Today's Market of Import Vs. Domestic

[BigCountryGT]

I've been to these product launches, the meetings, the presentations on the "benefits" of global marketing. The bottom line? Every job in this country that has anything to do with manufacturing/engineering is going to Asia. Period. They work for peanuts over there, and the cost savings are just too enticing to pass up. Seriously, would you pay engineer X $40,000/year, or would you pay engineer Y $40/week to do the same job? The greed is just amazing, though. The suits just don't see any benefit to paying anyone here in the states anymore, when there's a huge market overseas that can do it cheaper

I think Capri306 hit the nail on the head there. The only thing we have on China right now is service. It still takes a while to sail across the ocean and flying is expensive.
By the way I bought a 92 ranger with a 4.0 v-6 when I got out of H.S. I drag raced it, went mud riding, and just generally drove the piss out of it. It had about 260K on it when I ripped the speedometer cable off. I passed it off to my little bro who is still driving it. I dare say it has around 280k to 300k on it now and I will still line it up against one of those foreign trucks.

I just don't see how people can stand to have those things in there yards, German maybe but Asian cars stink.