Thailand builds these Rangers….where they go..
nobody knows. How many were built in Thailand and Mainland China last year? (Proprietory info..
we are sure!) How many got shipped back to the good old USA in 2007-2008? Those numbers would be interesting to see. You know why Detroit is
a “ghost town”? They have shut down or greatly
reduced the domestic production….kept the plants up….(for show!)…and continue to pay laid off workers 95% of their wages for 10 years.
You think the Union is going to say beep? Not
likely!

Not even a ‘whoops’?

Your lack of research on this topic wouldn’t have passed muster in my seventh grade history class.

“Along with North American production, the global Ranger will continue to be produced as planned. The T6 will be built in Thailand, but the “chicken tax” will keep Ford from importing them from that country. Instead, they could be imported from South Africa (a right-hand-drive market), which has special trade agreements with the U.S., other possible locations include Brazil or Mexico. The T6 could even be built in Australia, which is exempt from the chicken tax.” The 25% tax on imported pickup trucks originated in the 1960s when West Germany placed a tariff on U.S. frozen chicken. The United States retaliated with a tariff on four items that included trucks, as Volkswagen was exporting the Volkswagen Type 2 in pickup form.[“

Also, if wikipedia is to be believed, Ron and Anna don’t know what the hell they are talking about.

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

“The Ranger and related Mazda B-Series are manufactured at Ford’s Twin Cities Assembly Plant in Saint Paul, Minnesota, which is now scheduled to close in 2008. They were also assembled in Edison, New Jersey until the plant’s closing in 2004. It was reported in 2005 that an all-new Ranger, codenamed P273, was in the works to be introduced by 2010.[1] The P273 was slated to be world pickup, presumably to be merged with the Mazda world pickups. A 2007 Ranger for the Thai market based on the Asian 4Trac concept was unveiled, but it is not scheduled to replace the North American truck. According to a recent article in the Car and Driver, there are three alternatives for Ford: 1) to redesign and continue to build the next generation in North America; 2) to import a smaller version from the plant in Thailand; and 3) to discontinue the Ranger line and exit the compact pickup market in North America.[2] There are rumors that Ford’s future product plans in the compact pickup market segment will be announced closer to the end of Ford Ranger production at the Highland Park, Minnesota plant in 2008-2009. There are reports that the plant will be sold and redeveloped once the production is ceased.[3][4]”

Never let the facts get in the way of a good story. It’s the Orange Juice Blog way!

Is there a TATA in our future? Maybe they can
make it look like a ’57 Chevy Bel Air hardtop!
….this time with ABS brakes and an 300 HP aircooled nano turbine engine – that gets 100
miles to the gallon of lard or plastic bag trash!

With a bail-out, we would actually reward the business failures made in Detroit. These idiots at the helm there should be summarily fired. Everybody except these idiots knew that fuel-efficient cars are the future. Only these idiots in Detroit were betting the companies they run on monster SUVs. They bet, and they lost. We don’t bail out gamblers in Las Vegas, either.

I have heard that one or more of our domestic automakers may end up purchased by a foreign automaker. That is what should happen instead of having taxpayers foot the bill for yet another bailout.