Chinese cars

[mexico1970]

Unfortunately, everything in your life will have some Chinese part in it. So being ethical is near impossible.
While i agree avoiding Teslas and Chinese cars for example is an obvious way to not support bad actors, the truth is we need the Chinese, as much as they need us.

These countries with unethical dictatorships are a fact of life, and it would be better to wean ourselves from them. But until Trump is ousted, we are where we are!

The human race is pounding forward into their own demise, nothing wrong with stopping, taking a chill pill and thinking about the direction we are going.

Wanting more of anything is making us turn into horrible cunts.

 

[BimboBob]

Are chinese brands just the new Korean brands?

Hyundai, Kia etc were seen as cheap crap. But nowadays are mainstays.

Japanese cars used to be the same.

Japanese cars were reliable, well made and beat anything BL could chuck out by a country mile. Definitely not cheap crap.

 

[oldius]

My son lives in Hangzhou. I went out last year and was shocked at the quality of their own car brands. They have concessions in a lot of the large malls and looking at them, sitting in them, and discussing them with the staff was a real eye-opener.

I recently saw a Ford executive say that he was absolutely humbled by visiting China's manufacturers. He described them as being significantly ahead.

‘The Most Humbling Thing I’ve Ever Seen’: Ford CEO On China’s Car Industry

Ford CEO Jim Farley said Chinese cars have

insideevs.com

 

[Cassandra]

Some VW Audi models are manufactured in China, mostly for the home/E Asia markets, though I believe some models are exported to Europe. Other Western car companies also use Chinese factories, at least for the Chinese market.

 

[ayrshire_blue]

Coming to the end of PCP contract on my Skoda Karoq. Love the car. Done 60k now. Don't know whether to buy outright or go for a BYD/Jaecoo.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

So you're saying the stages a huge military parade at great expense just to make a statement about how much they don't care what the west thinks?

Sounds like some rags I know. They've "not cared" about us for 15 years now.

Kim and Putin, not the huge military parade

 

[mexico1970]

That scene was truly a statement to the West:"I don't care what you think."

It was all junk.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

It was all junk.

why junk?

 

[mexico1970]

why junk?

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

A boat? I don't know what you're trying to say...

 

[mexico1970]

A boat? I don't know what you're trying to say...

What's the boat called?

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

What's the boat called?

I don't know...what name?

 

[mexico1970]

I don't know...what name?

It's called a junk.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

It's called a junk.

Are you OK?

 

[mexico1970]

Are you OK?

You obviously don't get the joke, hopefully the Chinese will have a better sense of humour or they will be up shit creek without a paddle.

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

You obviously don't get the joke, hopefully the Chinese will have a better sense of humour or they will be up shit creek without a paddle.

what? now a joke?

 

[mexico1970]

what? now a joke?

Have you just stumbled out of an opium den?

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

Have you just stumbled out of an opium den?

opium? wtf?

 

[mexico1970]

opium? wtf?

Go and hump Taiwan's leg .

 

[Alvin-blue-qhd]

Go and hump Taiwan's leg .

opium? taiwan?
???