Jeep president may move production to China

[CMike]

Jeep, an Obama favorite, looks to shift production to China | Mobile Washington Examiner

 

[pwjohn]

Who will they blame for this ? Obama

 

[CMike]

I'm sure it's Bush's fault.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

Gawd.

Not THIS lie again.

 

[pwjohn]

Its a sure bet they won't blame a democrat...That's completely off limits..

 

[Londoner]

The Truth

Last week Romney said in a speech in Defiance, Ohio, that Jeep's parent company Chrysler "is thinking of moving all production to China." Chrysler quickly shot down that assertion, nothing that not only was the claim false, but that the company was actually adding new jobs in Toledo as a part of a $500 million investment in its factory there.

The China report that Romney cited from Bloomberg specifically referred to expanding Jeep operations within China that already cater to the Asian market, but no where did it discuss any kind of movement of resources from the state of Ohio.

 

[Wacky Quacky]

Gawd.

Not THIS lie again.

Not a total lie, but the confusion comes from the usual semantic bullshit. Jeep is not considering moving production from the US to China, but they are considering opening new production in China.

 

[Truthseeker420]

Jeep, an Obama favorite, looks to shift production to China | Mobile Washington Examiner

Washington Examiner found at least two idiots to believe this...

 

[NYcarbineer]

Jeep, an Obama favorite, looks to shift production to China | Mobile Washington Examiner

You're a stupid person.

 

[Truthseeker420]

Its a sure bet they won't blame a democrat...That's completely off limits..

 

[NYcarbineer]

Gawd.

Not THIS lie again.

Not a total lie, but the confusion comes from the usual semantic bullshit. Jeep is not considering moving production from the US to China, but they are considering opening new production in China.

It's a total lie.

The Examiner says Jeep is shifting production; the article they give as their source explicitly says they are not shifting production.

Changing 'not shifting' to 'shifting' is as total a lie as a total lie gets.

And yet the stupid people that comprise the stupid right keep stupidly believing it and stupidly repeating it.

 

[Neurotika]

debunked already for days

There are times when the reading of a newswire report generates storms originated by a biased or predisposed approach.

On Oct. 22, 2012, at 11:10 a.m. ET, the Bloomberg News report “Fiat Says Jeep® Output May Return to China as Demand Rises” stated “Chrysler currently builds all Jeep SUV models at plants in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Manley (President and CEO of the Jeep brand) referred to adding Jeep production sites rather than shifting output from North America to China.”

Despite clear and accurate reporting, the take has given birth to a number of stories making readers believe that Chrysler plans to shift all Jeep production to China from North America, and therefore idle assembly lines and U.S. workforce. It is a leap that would be difficult even for professional circus acrobats.

Let’s set the record straight: Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China. It’s simply reviewing the opportunities to return Jeep output to China for the world’s largest auto market. U.S. Jeep assembly lines will continue to stay in operation. A careful and unbiased reading of the Bloomberg take would have saved unnecessary fantasies and extravagant comments.

Chrysler Blog - Jeep in China

 

[NYcarbineer]

From the original Bloomberg article:

[CEO] Manley referred to adding Jeep production sites rather than shifting output from North America to China.

Explicitly, unequivocally stated in the original piece that was used to start the lie. No confusion, no vagary, no 'semantics'. Just Romney and the GOP and every rightwing nutcase on the planet LYING.

 

[Navy1960]

Here is what the company said on the subject;

“Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China,” Gualberto Ranieri, the company’s senior vice president for corporate communications, wrote Thursday in a blog posted on Chrysler’s Web site.

Seems clear enough.

 

[CMike]

The Truth

Last week Romney said in a speech in Defiance, Ohio, that Jeep's parent company Chrysler "is thinking of moving all production to China." Chrysler quickly shot down that assertion, nothing that not only was the claim false, but that the company was actually adding new jobs in Toledo as a part of a $500 million investment in its factory there.

The China report that Romney cited from Bloomberg specifically referred to expanding Jeep operations within China that already cater to the Asian market, but no where did it discuss any kind of movement of resources from the state of Ohio.

Let me guess. The Obama web site?

 

[CMike]

From the original Bloomberg article:

[CEO] Manley referred to adding Jeep production sites rather than shifting output from North America to China.

Explicitly, unequivocally stated in the original piece that was used to start the lie. No confusion, no vagary, no 'semantics'. Just Romney and the GOP and every rightwing nutcase on the planet LYING.

Link to the article?

 

[CMike]

Obumbler lies again.

It sucks when the facts keep showing that the messiah lies.

Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News

 

[kaz]

Jeep, an Obama favorite, looks to shift production to China | Mobile Washington Examiner

You're a stupid person.

Are you allowed to say that? I mean, isn't it like someone outing someone for being an alcoholic when they know that from being at the same AA meeting?

 

[auditor0007]

The Truth

Last week Romney said in a speech in Defiance, Ohio, that Jeep's parent company Chrysler "is thinking of moving all production to China." Chrysler quickly shot down that assertion, nothing that not only was the claim false, but that the company was actually adding new jobs in Toledo as a part of a $500 million investment in its factory there.

The China report that Romney cited from Bloomberg specifically referred to expanding Jeep operations within China that already cater to the Asian market, but no where did it discuss any kind of movement of resources from the state of Ohio.

The dupes will believe anything, and Romney will say anything if he thinks it will convince the dupes.

 

[CMike]

For the mentally retarded as known as liberals.

Business: Washington Post Business Page, Business News

[SIZE="5"]Fiat Says China May Build All Jeeps as SUV Demand Increases[/SIZE]

Craig TrudellOct 22, 2012 11:10 am ET


(Updates with Jeep production sites in fifth paragraph.)

Oct. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Fiat SpA, majority owner of Chrysler Group LLC, plans to return Jeep output to China and may eventually make all of its models in that country, according to the head of both automakers’ operations in the region.

Fiat is in “very detailed conversations” with its Chinese partner, Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., about making Jeeps in the world’s largest auto market, said Mike Manley, chief operating officer of Fiat and Chrysler in Asia. Chrysler hasn’t built Jeeps there since before Fiat took control in 2009.

“The volume opportunity for us is very significant,” Manley, who is also president of the Jeep brand, said in an interview at Chrysler’s Auburn Hills, Michigan, headquarters. “We’re reviewing the opportunities within existing capacity” as well as “should we be localizing the entire Jeep portfolio or some of the Jeep portfolio.”

Chrysler, which entered an alliance with Turin, Italy-based Fiat as part of its U.S. government-backed bankruptcy, is relying on growth in China to counter weakness in Europe’s auto market. The automaker is targeting 500,000 annual sales outside North America by 2014, more than triple its overseas deliveries in 2009.

Chrysler currently builds all Jeep SUV models at plants in Michigan, Illinois and Ohio. Manley referred to adding Jeep production sites rather than shifting output from North America to China.

Asia’s Strength

International sales for Chrysler climbed 22 percent to 153,154 this year through September, according to the company. The Jeep brand accounted for more than three of every four of those deliveries, with sales surging 54 percent to 117,189.

“We’ve grown much stronger in Asia to make up or compensate for some of the difficulties in Europe,” Manley said. Europe will be in “very difficult, tough times” through at least 2013, he said.

Boosted by strong demand for the Grand Cherokee and Compass sport-utility vehicles, Jeep sales in China have more than doubled to 33,463 this year through September. The brand topped total deliveries for all of 2011 by July of this year.

Chrysler’s 2014 international sales target is “certainly within reach,” Manley said. The European auto market is on track to plunge in 2012 by the most in 19 years, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association.

“Given what we see around the world, it is stretching for sure, but it’s not something we’ve given up on,” he said.

Fiat and Guangzhou’s plant in Changsha in central China has initial annual capacity of 140,000 cars and is capable of eventually assembling 500,000 vehicles per year. The automakers will add production of a new vehicle to the factory roughly every 12 months and began building the Fiat Viaggio compact there in June.

--Editors: Bill Koenig, John Lear