omni wrote:
DdBob wrote:I'm only interested in this forum, the newly upstarted Misery Synod (invision) forum, Jeepforum and Arizona virtual Jeep club forum.....
Jeep s now made in china. **bleep**..
Wrong......It was a Romney BS lie that he twisted from the fact China will re-open a plant for vehichles to be sold in China...not here.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/20
"It was a lie told in the critical state of Ohio in the final days of a close campaign -- that Jeep was moving its U.S. production to China. It originated with a conservative blogger, who twisted an accurate news story into a falsehood. Then it picked up steam when the Drudge Report ran with it. Even though Jeep's parent company gave a quick and clear denial, Mitt Romney repeated it and his campaign turned it into a TV ad.
And they stood by the claim, even as the media and the public expressed collective outrage against something so obviously false."
Jeeps have had a long history of being available the world over though so they have for years had production in various places throught the world but those made outside of the US were made only for the export countries. Jeep is , was and still made in the US.
The ones made in China is to be re-opened for the chinese market, not the USA.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeep
Jeeps have been built and/or assembled around the world by various companies.[37]
- Argentina – IKA Jeeps 1956–current; now owned by Chrysler[38]
- Australia – Willys Motors Australia – 1940s–1980s[39]
- Brazil – Willys Overland do Brasil, purchased by Ford to become Ford do Brasil – 1957–1985[40] and the Troller T4 is a fiberglass bodied Jeep version built in Brazil. Troller was purchased by Ford do Brasil in 2007.
- Burma/Myanmar – Two Burmese companies produce unlicensed copies of jeeps; Myanmar Jeeps and Chin Dwin Star Jeeps.
- Canada – Kaiser Jeep – 1959–1969[41]
- China – Beijing Jeep Corporation – 1983 to 2009 as Beijing-Benz DaimlerChrysler Automotive. Fiat-Chrysler plans to re-open Jeep production in China through joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group (GAIG).[42]
- Colombia – Willys Colombia – at least until 1999[43]
- Egypt – Arab Organization for Industrialization subsidiary Arab American Vehicles based in Cairo produces the Jeep Cherokee[disambiguation needed]; the open-top, Wrangler-based Jeep AAV TJL.
- France – Hotchkiss and Auverland – 1952–1962[44]
- India – Mahindra & Mahindra Limited – 1960s-current[45]
- Iran – Pars Khodro, ShahBaaz, Sahra, and Ahoo – ShahBaaz based on DJ series, Sahra based on Jeep Wrangler and CJ series, and Ahoo based on Wagoneer
- Israel – Automotive Industries which produces the AIL Storm (Sufa) series of Jeep Wrangler-derivatives
- Italy – 1950s[46]
- Japan – Mitsubishi Jeeps – 1953–1998[47]
- Korea – Asia Motors, Ltd, Dong A Motors (SsangYong Motor Company) and Kia. (don't use Jeep name) – 1980s-current[48]
- Mexico – VAM Jeeps – 1946–1987[49]
- Netherlands – Nederlandse Kaiser-Frazer – 1954-1990s[50]
- Philippines – Jeepneys;[51] MD Juan Willys MB.;[52] "E-jeepneys" or minibuses, LSV (low-speed vehicles) which uses electricity.[53][54]
- Portugal – Bravia – 1960s–1980s
- Spain – Vehículos Industriales y Agrícolas, S.A. (VIASA), absorbed by Ebro trucks, and later sold to Nissan – 1960-1990s[55]
- Turkey – Tuzla – 1954-1970s[56]
- Venezuela- Valencia Carabobo 1962–2011, 1962 Tejerias Edo Aragua Willys de Venezuela, S.A, 1979 -2011 Ensambladora Carabobo C.A Valencia Edo Carabobo
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