transam Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, KhunLA said: MG sales, before vs after production move to China https://www.statista.com/statistics/385386/mg-car-sales-in-the-united-kingdom/ Well yeh, cheap cars will always have a following as long as they are not called "Cow Ming Autos"....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Some posts trolling about another member being a moderator have been removed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 7:44 AM, placeholder said: So, apparently, nationality is how automobile companies are to be judged? MG brand autos are no different in quality from Stallion, GPX, or Legend because they're manufactured by Chinese companies? Tell that to the European nations where MG's business is booming. You tell them, I forgot Lifan 250, a chopper looking bike. The Chinese are good at copying, can't deny that. I wouldn't even buy dog food made in China. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 Just now, EVENKEEL said: You tell them, I forgot Lifan 250, a chopper looking bike. The Chinese are good at copying, can't deny that. I wouldn't even buy dog food made in China. List one brand of dog food for sale in Thailand that is imported from China. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post placeholder Posted April 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 21, 2022 21 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: You tell them, I forgot Lifan 250, a chopper looking bike. The Chinese are good at copying, can't deny that. I wouldn't even buy dog food made in China. Thanks for confirming that your chief criterion for evaluating a product is the country it comes from and not the company that made it. According to your way of reasoning, Land Rovers are so poorly made because they come from the UK. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excel Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 4 minutes ago, placeholder said: Thanks for confirming that your chief criterion for evaluating a product is the country it comes from and not the company that made it. According to your way of reasoning, Land Rovers are so poorly made because they come from the UK. Prejudice rules above all else with some people I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowtail Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 How many years was Buick the best-selling car in China? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwilco Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/19/2022 at 10:58 AM, Yellowtail said: North Korean cars? S. Korea is NOTHING like China. It's nothing to do with the cars themselves...its the idiot self sprinted critics. When Japanese bikes and cars cane along, everyone tried to say they were <deleted>....then Kirean, then Chinese ...it is precisely this attitude that brought about the downfall of both UK and US motirindyßtries.... bad management and crsp products totally outclassed by foreign "upstarts". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 3:30 AM, placeholder said: Thanks for confirming that your chief criterion for evaluating a product is the country it comes from and not the company that made it. According to your way of reasoning, Land Rovers are so poorly made because they come from the UK. My belief is Land Rovers are top quality machines. Never gave it a thought where they are born. You can't deny China is great at duplicating a competitors product, made with inferior parts and bits and sold cheaper. It's what they do. And they do it well. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 2 hours ago, EVENKEEL said: My belief is Land Rovers are top quality machines. Never gave it a thought where they are born. You can't deny China is great at duplicating a competitors product, made with inferior parts and bits and sold cheaper. It's what they do. And they do it well. Your belief is false. Land Rover Is Officially the Worst in Dependability, 2021 J.D. Power Study Shows https://www.motorbiscuit.com/land-rover-officially-worst-dependability-2021-j-d-power-study/ Jaguar Land Rover Promises to Fix ‘Unacceptable’ Quality Issues https://www.thedrive.com/news/41423/jaguar-land-rover-promises-to-fix-unacceptable-quality-issues Jaguar Land Rover: We’re losing 100K sales a year due to quality issues https://uk.motor1.com/news/492097/jaguar-land-rover-quality-issues/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 33 minutes ago, placeholder said: Your belief is false. Land Rover Is Officially the Worst in Dependability, 2021 J.D. Power Study Shows https://www.motorbiscuit.com/land-rover-officially-worst-dependability-2021-j-d-power-study/ Jaguar Land Rover Promises to Fix ‘Unacceptable’ Quality Issues https://www.thedrive.com/news/41423/jaguar-land-rover-promises-to-fix-unacceptable-quality-issues Jaguar Land Rover: We’re losing 100K sales a year due to quality issues https://uk.motor1.com/news/492097/jaguar-land-rover-quality-issues/ I'll never buy a LR because of price. So it's no concern of mine what anyone has to say. Much like I'll never buy a China built car but for different reasons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actonion Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 Most people seem to buy what they can afford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KhunLA Posted April 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: Much like I'll never buy a China built car but for different reasons. You could simply put that in your signature, then you wouldn't have to keep on telling us, over & over again. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
placeholder Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: I'll never buy a LR because of price. So it's no concern of mine what anyone has to say. Much like I'll never buy a China built car but for different reasons. Utterly irrelevant. Your reasons for not buying an LR have nothing to do with nationality. Your reasons for not buying a chinese car do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 5:40 PM, Yellowtail said: How many years was Buick the best-selling car in China? That the China made Buick or the US made one ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 16 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: I'll never buy a LR because of price. I like them but would never buy in Thailand because of price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVENKEEL Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 23 minutes ago, KhunLA said: You could simply put that in your signature, then you wouldn't have to keep on telling us, over & over again. So, only pro Chinese built auto aficionados are allowed to post. Feel free to tell us again and again how wonderful your MG is, oh and how you leave everyone behind from a stop. Please tell that story again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 17 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: That the China made Buick or the US made one ? Staying on Topic ... as always. Buick Velite EV ... another SAIC product, so doubt if will be available in TH "The Buick Velite 6 (微蓝) is a compact station wagon, also known as a "multi-activity vehicle" (MAV) built by Chinese-American manufacturer SAIC-GM under the Buick brand. It is available as either an electric car or a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). It is sold exclusively in China" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Velite_6#Velite_6_EV_(2022) I personally wouldn't buy a Big 3 car in USA, not produced by an Asian partnership. And never did once they were readily available in the USA, way back when. Big 3 consistently fail miserably. Cost & dependability ... no competition to Asian product. IMHO 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, KhunLA said: Staying on Topic ... as always. Buick Velite EV ... another SAIC product, so doubt if will be available in TH Who said anything about TH availability ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said: So, only pro Chinese built auto aficionados are allowed to post. Feel free to tell us again and again how wonderful your MG is, oh and how you leave everyone behind from a stop. Please tell that story again. Once was enough, and it was on topic and relevant to the post. Telling us repetitively that you are Anti-China ... nuff said. I'm a little curious what vehicle you own, that doesn't have Chinese parts in it. Every US made car has CH parts in it. So you better Google EU & UK ... Good Luck finding one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 4 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: Who said anything about TH availability ? This is the TH Motor forum: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 1 hour ago, KhunLA said: Once was enough, and it was on topic and relevant to the post. Telling us repetitively that you are Anti-China ... nuff said. I'm a little curious what vehicle you own, that doesn't have Chinese parts in it. Every US made car has CH parts in it. So you better Google EU & UK ... Good Luck finding one. Everything probably has a Chinese part, made with cheap labour in China for the west. But the thread is about 100% Chinese stuff, cheap MG cars with a bought British brand name to give folk the feel good factor........???? Would folk buy them if they were called "Chow Ming Autos", doubt it, mind you, CMA sounds BMW-ish.......????........???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) 56 minutes ago, transam said: Everything probably has a Chinese part, made with cheap labour in China for the west. But the thread is about 100% Chinese stuff, cheap MG cars with a bought British brand name to give folk the feel good factor........???? Would folk buy them if they were called "Chow Ming Autos", doubt it, mind you, CMA sounds BMW-ish.......????........???? SAIC product, dependable & top selling, and why I have an interest in their Wuling line of 'tinker car', but need to get closer to that CH pricing. Repeatedly asked and already answered ... Yes w/explanations. Edited April 23, 2022 by KhunLA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunLA Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 (edited) Better to ask another way ... Anyone one here regret buying their MG ... love to hear why ... Edited April 23, 2022 by KhunLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 10/19/2021 at 9:33 AM, sirineou said: I remember in the seventies people calling Japanese cars "Rice burners" and laughing at them, They even had Japanese car bashing events, where the buy American crowd would bash Japanese cars with baseball bats. A few years later all these same people were driving Japanese cars. Quite. One of the best cars I ever had was an early 80s Mitsu Sigma Estate, before they started production in Oz. Someone saw me get out of it one day and asked if when I came to sell could they have first refusal, bit disappointed it was a company car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 On 10/18/2021 at 6:30 PM, leba said: I see so many chinese cars MG cars, but I am wondering, is it only because they are cheap ? No. There is a certain historical prestige in the name that will always attract enthusiasts. It stands for Morris Garages, founded in 1920 and an icon of the UK motor industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 7 minutes ago, sandyf said: No. There is a certain historical prestige in the name that will always attract enthusiasts. It stands for Morris Garages, founded in 1920 and an icon of the UK motor industry. And considered in many countries outside the UK as utter garbage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 18 minutes ago, Ralf001 said: And considered in many countries outside the UK as utter garbage. Can you name the countries and provide links with the facts... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaan sailor Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 28 minutes ago, sandyf said: No. There is a certain historical prestige in the name that will always attract enthusiasts. It stands for Morris Garages, founded in 1920 and an icon of the UK motor industry. I drove a ‘66 MGB with BRG paint in college—loved it to pieces, many pieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted April 23, 2022 Share Posted April 23, 2022 27 minutes ago, sandyf said: No. There is a certain historical prestige in the name that will always attract enthusiasts. It stands for Morris Garages, founded in 1920 and an icon of the UK motor industry. Yes, MG was the performance side of Morris, strange the Chinese didn't use the Morris name for their non-performance rides and pickup ...???? Below is a Morris 1100 and an MG 1100, 50hp vs 55hp.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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