dicer

I don't think the tax of items from mexico is enough. I'd tax them at 50% for everything, made there or not.

mmarshall

Would you be willing to pay 50% higher prices for those items? A conventional (non-electric) Chevy Cruze or Ford Focus with a 35 or 40K price tag on it would probably not have very many customers beating down the showroom doors to take one home.

SW17LS

Again...why the singling out of Mexico?

mmarshall

Interesting question. it seems to be based on what Cruze models are sold in the U.S., and where those models are produced. The conventional thinking (and GM's excuse) was that, here at home, GM sells only American-produced Cruze sedans, and that the hatchbacks come from Mexico (plus the fact, of course, that few Cruze hatchbacks are sold here in the first place). However, TRDRAV4 posted an interesting shot, in another thread, of a Cruze sedan's price-sticker (you may have seen it?) of a Cruze sedan, whose final-assembly was from Mexico, clearly intended for a Chevy dealership in North Carolina. Some are already saying that GM lied about the statistics in an effort to avoid much of the Cruze tariff. I won't go that far, at least yet, but I will say that there may be more to it (and to your question?) than simply meets the eye.

baddis es

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is this along the same threat lines of making Mexico pay for the wall?

hot-air -- it's beginning to depict his entire campaign more and more, and now flowing into his governance stance(s)

plex

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Mexico was a big target in his campaign on several issues, guess he's delivering on his campaign promises.

JDR76

Here's a Car and Driver article discussing this:

http://blog.caranddriver.com/trump-w...y-that-simple/

mmarshall

Thanks, that was a useful response......assuming, of course, that Morrissey is indeed telling the truth. I'd be more inclined to believe it, though, if I heard it from Bob Lutz.

Toys4RJill

Turns Out Trump Was Right About Mexican-Made Chevy Cruze Cars Sold In USA



After President Trump slammed GM for building US-bound cars in Mexico a few weeks back, the automaker was quick to deny such accusations.

In fact, GM went on record saying that all Chevy Cruise models sold in the US, were built by Uncle Sam, in Lordstown, Ohio. As it turns out, Trump was right and Mexican-built Cruze sedans are currently up for sale in the United States.

To make matters worse, CNNMoney even found a Cruze sedan built in Mexico at a GM dealership in Lordstown, Ohio of all places - which is more than just ironic considering what GM said after Trump's allegations earlier this month.

Now, workers at the GM Assembly Plant in Lordstown are angry, especially after facing 1,200 layoffs on the same day as Trump's inauguration. According to CNN, GM told workers there were too many Cruze sedans on car lots that weren't selling, so the automaker had to let some of the 4,500 workers at the plant go.

"It's the ultimate insult: Chevy Cruzes with Mexican VIN numbers shipped to Lordstown," said Heather Lexso, a worker at the GM plant in Lordstown. The Mexican-built Cruze sedan for sale at Spitzer Chevrolet Lordstown was located just 5 miles from the factory where American workers are losing their jobs.

"How messed up is that someone in Lordstown could be driving a Mexican-made Cruze?", added another GM worker from the plant.

Last week, General Motors finally admitted that some 8,400 Chevy Cruze sedans were built in Mexico at the end of 2016 and then brought to the United States for sale.

"A small number of Mexico-made Chevrolet Cruze sedans were produced in 2016 for sale in the US. This supplemental production ended in December. Lordstown is now the sole source for the Cruze sedans," stated GM spokesman Tom Wickham.

http://www.carscoops.com/2017/01/tur...t-mexican.html

Hoovey689

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New GM, old tricks?

mmarshall

New GM, new vehicles, old tricks.