https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/us-jobs-too-important-to-risk-chinese-car-imports-says-ford-ceo/
China only makes EVs and zero trucks. americans aren't going to all start buying EVs when they can't even charge them in most of the country let alone ditching their truck for a car.
>>28915539He's right.Letting chinese cars in without tarrifs would collapse our entire automotive sector.The result would be tens of millions of job losses.And a complete destruction of our ability to make cars.Americans can't complete with slave labor without also lowering our standards down to 3rd world status.
>>28915539Ford has become a complete inversion of the company that Henry created. I don't give a rats ass if they are considered "American", they are shit. I would sooner buy a Stellantis product (Gladiator) than any shitbox from Ford. If they go out of business, fuck em, who cares?
>>28915644ford is gay but worse is gutting whats left whats left of american manufacturing
>>28915539Chinese can't built anything durable, long lasting, or something that respects your privacy.Anyone who thinks it's a good idea for chink cars or bikes is inheritly authoritarian or comically short sighted/ignorant to the realities of buying products made in an authoritarian regime. >FUCK CHANG NO HE CANNOT HANG>YWNBARCM (Real car manufacturer)>FREE WORLD ONLY (USA, EU, GERM, ITAL, JPN, ETC)
>>28915539this coming from the guy who signed off on shitcanning thousands of jobs a few months ago while in the same breath complaining nobody wants to work?is he fearful of US jobs or is he fearful of his job after USDM would get completely outcompeted after finding out people just want cheap cars?
>>28915691The only thing that the Ford CEO was truthful about in his statement was that there's a shortage of mechanics/technicians willing to work for their slimy dealerships. Ford makes many of their parts in non-standard shapes so that they are harder for the aftermarket to manufacture (greed). They are also more difficult to install and work with so that people have to go to their dealerships to get simple work done on their cars (more greed). Talking to mechanics that have to work on all brands, they hate having to work on Fords when it comes to domestic vehicles. As for the wage claim, the $120,000 figure is accurate only for experienced "master technicians" in specific markets, often requiring excessive hours or high productivity.Median Earnings: According to data from May 2024, the median pay for automotive technicians is roughly $49,670, with even top-10% earners averaging closer to $80,850. ZipRecruiter data from April 2026 indicates the majority of Ford technician salaries range from $37,000 to $55,500.
>>28915539Didn't he import a Chinese car?
>>28915664>Chinese can't built anything durable, long lasting, or something that respects your privacyuhhhhhhhh
Protectionism is good. Don't let pearl clutching redditors try to convince you otherwise.
>>28915747Why don't you do protectionism against outsourcing services to India?
>>28915664>Chinese can't built anything durable, long lasting, or something that respects your privacy.My god, they're already on par with the Americans, Koreans, and GermansIt's only a matter of time before they reach the Japanese
Didn't they say that about Japan tho
>>28915721>Ford makes many of their parts in non-standard shapes so that they are harder for the aftermarket to manufacture (greed).Tin foil retard. By "standard shape" are you referring to regular polygons? Still would have to be machined, and being regular or non regular makes no difference to a cnc. Or do you mean with compound curves or casted. Could it.. now hold on here.. could it possibly be in order to fit various parts into a confined space? No they're definitely twisting their mustaches over making the parts difficult to machine or cast (same thing, the mold has to be cnc'd) in order to potentially increase their bottom line by .5% even though they're gouging insurance in 90% of these cases anyway.Also, salaries across the board is an almost irrelevant metric because of the vast discrepancies between regional costs of living. A burger flipping retard in San Diego makes 35k a year. For the vast majority of the US $50k a year for replacing parts is pretty good, in San Diego you would be making 65+ without question if you were anything other than a fumbling dipshit.It's an easy ass job with decent pay. It's not a conspiracy.
>>28915539ANY article that proffers this type of argument should ALSO be forced to disclose the Profit Margins at Ford.I'm sick of this Walled Garden / Cottage Industry and "we can't do it" horseshit.Americans want to buy American, but Ford must deliver and CAN DELIVER an $20000 no frills work truck, GODDAMNIT!picrel JAC T9 Hunter $15,000 – $19,000NOT AVAILABLE in the UShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAC_T9_Ute1. V8 diesel or V8 gas2. 6 speed manual3. 4WD4. Fully-servicable
>>28915539>admitting defeat that openlyameribros can't catch a break, can they?
>>28915785I forgot to add:GET RID OF THE FUCKING GRIFTING DEALERSHIPS.Re-implement a Saturn-type direct-to-consumer model of business.
>>28915664Imagine being this propagandized
He says, while they aggressively replace said jobs with h1b jeets and Mexican slave labor fucking kikes
Oh. So NOW it's important to protect American jobs. What impeccable timing.
>>28915809>>28915806ding ding ding
>>28915785those types of vehicles are just re-badged products. that probably 95% a ford ranger with a few things added or removed to conform to whatever shitty foreign regulations have to be met. price is relative to whatever shithole country its being sold in. It would be marked up to ranger price if it was sold in usa
>>28915563Most companies adapt to the markets. For example, BYD is launching a kei car in Japan, which they don't sell anywhere else.
>>28915824selling in the US isnt about adapting to the market, the market is arguably more manipulated than it is in China Its about paying off the right politicians, its literally late republican rome with a fresh coat of paint pay the right people and the market will adjust to you
>>28915829Maybe, but I was just pointing out that the Chinese could put out EV trucks too. That's not the barrier to the US market.
>Boomers: you need to pull the bootstraps on kiddo and compete with the world>Not like that though
>>28915539I love how sweatshops are suddenly okay as long as they are making cars and not iphones or shoes.
>>28915844>so long as they’re making things cognizant humans consider purchasing versus literal subhuman ghost DNA bearers view as valuable FTFY
>>28915832EV trucks don't sell. Ford and GM already tried with miserable results. the whole reason Toyota made the Tundra and Nissan made the Titan is to emulate american style trucks, because trucks like the nissan hard body and hilux, while having their fans, were never going to come close to the sales of F150s and Rams. so Toyota and Nissan made trucks to directly compete with those vehicles including V8s with 350 cubic inches.China can't do this so they'll never capture the US market like they did europe. america has been slow at adopting EVs.
>>28915859All of those models you listed were around the same price as a regular truck or even more expensive.
>>28915563then why is Ford scaredAmericans will buy EVs if they're cheap enough
>>28915867>>28915868They couldn't sell them even when they were heavily discounted. Do you think the kind of conservative person who lives in a suburban neighborhood and likes trucks wants an EV at all?
>>28915884They were never as heavily discounted as the Chinese EVs are in Europe.
>>28915886They were. Ford and GM were practically trying to give them away. You keep forgetting that a cheap EV is worthless if there is nowhere for you to charge it.
>>28915889They weren't. Give me a source for these massive discounts you're talking about.
>>28915891https://www.reddit.com/r/whatcarshouldIbuy/comments/1qytbnc/i_have_seen_several_brandnew_2023_f150_lightning/https://www.drive.com.au/news/ford-f-150-lightning-ev-enters-run-out-with-60k-slashed-from-price/
>>28915563>China only makes EVs and zero trucksmost of the cars they make are not EVs and they do in fact make lots of trucks
>>28915900No one wants their ICE cars, though. That doesn't even compete with the ranger in sales across australia and europe.
>>28915901Is that why the EU needed to create laws to force this behavior?Also Farley and Ford are far left faggots
>>28915539I don't understand the whole import fear mongering when both Ford and Chevy sell cars made in China and Volvo is straight up owned by the Chinese, and sells Chinese cars. And then every other country is allowed to sell imports no issue? We even have Indians and Saudis selling cars here.
>>28915901Our ranger is Thai built and are pretty dogshit reliability wise. Chinkies are 20% of the market and gaining.Since Australia doesn't have our own industry anymore, we don't give a fuck where our cars come from now.
>>28915539>says Ford CEO
>>28915907Force what behavior, buying EVs? we already know chinese EVs are some of the best selling vehicles on the planet. their ICE cars, not so much. Ford being a far left faggot probably explains why the CEO shills chinese shit. You're right, the US market is being manipulated. the campaign of urbanist posting anti truck content and the chinese shills all suddenly rose out of nowhere. it isn't a coincidence. It's a political psyops to turn people against american trucks and put them in EV pods.>>28915912are they 20% of the ICE market? again, no one is trading their ranger or hilux for a Chery. the depreciation on a chinese truck would make Italian luxury cars blush.
>>28915913>Ford CEO says China numba wanlmao
>>28915925I mean, he bought a Chinese EV didn't he?
>>28915901>chinese cars are shitwhy is every American car company CEO shitting their pants about them then?
>>28915925>>28915927He's a shill. chinks are doing massive campaigns the likes of which no single corporation could ever dream of, including paying video game developers to put their cars in racing games. Video games that celebrate car culture suddenly featuring chinese EV crossovers, as if that was a car enthusiast were dying to drive virtually.this shit isn't organic.
>>28915931>every American car companyFord* see>>28915932
>>28915919They are 20% of the total market and have massive long warranty periods. Also, cheaper.https://www.drive.com.au/news/china-is-now-the-1-source-of-new-vehicles-in-australia-heres-how-that-happened/
>>28915937>includes EVsyou missed my point about people not caring about chinese ICE cars. EV is the only realistic way chinese brands could compete with american ones, and EVs just aren't as popular in america.
>no one will ever buy that Japanese tin can>no one will ever buy that Korean crap>no one will ever buy that Chinese junkhistory doesn't repeat, but it rhymes
The chinese make evs because evs take zero engineering. The only thing chang can engineer is what he's stolen and the only industry he can produce, outside of propaganda, is what's given to him by a western corporation.
>>28915539How 'bout learning to build better vehicles, Ford.
>>28915949it took Japan decades to eclipse american cars and Korea never actually did. and despite Japan trying to overthrow the big three trucks with carbon copies of their own, as good as the Tundra and Titan are (tundra is kinda shit now but whatever). they still didn't dethrone the F150, Silverado, or RAM trucks.China and Korea doesn't have the natural cultural influence Japan has. entire generations have been bred on japanese cars to the point where being cheaper isn't why people buy them. Korea and China don't have this.
>>28915539I agree but not for his self-preservation. He begged for handouts to keep F150 production up when it's got transmission mortality rates that instantly makes them lemons.
>>28915727Worse, he even has factories in China making Ford cars. American car manufacturers are fucking snakes and double for the ones defending them
>>28915806based, non-wrenchlet
>>28915755You suck only the greasiest Jewish dicks out there, and you're proud of it. Everyone else thinks you're a faggot.
>>28915539I'm more for the free market. Abolish the chicken tax and the 25 year rule while you're at it.
>>28915949it's happening with Chinese and Indian bikes now too, USA is being left behind simply because of protectionism and rose tinted glasses, it enabled us to stop advancing, I'd go as far and say our over regulated market and corrupt leaders stole our future and destroyed this country
>>28916171>Indian bikesThis kind of Indian btw, not the cursed American bike brand
>>28915664>Chinese can't built anything durable, long lasting, or something that respects your privacy.These Chinese cars get higher scores in all quality tests and are also safer with higher safety scores. GM and "made in America" means it is shit tier quality trash. Also wtf you are even saying "respects your privacy" while US is the top 1 worst country for that ever in the history of the universe. Are you on drugs?
>>28916173I prefer the diesel, it may be a shaker but it runs forever.
>>28915539It hardly matters.By 2030, Ford will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of BYD, and they will install a Chief Executive who sings the praises of Chinese imports.American manufacturing is fucked no matter what.
>>28915932>>28915919Ding ding ding. China is a paper tiger full of weak pathetic men, I'd never buy a car made by them.
