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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark View Post
    I still predict Hyundai/KIA will be passing Nissan in the United States in just a few years. Hyundai making a $410 million investment in making a Santa Cruz pickup in Alabama is a good example of Hyundai moving forward.

    "Hyundai to make Santa Cruz pickups at Alabama plant in $410 million expansion"

    https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/h...222825656.html

    Ironically, American companies move jobs elsewhere. Meanwhile, foreign companies are bringing jobs here. I sort of chuckle when someone says they like buying American. Not sure what that even means any more in the auto world?
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    I like buying American for a lot of reasons.

    I understand we are in a global economy, and there are lots of things made overseas and outside the U.S. that are perfectly suitable and durable for their purpose.

    It's a sticky situation fraught with subtleties. Unfortunately, I'm not sure it's worth exploring further as the topic is certain to devolve into petty, polarizing, political argument and bickering.

    Though there is lots of ground to cover there, that's for sure.

    After all, Mitsubishi set up here with Chrysler but things didn't turn out. At least we have our Favorite Little Car.


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    Interesting article about Nissan today. Nothing about any “Alliance” platforms.

    https://carbuzz.com/news/nissan-has-...nges-happening
    I thought it would have some announcement from Nissan. It's just reacting to the Nissan sales figures.
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    Nissan's problem is that they make more vehicles than they can sell and they just keep doing it. I live close to Nashville and am there for work frequently and I could take you to the parking lot of a certain now defunct NASCAR race track where they pile new Nissans in straight from the factory every single day... and they just keep adding. Its insane.

    That said, Nashville is just booming, and with no state income tax, this move should be good for Mitsu, other than the fact that most of the Japanese employees will be sad moving from So Cal. I know that is a huge concern for the Japanese company I work for if they were ever to move.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Basic View Post
    Nissan's problem is that they make more vehicles than they can sell and they just keep doing it. I live close to Nashville and am there for work frequently and I could take you to the parking lot of a certain now defunct NASCAR race track where they pile new Nissans in straight from the factory every single day... and they just keep adding. Its insane.

    That said, Nashville is just booming, and with no state income tax, this move should be good for Mitsu, other than the fact that most of the Japanese employees will be sad moving from So Cal. I know that is a huge concern for the Japanese company I work for if they were ever to move.
    They'll get over it once they see 50% of their income isnt sucked dry by taxes. Now driving thru the endless hordes of homeless people might be tough when they do move.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler View Post
    They'll get over it once they see 50% of their income isnt sucked dry by taxes. Now driving thru the endless hordes of homeless people might be tough when they do move.
    There's wayyyy more homeless in SoCal...
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    Well, this isn't going to help Nissan's reputation:

    https://www.npr.org/2019/11/15/77975...al-fire-hazard

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    Quote Originally Posted by Basic View Post
    There's wayyyy more homeless in SoCal...
    I think that's what he was saying...

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    Interesting interview that basically states the Nissan & Renault need Mitsubishi to survive, not the other way around.



    https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/12/0...vive-clsa.html

    The bad news for Nissan keeps rolling along.

    https://www.motor1.com/news/386140/n...ns-save-money/
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    I think Nissan should give a 200k mile warranty on their Jatco transmissions. That would regain consumer confidence. Because most of their bad reputation is from these poor quality transmissions.
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    They'd better have a lot of cvt's in stock to keep up for the next 10-15 years then. I'm kinda disappointed most mfg's don't provide a warranty like Mitsubishi's. Up here 5year 100000km/60k mile is pretty standard. I wonder if Mitsubishi just assumes a lot of people just won't read/and or follow the recommended service schedule or if they do, they follow the regular when should be following the severe service one voiding any claims.


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