Jeep Compass "Made in China"?!?!?!?
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Hey mpm See you bought one of them junk AMERICAN MADE PRODUCTS! The problem is that most of the products you purchase that you would think is AMERICAN MADE is actualy made overseas, and YES it's dammed hard to find items made here. But it can be done and yes you will pay more for it. But you are paying that person, that made it a living wage. Unlike some Asian countries that have the sweat shop, company store, and company housing for the workers. Ever been to a chicken ranch then you would know what i'm talking about.
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Daniel Rejman Union Iron Worker and proud son of a Union Coal Miner family from Penn and W V USA.
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Daniel Rejman Union Iron Worker and proud son of a Union Coal Miner family from Penn and W V USA.
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Yes, i did buy the Jeep. Mainly because of its very cheap price. The dealership just kept throwing discounts at me and gave me a huge trade in value. However, if you look around at all the incentives that the American car companies have to give now so they can sell its vehicles compare that to the few incentives the foreign companies give out. The foreign companies don't have to give out incentives to buy its cars. I swore that my next vehicle would be a Honda or Toyota after my babied GM truck only lasted me 50K miles, but I could not refuse the deal I got on the Jeep and I like it very much. i like the fact that it came with so many standard safety features. I thought that it was pathetic that you can still buy a brand new GM car and you had to pay extra for abs. Some people here have not been so lucky with their Jeeps though, hoods poping and roofs leaking ect...
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I assume you are all aware Mitsubishi was been building "Jeeps" using tooling from the original CJ2 and the Willys Wagon for years, well into the 1980's. Jeepster Commandos were built in Spain in the late 70's. Original Jeepsters were built in Brazil after the US run was over. This is nothing new. The only thing that is new is having a current/modern model built in a foreign country. And who is to say that they are not planning to discontinue the Compass here and retool a plant in China.
Having a plant in China would make sense. That way both Mitsu and Chrysler would be able to sell models built in country. Would it make sense for Chrysler to discontinue one of the 2 CUVs that they offer with reasonable gas mileage? Only if management is clueless. It does not cost a lot to build both of these and they are getting sales that they would not have gotten with only one of them...
Chrysler has to schedule the transition to new models 3 to 5 years in the future. The right thing to do would be to introduce a new platform to base the Caliber on first with a significant increase in fuel economy and of course a hot rod version. Hopefully the quality will be much better in and out. This would leave the Compass and Patriot on the existing platform for a few years longer to use up the inventory of parts.
One of the rumors that I read indicated that Jeep is going to be the SUV/CUV division, Chrysler the car division and Dodge the truck division. This makes a lot of sense on paper but not necessarily with the actual products. Want to buy a Chrysler Charger? Just doesn't sound right...
Chrysler has to schedule the transition to new models 3 to 5 years in the future. The right thing to do would be to introduce a new platform to base the Caliber on first with a significant increase in fuel economy and of course a hot rod version. Hopefully the quality will be much better in and out. This would leave the Compass and Patriot on the existing platform for a few years longer to use up the inventory of parts.
One of the rumors that I read indicated that Jeep is going to be the SUV/CUV division, Chrysler the car division and Dodge the truck division. This makes a lot of sense on paper but not necessarily with the actual products. Want to buy a Chrysler Charger? Just doesn't sound right...
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OMG,,,,Chinese built cars will contain lead paint.
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Better stop chewing on those fenders then!
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