Re: A8 everywhere but US?

[LToy@aol.com]

In a message dated 95-10-11 22:42:08 EDT, you write:

>> located near Beijing and one can actually find "knock-off" Audi's on
>> the road. Gee, I wonder what's under the sheet metal.
>> 
>Several months ago I read about Chinese knock-offs of Jeep Grand 
>Wagoneers.  Supposedly they're pieces of junk underneath the 
>sheetmetal.  Can you imagine living with such slack trademark laws?  
>It seems awfully bizarre to me.

I'm not so sure I'd call these things "knock-offs"
Though the vehicles are made in China and the plants partially belong to The
State, the "real" manufacturers are active participants in these ventures.
 Our friend Mr. Carlson can probably set us straight on all this.

There seem to be grand delusions floating about the Chinese bureaucracy about
transforming their country from a nation of bicycles into a nation of
automobiles.  I think they better figure out where they're gonna put all
those cars (what we call roads).

--Linus