[quote=ucodegen]This doesn’t make me feel very good about Volvos now. I have seen several crash tests on current Chinese manufactured vehicles. Very scary. Some of these are Chinese knock-offs of high end German and Japanese vehicles.
Possibly some dup portions above. The Chinese are supposedly getting better, though in general with Chinese products, I am very careful. There is some very good mixed in with lots of crap. My drop box wrenches are made in Chinese, and are made of Chrome Vanadium – not mild steel. Much tougher than anything Sears, Snap-on or Matco put out.
The Chinese car that did well in the crash test was not a ‘Geely’ vehicle.[/quote]
It will be fine… Some of the Buicks are designed in Shanghai now. And a good portion of the parts are from China now.. Most people just aren’t aware of it yet (or are in denial of it).
Motorcraft branded rotors come to mind.
It’s about product evolution. The japanese were in the same sitation in the early eighties.
The koreans were in the same situation in the 90ies, and they were able to close the gap in much less time.
Looks like the chinese automakers are trying to do the same.
