Japan's Nissan secures billion dollar loan from U.S. government

Only in America......

First, we ship jobs overseas, now, ship the money too.

Yeah yeah yeah, they have manu-plants here, fact is they are a foreign company and most of the profits/proceeds go abroad.

— kablaam (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 12:15:13 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

I thought the French owned Nissan!

— Invisible (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 8:44:22 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Starting a business index

Singapore 10
New Zealand 1
United States 6
Hong Kong, China 15
Denmark 16
United Kingdom 8
Ireland 5
Canada 2
Australia 3
Norway 33
Iceland 17
Japan 64

Same source from Mr. Braurworst.


"It's scary how much of a lying scumbag people are on the web..."


We wont call you a lier Bratworst on this we will just say you were being misleading


Source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/economyrankings/

— upwards (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 10:31:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

I think they are good for it. Hopefully the US will make quite a bit of interest off its investment into nissan. If Infiniti would expand their lineup, I think the company will grow tremendously.

— 0to60 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 12:39:54 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3   

You Canadians are hateful people! :-(

— Invisible (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:56:58 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Shempy, seems to me your country is also a benefactor of the taxpayers from the USA funding autos in Canada. Just like Nissan.

Perhaps we should ship some nukes via airmail to Canada.

— Invisible (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 2:58:53 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Please do not confuse Stumpy with the rest of us Canadians, he gives us a bad name. Most of us are friendly and open people.

— _43LE (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 3:35:46 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4   

Canadians are ok, even though they are super racist to natives, and I saw the N-word written on a desk, and Confederate Flags up there. Mind you, that N-word on a desk and Confederate flag sightings were in Windsor, Ontario.

Windsor does have a local reputation for being a racist city.

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/24/2009 9:42:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 5   

I have a hard time understanding why Nissan (and maybe Tesla) got a welfare cheque. Let France and Japan pony up the dough.

Hyundaismoke,
The Canadian Government was, not anymore.
First Nations people don't pay provincial sales tax, are fully tax exempt on reserve, get free University/College schooling and living expenses, don't pay ANY income tax if they work on a reserve, can opt out of our national pension plan and still be allowed to draw from it later on and stir up crap knowing full well they can play the race card anytime. I can see how you think they've got it rough. With all these advantages, it still comes back to "you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink".
A few years ago they relocated and rebuilt and entire town because it had structural problems. The First Nations of Ontario now get annual funds as a % of gross income from our provincial lottery proceeds for First Nations development (Casinos don't have much to do with aboriginal culture, our Lottery Corporation has even less yet they're more than happy to adopt it if there's bling to be had).

Stick to what you know best, advertising for the wannabe Japanese car company.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 1:04:18 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

LMAO, huu. Hey dawg, Iam an American Black guy I know what racism is ok, and Natives in Canada whether you like it or not are the N-words of Canada. Have you ever been to a Native Housing Project or Turtle Island, etc?

Iam tired of people from Canada of a different race besides Native Canadians having a F'ed up attitude towards Natives. I might stop talking to non Native Canadians, becuase as a Black American I hate how people talk about the Natives like a damm dog to me.

Its offensive, the same stuff people say about Canadian Natives to me is pretty similar to what I hear people say about Blacks in America behind our backs. You know until I lived in Canada I didnt have a firm opinion about Canadian Natives, but after living up there I know the truth now.

huu maybe I like the Korean makes becuase Im one of those bleeding hearts who like the underdog, and I used to be an asshole Conservative by the way. Especially underdogs who try to be successful in spite of. Iam a public sector worker, and with more people like myself in the public sector things are going to change damm it!!!!

So yes My Heart does bleed for the Native people in Canada. Stop the Racism guys!!!!

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 5:09:16 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Maybe I like the Korean Makes becuase I know the history of cars, and I can see Hyundai in 25-50 years time in the same realm as Mercedes or BMW. Like it or not, KIA will be the Next Toyota, VW, Volvo, Mazda, or even Audi.

I can even see Suzuki, being a SAAB like Automaker. You guys may not like it, but humm think about these points:

1. Suzuki is a Rally based Automaker, with their small cars as some of the best rally cars on Earth today. (Maybe why they got their quality problems fixed so quickly, the strategy Hyundai used in the 1990s as well)

2. Suzuki has options in their cars that other makes charge at least $5000 more for.

3. Suzuki has weird Quirky looking cars, that have a small but growing cult following.

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 5:22:35 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -2   

I bet Daewoo will be buidling the engines for the Cadillac BLS too, from there they will get better and I can see them buying Ssangyong Motors. Ssangyong has a potential of being a good make as well.

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 5:24:51 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 0   

No the N-word I bet your racist ass says about Blacks buddy.

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 3:02:40 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Hyundaismoke,
You're public sector, you're the problem.

Toronto's garbage workers are on strike now (strike all year until the mortgage comes due for all I care) because they refuse to lose their sick days which they get 18 of a year and can bank up to 120 to cash out after retirement. A "bonus" for showing up to work is what one politician called it.

Public unions and communists are the same animal, all lazy.

As for Native Americans. You living here for a bit and me living here for 30 years is completely different. They are given every opportunity to better themselves at practically no expense to them and only a handful take advantage of it, the rest just waste themselves away.
"We got it bad" just doesn't cut it anymore. Those of use who expect results are the ones who thrive, the rest sit and cry about how bad they have it.

Hyundai in the same league as MB & BMW? I'd love to see how Hyundai plans on convincing Koreans to drop their BMWs. What a joke.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/25/2009 10:49:51 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

They will be the BMW of my Generation huu, the Under 40 drivers. Of course older people arent going to accept them. When Young Americans and Europeans drive these cars and love them, the Koreans will drop the BMWs. They copy off of us Anyway. By the way, Hyundai is setting sales Records in all of Europe with their Young Professional Premium small car, the i20. The Business class Model with With Leather and Navigation is a very popular model, as the i20 is Hyundais European Genesis. The i20 is Europe's genesis as in, "We can make a Luxury small car and do it well World. Now put us on your shopping list."

According the Hyundai Ceo "if you think the i20 is something wait until the Accent."




Huu, will you stop the racism please?

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/26/2009 2:05:06 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: -1   

Yeah My American White Brotha, Yeah!!!

— HyundaiSmoke (View Profile)

Posted on 6/26/2009 6:37:25 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Hyundaismoke,
If Hyundai didn't undercut everybody by atleast 25%, they wouldn't sell any cars. The Korean gov't must be getting pretty pissed off at how much money they spend subsidizing Hyundai's free giveaways.

May 2009 sales
Kia Soul priced at $13000 had sales of 3800 units.
Scion xB, $16,400, 2200 units
Scion xD, $15,300, 1100 units.

Considering the Soul is supposed to be all hip and cool (not to mention extremely ugly), it barely outsold its two main competitors which are priced at a significant premium and don't have the media hype inflating their image.

The Europeans professionals you're talking about probably all work in the mail room. Then again, owning any type of car in Europe is an accomplishment.

I can bring back the Aztek and have it outsell BMW by charging $1 each. Retarded plan but I can claim its a sales success.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2009 11:44:00 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1   

Hyundaismoke,
Korans will never drop their German cars, they need something to make them feel superior to their Japanese counterparts.
Granted Japan and Korea can be quite material, but Japanese-Americans have learned to be perfectly happy driving a Ford, Korean-Americans would rather walk than sit in something that didn't come from Germany. It must be some insecurity they have.

btw, I'm more of a bigot than a racist.

— huu76 (View Profile)

Posted on 6/28/2009 11:50:02 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1