South Carolina will have a Volvo plant near Charleston. That will make 12 Automotive plants in the Southeast. Kentucky has a Toyota plant, Tennessee has a Nissan and and VW,, Mississippi has Toyota and Nissan, Alabama Has Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Honda, Georgia a Kia,and South Carolina has a BMW. In addition, Mercedes will build vans in North Charleston in a $500,000,000 manufacturing facility.

I wondered how long it would take for the first Chinese owned auto plant to come to the US....I just never thought they would be branded as Volvos.

Audi AG will be next. The brand is in a serious race to the top of the luxury market with Mercedes and BMW. They need a US plant. The braintrust in Ingolstadt has two mfg megasites in Germany, as well as nine other production facilities in Hungary, Belgium, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Slovakia and Spain, plus Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. in Italy, a fully owned and operated subsidiary of Audi AG.

SpeedkingATL wrote:I wondered how long it would take for the first Chinese owned auto plant to come to the US....I just never thought they would be branded as Volvos.

At least it will mean jobs for Americans and more importantly Southerners.

asu66 wrote:Audi AG will be next. The brand is in a serious race to the top of the luxury market with Mercedes and BMW. They need a US plant. The braintrust in Ingolstadt has two mfg megasites in Germany, as well as nine other production facilities in Hungary, Belgium, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Slovakia and Spain, plus Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. in Italy, a fully owned and operated subsidiary of Audi AG.

As a general rule, Audi's have great interiors and body work, but the engines are crappy.

NewApp wrote:South Carolina will have a Volvo plant near Charleston. That will make 12 Automotive plants in the Southeast. Kentucky has a Toyota plant, Tennessee has a Nissan and and VW,, Mississippi has Toyota and Nissan, Alabama Has Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Honda, Georgia a Kia,and South Carolina has a BMW. In addition, Mercedes will build vans in North Charleston in a $500,000,000 manufacturing facility.

Are you counting the Freightliner Truck plants around NC and the Freightliner/Thomas Bus plants in the Triad?

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:

NewApp wrote:South Carolina will have a Volvo plant near Charleston. That will make 12 Automotive plants in the Southeast. Kentucky has a Toyota plant, Tennessee has a Nissan and and VW,, Mississippi has Toyota and Nissan, Alabama Has Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, and Honda, Georgia a Kia,and South Carolina has a BMW. In addition, Mercedes will build vans in North Charleston in a $500,000,000 manufacturing facility.

Are you counting the Freightliner Truck plants around NC and the Freightliner/Thomas Bus plants in the Triad?

No, I was not counting anything except consumer automotive. I'm well aware of the Freightliner plant in little Cleveland.

NewApp wrote:

SpeedkingATL wrote:I wondered how long it would take for the first Chinese owned auto plant to come to the US....I just never thought they would be branded as Volvos.

At least it will mean jobs for Americans and more importantly Southerners.

Yes but the profits go elsewhere. That is another drain on American capital. Way too many profits leaving this country.

bcoach wrote:

NewApp wrote:

SpeedkingATL wrote:I wondered how long it would take for the first Chinese owned auto plant to come to the US....I just never thought they would be branded as Volvos.

At least it will mean jobs for Americans and more importantly Southerners.

Yes but the profits go elsewhere. That is another drain on American capital. Way too many profits leaving this country.

High salaries equal large state and federal income tax revenue, workers' property taxes for the coffers, not to mention millions in sales taxes. In addition, thousands of construction workers will have jobs at least for a while.

Don't forget the dealers that sell the cars. They employee lots of people, support local charities, pay lots of taxes. Or wold you rather buy a Ford built in Mexico?

AZAppGrad wrote:Don't forget the dealers that sell the cars. They employee lots of people, support local charities, pay lots of taxes. Or wold you rather buy a Ford built in Mexico?

Good point. I'm with you on that one.

Hmm...all right to work states. Guess our government is baffled as to why foreign business leaders want nothing to do with "union states"?

luvyosef wrote:Hmm...all right to work states. Guess our government is baffled as to why foreign business leaders want nothing to do with "union states"?

I would comment further, but it would throw this thread into the politics folder.

Since you mention trucks, don't forget about the largest production facility for trucks in U.S. Is in Dublin VA. Volvo trucks are built there, completely separate from the car company.

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boonetown1 wrote:Since you mention trucks, don't forget about the largest production facility for trucks in U.S. Is in Dublin VA. Volvo trucks are built there, completely separate from the car company.

I, for one, didn't know that.
According to a truck driver friend, he says Volvo tractor trailer trucks are among the best.

boonetown1 wrote:Since you mention trucks, don't forget about the largest production facility for trucks in U.S. Is in Dublin VA. Volvo trucks are built there, completely separate from the car company.

Volvo and Mack Trucks are based in Greensboro just off I-40 near the interstate as of a decade or so ago. I think they have the same corporate parent. Greensboro can land the corporate office. A shame we are not building the trucks here as well.

McLeansvilleAppFan wrote:

boonetown1 wrote:Since you mention trucks, don't forget about the largest production facility for trucks in U.S. Is in Dublin VA. Volvo trucks are built there, completely separate from the car company.

Volvo and Mack Trucks are based in Greensboro just off I-40 near the interstate as of a decade or so ago. I think they have the same corporate parent. Greensboro can land the corporate office. A shame we are not building the trucks here as well.

Volvo and Mack share a corporate parent, but not the car brand. Volvo trucks are actually one of the only class 8 trucks to be built in the good ol' US (bodies, powertrain, etc. everything is US).

bcoach wrote:

NewApp wrote:

SpeedkingATL wrote:I wondered how long it would take for the first Chinese owned auto plant to come to the US....I just never thought they would be branded as Volvos.

At least it will mean jobs for Americans and more importantly Southerners.

Yes but the profits go elsewhere. That is another drain on American capital. Way too many profits leaving this country.

These are foreign corporations, the profits can't leave because they were never here. Not getting the argument. This is a win for the South and for USA.

The US will be surpassed by China in my lifetime, they play hardball when it comes to trade.