ab-b Hyundai, BMW in plant talks with Mexican officials
09-27-2013, 06:55 AM
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ab-b Hyundai, BMW in plant talks with Mexican officials
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BMW and Hyundai may be joining the rush for the border that has already seen Nissan, Honda and Mazda begin factory construction in Mexico, while Ford and General Motors have both made significant investments in their Mexican facilities. BMW's interest in Mexico has been apparent for some time, and while we'd heard grumblings about Hyundai's move into Latin America some time ago, the last we heard about it was in 2009.
This new move, reported by Bloomberg, doesn't get specific on which models will be produced south of the Rio Grande, and as neither automakers' spokespeople responded to the business site's request for statements, all we really have to go on are the statements of Mexico's Economy Minister, Ildefonso Guajardo: "I cannot talk for them, but I think that starting 2014 we'll have new announcements. At least for one." Which manufacturer that will be remains anyone's guess, although judging by all the recent scuttlebutt that's been going around, the smart money seems to be on BMW. We'll stay with this one.Hyundai, BMW in plant talks with Mexican officials originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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BMW and Hyundai may be joining the rush for the border that has already seen Nissan, Honda and Mazda begin factory construction in Mexico, while Ford and General Motors have both made significant investments in their Mexican facilities. BMW's interest in Mexico has been apparent for some time, and while we'd heard grumblings about Hyundai's move into Latin America some time ago, the last we heard about it was in 2009.
This new move, reported by Bloomberg, doesn't get specific on which models will be produced south of the Rio Grande, and as neither automakers' spokespeople responded to the business site's request for statements, all we really have to go on are the statements of Mexico's Economy Minister, Ildefonso Guajardo: "I cannot talk for them, but I think that starting 2014 we'll have new announcements. At least for one." Which manufacturer that will be remains anyone's guess, although judging by all the recent scuttlebutt that's been going around, the smart money seems to be on BMW. We'll stay with this one.Hyundai, BMW in plant talks with Mexican officials originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 27 Sep 2013 08:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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09-27-2013, 10:56 AM
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Mor cars built in Mexico is NOT a good thing. I work at a Nissan dealer. Right now, we have a lead engineer from one of the Mexican factories at our dealership looking into initial quality issues with some 2014 Nissan's coming out of Mexico. We don't have these problems with American or Japanese Nissans.