My buddy is a technical consultant. Does work for a big korean carmaker. They sent him to China. He says what are you doing in china? Gets there and they make rolling chassis with powertrains. Neighboring plants make the bodies. Any body you want, bmw, mercedes etc. Pretty good copies, according to him.
On Sat, Jan 5, 2019, 12:11 PM Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: > Not only are MB parts made in China now... they're making whole Mercedes > there now. And they're just as good as cars from any other production > plant. Imagine that! (And all the other major automakers do this too) > > Its a new world... time to face reality, folks. Made in China doesn't > automatically mean something is junk. Things are engineered and built to a > specification that defines quality. Build to that specification and you > make good parts, weather its in China, Germany or the USA. > > Jaime > > > On Fri, Jan 4, 2019 at 9:27 PM Curley McLain via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Well, apparently some MB stealer parts are made in china now. From the > > MB beancounter's perspective: "Why pay for pahts made in die Vaterland, > > when I can buy cheep chinee pahts from uro that will survive until the > > warranty is over and we don't have to pay for replacements. " Even > > having a star and stealer price does not mean you will get parts made in > > Deutschland/not made in china. > > > > Rick Knoble via Mercedes wrote on 1/4/19 12:17 PM: > > > This is BS! Ordered new mm for a couple cars. > > > Made in China. Half tempted to send them back and get dealer parts. > > > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > Jaime Kopchinski > http://www.jaimekop.com/ > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
