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Originally Posted by K C Muffin  So. The Germans kept part of the money, but a lot of it came to America in wages. Isn't that the best of both worlds? I have a car that is one of the finest automobiles engineered (outside of the Mercedes....), and hard working Americans are employed because of it. |
I have a South Carolina assembled BMW and trying to decide between an Alabama assembled Mercedes or another BMW. The engineering on both cars is top notch. There were however a couple of assembly defects on the Beemer that forced the KC and Wichita dealers to send a tow truck and loaner to Dodge the first year I owned it. Once they fixed those bugs things were fine. Just turned 197K on it and therefore the reason for the new one.
In the "for what's it's worth." category
The Germans keep the money on Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep products now and I've read articles where the Japanese auto operations in America offer substantially the same salary and benefits that UAW workers get, even though those plants are not unionized.