Re: ditto about American made

to their new home in an assisted care facility yesterday and rented a new Dodge Challenger. I wanted an Impala as have rented one before for them and know the car and know it suits their needs. But none was available.

Anyhow, the Dodge is not a bad car, not a bad car at all. Rode nice, ran good, and had a solid feel about it. Nice interior too. After looking at a Mercedes Benz GLK 350 and being put off by its very low quality feeling plastic interior panels it would appear that Dodge (Chrysler) walked away from the M-B tie in with better interiors for its cars while M-B ended up with the Chrysler interiors.

Using rental cars over the years while traveling, I have noticed the steady improvements. I have rented a Ford Focus a few times and it is fine for a small car. Interesting op-ed in the WSJ this a.m. about how we will soon be seeing/driving GM cars made in China. I wonder if they will ever make a Corvette in China for import to the US? Will Porsche make a Boxster in China and ship it to the US? Probably not as those made in China (if they are) will be for Chinese domestic consumption.

Op-ed is just that. GM indicated earlier that cars made in China will not be exported to the US.