Comments on: 2009 Detroit Auto Show: The Definitive Roundup http://www.leftlanenews.com/detroit-auto-show-2009.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sun, 8 Nov 2009 19:37:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lionwithoutpride http://www.leftlanenews.com/detroit-auto-show-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-431196 Lionwithoutpride Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:42:47 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=13761#comment-431196 Seeing as how Xinhua is reporting that Chinese automakers "stole the limelight" in Detroit and they say the U.S. is their most important future market . . . doesn't anyone else think that Leftlane should have some stories about the Chinese car companies? Again, Xinhua is printing claims from BYD that their electric car is going to be a 3-year-old time-tested vehicle when the Volt is just 1-year-old and unproven. Is that not something we all need to be aware of? The Chinese are on the horizon. Get to know them. They already think they know you and they will do everything they can to know more. Do not be afraid of the Chinese. They are only doing what EVERY people have a right to do-achieve industrialized levels of competence. However, we should be spending some effort learning about them. Every American industry must be looking at ways to ply open the Chinese markets (be that through legitimate trade, legislation, tariffs, the courts, or any other method) The Chinese are employing all available methods to open our markets. Just as they have a right to gain from us, we must secure our right to gain from them. Do not laugh the Chinese off. Remember that before WWI the U.S. was thought of as a second-rate power. And even before WWII we were not pre-eminent. If we fail to rise to the competition of China then ours will be the last generation that lives such opulent lives. Seeing as how Xinhua is reporting that Chinese automakers “stole the limelight” in Detroit and they say the U.S. is their most important future market . . . doesn’t anyone else think that Leftlane should have some stories about the Chinese car companies? Again, Xinhua is printing claims from BYD that their electric car is going to be a 3-year-old time-tested vehicle when the Volt is just 1-year-old and unproven. Is that not something we all need to be aware of? The Chinese are on the horizon. Get to know them. They already think they know you and they will do everything they can to know more. Do not be afraid of the Chinese. They are only doing what EVERY people have a right to do-achieve industrialized levels of competence. However, we should be spending some effort learning about them. Every American industry must be looking at ways to ply open the Chinese markets (be that through legitimate trade, legislation, tariffs, the courts, or any other method) The Chinese are employing all available methods to open our markets. Just as they have a right to gain from us, we must secure our right to gain from them.

Do not laugh the Chinese off. Remember that before WWI the U.S. was thought of as a second-rate power. And even before WWII we were not pre-eminent. If we fail to rise to the competition of China then ours will be the last generation that lives such opulent lives.

]]> By: howsmydriving http://www.leftlanenews.com/detroit-auto-show-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-431066 howsmydriving Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:33:41 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=13761#comment-431066 Did David E. Davis join the LLN staff? If not, why are they beginning sentences with the word "Heck"? Did David E. Davis join the LLN staff? If not, why are they beginning sentences with the word “Heck”?

]]> By: mayer_ray_nagin http://www.leftlanenews.com/detroit-auto-show-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-431039 mayer_ray_nagin Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:49:11 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=13761#comment-431039 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alphabetical order is your friend! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alphabetical order is your friend!

]]> By: Mutant@DCX http://www.leftlanenews.com/detroit-auto-show-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-431018 Mutant@DCX Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:20:02 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=13761#comment-431018 Good job LLN. I plan on going to the show next week. Good times, good times. Good job LLN. I plan on going to the show next week. Good times, good times.

]]> By: yarddog82abn http://www.leftlanenews.com/detroit-auto-show-2009.html/comment-page-1#comment-430985 yarddog82abn Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:09:50 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/?p=13761#comment-430985 Wasn't Roush going to unveiled it's new F-150 and 2010 Mustang? Wasn’t Roush going to unveiled it’s new F-150 and 2010 Mustang?

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