That's fair enough - there are plenty of varying opinions about on this
subject, and you are far from alone!
What if Rolex watches were designed in Switzerland, by Swiss engineers.
They have a number of components manufactured by subcontractors around the
world, including China. Those parts are then shipped to Switzerland for
final assembly. Would that still be a Swiss watch? I'm not saying that's
happening with Rolex (frankly I have no idea, probably not in their case),
but that's the case for all sorts of consumer goods around the world. The
MG TF on sale here next month is a car originally designed in Britain, and
will be assembled in Britain, but from mostly Chinese-manufactured
components.
We've long ago been forced to give up caring who owns our major companies,
as very few British companies are still British-owned. Supermarkets and
some other chain stores, and some of the oil companies, are the only ones
that spring to mind right now. The biggest British-owned car maker left is
LTI, who make "London" taxis...
Richard & Sammy
2008/8/28 Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>
> Please forgive me for my sins - but I just cannot see me ever buying
> a Chinese MG. No matter which way you look at it the MG strain will
> never pass on. Rolex watches are copied by Chinese manufacturers so
> if Rolex sold out to them then the "fakes" would be genuine Rolex
> watches - uh?. The idea of me looking at the build plate and seeing
> "Made in China" just gives me the shivers. Rather I would buy a
> Miata which as its own and genuine pedigree. And this from an
> ancient user of MGs - my first car was a brand new MG TD which I
> loved (and still do) and currently an MGB GT V8.
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