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- From: dan@grok85.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM (Daniel Adams)
- Subject: Re: Honda to move HQ to US
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.124943.3877@ncrcae.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM>
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- References: <1992Nov9.185447.9684@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> <1992Nov11.031133.5352@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> <1992Nov11.135718.8950@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 17:49:43 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov11.135718.8950@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com>, c23st@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Spiros Triantafyllopoulos) writes:
- |> In article <1992Nov11.031133.5352@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU writes:
- |> >Hey, the Vehicle Identification Number on my Civic starts with a "1" which
- |> >means the US Govt. considers my car a domestic product as it was assembled
- |> >in Ohio.
- |> >I did buy American as far as I'm concerned.
- |>
- |> Without commentary (I drive both a Saturn SL2 and a Honda Civic (college
- |> days)) here's a little piece to help people determine domestic content.
- |>
- |> The US dept of <whatever> accepts as 100% domestic content anything that
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- What really amazes me is the way Honda is trying to convince Americans
- that their products are American. Not 5 years ago the biggest selling
- point of Honda was that it was Japanese. In fact there was major concern
- of Honda-ites that the quality of American built Hondas would be lower
- than for Japanese built. With the poor domestic economy over the past
- couple of years, there has been a resurgance of buy American, and
- Honda is taking steps to try to save their slipping sales.
-
- I was listening to a report on NPR, in which they interviewed a Honda
- plant worker (in Ohio) and the NA President for Honda (an American).
- Both emphasis that their product was made in America.
- If we turn back the history pages, the reason Honda built a plant in
- America was to increase their profits, and NOT to add American
- jobs.
-
- Again, Honda is and has never been the best car on the market
- BUT it remains the best MARKETED car on the market.
-
- dan.adams
-