New York City picks its taxi of tomorrow. And its a Nissan.

[geecee]

dammit jules i have to explain everything to u? listen closely, my simple-minded friend. if those cars were made in America, it would have saved or created jobs for.........AMERICANS!!

My Nissan was made in Smyrna, Tennessee.

 

[techs]

My Nissan was made in Smyrna, Tennessee.

Uh, no.
Over 90 percent of your Nissan was not made in the US.
And your Nissan was only partially assembled in the US.

 

[ShawnD1]

Uh, no.
Over 90 percent of your Nissan was not made in the US.
And your Nissan was only partially assembled in the US.

Nissan - proof that mexicans suck at building cars

 

[Lotheron]

Back in the late 1980's I worked for a private taxi company in New York City. They pioneered the use of the Dodge Caravan as taxis. At the time the Caravan, the first minivan, was only out for a few years.
The owner and Chrysler had struck a deal where he got them dirt cheap, as Chrysler wanted to see if people liked them as taxis, and if they would hold up on NY City streets. They were AWESOME. Customers loved them and they went on average close to 200,000 miles before they were replaced.

Of course, these were 4cylinder jobs with Mitsubishi engines and trannys. A couple of years later Dodge brought out the longer wheelbased Grand Caravan with a Chrysler 6cyl motor and trannny. We tried them and it was a disaster. The engines and trannies failed at a spectacular rate.

Gonna clear up some info here...

The original minivans had 2.2L Chrysler engines unless it was the 2.6L you're talking about but that wasn't the base motor and were kinda rare so I would assume that those were not the motors that they gave for taxi duty. The 2.2L was a rock-solid engine that would last for years.

The first V6 available in the minivans were actually a Mitsubishi engine, (3.0L) that was horrible and quite prone to oil burning. I've had a few of these engines. They suck.

It wasn't until 1990 that the first Chrysler v6 (the 3.3L) was available. These are also rock-solid engines that were finally phased out only last year, replaced by the new 3.6L Phoenix.

 

[geecee]

Uh, no.
Over 90 percent of your Nissan was not made in the US.
And your Nissan was only partially assembled in the US.

Actually, if the link below is to be believed, only Nissan transmissions really come from outside the US for most models (Sentra and Versa excluded). Engine and assembly is US based.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/19/automobiles/20090619-auto-plants-4.html
(supposedly updated in Feb this year)

Besides, as someone pointed out earlier, many "American" cars were neither assembled here, nor had a majority of parts from here.

 

[imagoon]

Actually, if the link below is to be believed, only Nissan transmissions really come from outside the US for most models (Sentra and Versa excluded). Engine and assembly is US based.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/06/19/automobiles/20090619-auto-plants-4.html
(supposedly updated in Feb this year)

Besides, as someone pointed out earlier, many "American" cars were neither assembled here, nor had a majority of parts from here.

It is all about how you bend the numbers!

Ford has the most vehicles (or hands in the most vehicles) that are "90% American made / assembled." One of them is a Mazda. (There are 10 vehicles from 2010.) You throw in sales the numbers shift to 4 of the top 10 "American made cars" wear foreign name plates. Personally selling 10 80% "American made" cars does more for us than selling 1 90% "American made." Things like the Camry and Honda Accord are number 1 and number 2 due to sales volume.

 

[bignateyk]

It's funny how dense people are when they berate you for buying a toyota or nissan and that you should "Buy American" when in fact it is entirely possible that the toyota or nissan was built using more american labor than their beloved ford or chevy.

 

[Svnla]

Uh, no.
Over 90 percent of your Nissan was not made in the US.
And your Nissan was only partially assembled in the US.

Over 90% you say?

Even 5 years ago (2006) It is higher now because of all the new plants Nissan opened lately...

the domestic content of all Toyota vehicles sold in the United States -- including imported models -- is 48 percent. Honda's is 59 percent and Nissan's 45 percent.

Source: not FoxNews or NissanRUs but Boston.com = http://www.boston.com/cars/news/articles/2006/09/24/made_in_america_hard_to_tell/

Here is the list of Nissan vehicles that are made in the US:

Altima -- Canton, Miss. and Smyrna, Tenn.

Pathfinder -- Smyrna, Tenn.

Armada -- Canton, Miss.

Quest -- Canton, Miss.

Frontier -- Smyrna, Tenn.

Titan -- Canton, Miss.

Maxima -- Smyrna, Tenn.

Xterra -- Smyrna, Tenn.

Source: http://www.bankrate.com/finance/auto/is-nissan-american-made.aspx

You were saying? Please check your facts before spewing out bullsh1t, it makes you look bad, as usual.