  Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine Post Number: 1871 Registered: 05-2005 |
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs .dll/article?AID=/20071114/BUS INESS01/71114064 quote: | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 260 Registered: 03-2005 |
Ha, No chance in hell. | ||
Zxzm Member Username: Zxzm Post Number: 86 Registered: 10-2007 |
Yeah, no chance. If they located here, VW might have a shot in hell of building a products that doesn't need to go to the shop every other week. | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 5754 Registered: 08-2004 |
Well since there's a 6 hour difference between EST and German time... there's no place in North America that is farther east that is a closer time zone, except Newfoundland Canada, which is 1/2 hour earlier (5 1/2 hour time difference from German time). | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3110 Registered: 06-2004 |
What constitutes shared work hours? How many overlapping hours in how long of a day? Germany is six hours ahead of us, nine ahead of California. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 3111 Registered: 06-2004 |
jinx! | ||
Scottr Member Username: Scottr Post Number: 824 Registered: 07-2006 |
quote: This will be a first. A plant will begin production before it is even announced where it will be built! Honestly, with the extensive supplier base around here, a generally experienced but mostly unemployed workforce, and ample water, Michigan probably stands a decent chance. Good to hear that something Jenny has done might pay off, and admittedly, better than I would have expected. | ||
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg Post Number: 1275 Registered: 12-2005 |
It's entirely possible that MI is a viable candidate. During the 1970s and early 80's, VW had an assembly pant in Westmoreland, PA and a stamping facility in West Virginia. When LTV vacated their plant on Van Dyke north of Metro Parkway in the early 1980s, VW purchased it with the intent to assemble cars there, too. However, their sales slumped badly and they never tooled it up (they also closed the PA and WV facilities). The Sterling Heights plant was eventually sold to Chrysler, which still produces cars there today. | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 3997 Registered: 02-2005 |
Union. Labor. I think they'll pass. | ||
Zxzm Member Username: Zxzm Post Number: 88 Registered: 10-2007 |
They deal w/ plenty of it in Kraut land. | ||
Yaktown Member Username: Yaktown Post Number: 260 Registered: 02-2006 |
How about Wixom? The old Ford plant would be a good candidate, no? If mayor-elect Hinkley wants to start off on a good note, this would be it. Maybe then they could fix that god-awful interchange at I-96! | ||
Jerome81 Member Username: Jerome81 Post Number: 1652 Registered: 11-2003 |
Are you guys nuts? This is the same company that just LEFT Detroit. Why the hell would they come back with an even bigger, longer-term investment? This is about as crazy as VW thinking they can sell 800,000 cars in the US by 2018.... | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 5142 Registered: 10-2003 |
VW will never be a success in the USA without totally changing their "Teutonic Sprockets" image. If they want to start selling more cars they need to cater to middle America a little better. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2197 Registered: 04-2006 |
^The Jetta seemed to be pretty successful from a sales standpoint... quote: Nope, sorry Michigan. I would bet on somewhere in Chicagoland... | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 3643 Registered: 10-2003 |
Scottr, that's hilarious. They'll announced a location for the factory in 2012, but production of cars may start there in 2011. | ||
Goat Member Username: Goat Post Number: 9932 Registered: 10-2003 |
I heard this is supposed to go to Indiana... | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 1012 Registered: 09-2005 |
Germany is only 4.5 hours ahead of Newfoundland. I don't think VW is crazy enough to build cars out there, however. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6434 Registered: 10-2003 |
Chrysler and VW are partnering on a Mini-van that is to be built on the Chrysler assembly line by Chrysler workers in Windsor in 2009. | ||
Scottr Member Username: Scottr Post Number: 829 Registered: 07-2006 |
Johnlodge, the freep eventually caught and fixed the error, kind of a shame, cause it was funny. quote: Iheartthed, that means rail (for freight, not commuters) and possibly water for shipping - both of which we have access to, not to mention, our extensive freeway system. In other words, they aren't going to build it somewhere with no freeways or rail. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6435 Registered: 10-2003 |
Well New Stanton, Pennsylvania wasn't exactly a metropolis in 1978... |
