Yes, how the tax system is set up now, this early companies are taxed in the countries they operate in and by the US if they try to bring it back. Not surprisingly, many companies keep the money outside of the US and use it to fund projects in other countries.

But they aren’t in the numbers as before and like you indicated, it requires training and skill. The people who are hurting are the ones who coasted through high school and just expected to get a great job without any further training.

That’s what the data has shown for the entire economy. The current narrative is being pushed by a narrow segment of the economy.

That’s the point of item #9: http://www.nam.org/Newsroom/Top-20-Facts-About-Manufacturing/

That’s the point of item #9: http://www.nam.org/Newsroom/Top-20-Facts-About-Manufacturing/

What is funny/sad about all of this is that people have been trying for decades to get Japan open their markets more to US products. When an agreement is finally made that would do that, populist politicians trash it.

So what would be a good “starter Porsche” for those without heaps of cash like Torch?

He was lucky because he did extremely bad compared to other presidential races, ran such a poorly organized campaign, and still managed to win.

Didn’t auto manufacturers sell “California emissions” and national versions of vehicles in the 70s and 80s? Both markets are big enough to allow manufacturers to sell different sets of vehicles if they choose to. They already only sell the ‘compliance vehicles’ in CA and other states that follow CARB guidelines. …

I think most of these projects are still managed by the state level DOTs, it is just the Feds provide the bulk of the money.

The orange barrel manufacturers will love it.

Do you consider a Spark a “skeleton vehicle”?

They could do it, but won’t because they would rather sell US customers a Silverado or Colorado (in that preference order) at much higher margins.

Then why is the first complaint about it that the insistence on a vertical take off version for the Marines crippled the designs for the other branches?

They do help large corporations fend off smaller competitors who have less resources to devote to trying to be compliant. Regulation reform is needed and isn’t the absence of all regulations.

According to the Mexican website for the Colorado, it can handle up to 726kg of cargo.

Since you are in California, how hard would it be to get a Jalopnik reader in Baja California to take you to a Mexican Ford dealership and take one out for a test drive? You could find out how one drives in city traffic and on the highway.

At least not in the US.

From the looks of it, it is just a 4 door.

Check out the prices for what they’re being sold in México: http://www.ford.mx/camiones/ranger/