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Incomplete from the get-go.

There is very good reading out there on why China goes from one excessive bust to the next one. It is top-down directives combined with the incredible pressure put upon the regional and city leaders to make their allotted numbers, or else. Makes Glengarry Glen Ross look like a Grateful Dead cover band concert.

In regard to the new company HQ (Ford) of that certain CEO who tools around in a Chinese EV, that is having its grand opening today, I read that it is not quite finished and will need another year to be completed. Ford is introducing its new HQ like it introduces its vehicles; incomplete. They'll eventually work it out.

DG
Berwick, Maine



That Bentley kinda sucks.

Chinese sales tactics? Punchin’ titles has come to the Middle Kingdom at last. I’m sorry, but the Bentley Continental GT Supersport looks like a Mustang GT, but with Camaro taillights. The quest for aero efficiency has made most cars look like each other, as has happened with commercial aircraft. You used to be able to tell the difference between a Mustang and a Bentley from outer space.

Chris Blanchard
Prescott, Wisconsin



Sort of like China.

So much for that "free market" bullshit. See what happens when the dip-shits in DC get involved? See how well forcing America to adopt technology first introduced on Fernwood Tonight in 1977 with the demonstration of the VW powered by 3000 D sized batteries worked out? How about that "20 years of no tax on profits" as part of the 2008 automotive debacle that made Musk the wealthiest (on paper) person in the world? To think that we gave China all of our technology and white-collar automotive jobs so that GM could sell a couple of million more cars.

Frankly, America doesn't need an automotive industry built on "protectionism ". That just stifles innovation which leaves us susceptible to "government handout" innovation which is nothing more than a government subsidized jobs program.

Sort of like in China...

Ptg0
Highland Park, Michigan



The spending continues.

The one thing you neglected to mention is Americans’ favorite past time; spending money. Consumerism in this country ranks higher than anything else. The corporations continue to eliminate smaller cars, houses and meals then gouge you on the replacement. Sports team is doing well after 60 years of futility? Jack up prices and if you don’t like it someone else will. Because who has the guts to say no? Not here in America. So with the chaos that’s going on in the industry the customer will always be there to purchase their mistakes. Their oversized SUVs and the massive trucks needed to look good on social media. If Americans decide to balk, the industry is truly screwed.

JRR
Plymouth, Michigan