Awesome , they wont even drive our homemade lol.

[hi_im_god]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escape

The Ford Escape (designated U204) is a compact SUV sold by the automaker Ford Motor Company introduced in 2000 as a 2001 model year and priced below the Ford Explorer. The Escape was sold in Europe as the Ford Maverick.[1] It was jointly developed with Mazda, in which Ford owns a controlling interest, and was released simultaneously with the Mazda Tribute. In the United States, Ford's Mercury division released a luxury version called the Mariner starting with the 2005 model year.
A hybrid version of the Escape was released in 2004, making it the first hybrid SUV.
The Escape is built on the Ford CD2 platform, which is in turn based on the Mazda GF platform, which was used by the Mazda 626.

badges on cars are meaningless when it comes to country of origin.

whoever drives the grand caravan is driving a car manufactured outside the u.s. (windsor, canada) so you can add that to the list of "foreign" vehicles.

mercedes, honda, nissan, vw, and toyota vehicles are all built in the u.s.

and there's cross ownership. mazda is partially owned by ford. saab is a gm subsidiary.

that parking lot looks like a cross section of america to me.

[dellinger63]

Honda, Nissan, Volkswagon etc got bailout money?

[hi_im_god]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Honda, Nissan, Volkswagon etc got bailout money?

they don't have the burden of providing health insurance to their employee's.

that's enough of a bailout.

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Honda, Nissan, Volkswagon etc got bailout money?

If offered they would have rejected it.

You take fed. money, you play by fed. rules.

Dont take the money. Restructure or file for bankrupcy.

[dellinger63]

I really don't blame staffers for driving foreign cars. I probably agree w/them in that that it's a superior product no matter where it is assembled, health care or not.