Briefs: Price of GM's Volt in China to top $75,000

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit News

Briefs: Price of GM's Volt in China to top $75,000

Washington— General Motors Co . said Monday that its extended-range Chevrolet Volt will cost more than $75,000 in China, when it goes on sale there in eight cities.

GM said the Volt will be sold at 13 dealerships in eight Chinese cities: Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Wuxi, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Foshan. It will be priced at RMB 498,000, or $75,533, the automaker said.


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Free trade, my ass!

[OhioChick]

1. Time for some healthy tariffs n/t

[Vincardog]

2. Long past time

[Philosopher King]

4. We used to be able to defend ourselves against nations that didn?t play by the rules.

Nowadays, our grievances are settled by means of the arbitrary and random whims of the WTO.

[LanternWaste]

6. We use to have over 45% of world manufacturing too. Things change...

We use to have over 45% of world manufacturing too, while all the other countries grumbled about us. Things change... :shrug:

At one time, the British Empire ruled commerce. Then the U.S. did. Looks like it's about to be the Pacific Rim countries calling the shots in the upcoming century.

[msongs]

3. don't worry, china will be cranking out clones cheap in no time flat nt

[Phlem]

5. Exactly

Just like old times. Send them our technology and they repay in kind with cheaper models that flood our economy.

-p

[diane in sf]

7. Yep, they'll reverse engineer it and sell it for one third the price.

[Vinca]

8. Does anyone know what Chinese cars sell for there?

Just as a frame of reference.

[dimbear]

9. Lemme splain. Take the French word for expensive, chere,

space it out a little, che_r_ _e_ , and fill in the blanks with VOLT.

Subliminal antiadvertising.