.
