L.J.G. wrote in post #13723236
My Ford was made in Australia so it really disappointed me. You buy local to keep local jobs and get bent over the table for your trouble. I take it the Mexican ones leave a bit to be desired?
Not sure I get this "buy local" crap.
Ford is a US company. Toyota is a Japanese company etc.
They are given massive, absolutely massive tax breaks to "build" cars in countries, like Australia, the US etc. The money all goes back to the shareholders. Hardly any $$$ stays in the country you say "we're trying to keep things going in our economy". As soon as the tax break is over, adios...move to another state/country.
It isn't really based on the cars that sell (but helps out a lot!), but when the tax breaks end.