Only 5 Kymco Scooters are made in Taiwan for the USA Market!

[MassScoot]

Not to say that a Kymco Chinese made scoots are terrible, by any means, but only the Downtown 200i/300i. GT200i/300i & the Xciting 500Ri are made in Taiwan for the US market today!

That's HUGE from 5 years ago, when only the "Agility" was made in China. I guess labor costs in Taiwan are increasing like everyone else is. My next guess is that Vietnam will be new "new" China in a few years!  

[old geezer]

I had a People 150 and now a People S 250. Both were made in Taiwan. I will probably keep the S 250 a while longer. It doesn't give me any trouble.

Honda has scooters made in China. The Elite 110 was made in China and the Honda PCX is made in Thailand.

Look at the vin

RFB-products manufactured in Taiwan
LC2-products manufactured in China

[axy]

It is completely irrelevant where they are made.

[old geezer]

It is completely irrelevant where they are made.

Maybe to you, but you don't speak for every body.

[streido]

Is the problem based on build quality or is it political? ie that you dont like China to be more of a "superpower" than the US?

Nobody complained when they all got cheap electrical & computer goods, iPhones, sportswear and clothes made in China?

[skippy]

china makes everything. two parts of china east and west that manufacures east china is the tat/garbage west china makes the good stuff. i think thats the right way round. china is a big place so you hear lots of good and bad things made in china. but what people focus on is the place "china" and cheep. there is still a lot of quality things that come from china.

like streido said"
Is the problem based on build quality or is it political? ie that you dont like China to be more of a "superpower" than the US?

what is a nasa rocket, every componant made by the cheepest bidder ie china. usa and uk etc cant under cut the market economey. just get use to the fact the future is bright the future is china

[MassScoot]

Guys....I have no problems with a scoot being made in China. That was not my intention @ all. I just wanted to point out that 5 years ago, every single Kymco USA imported scoot was made in Taiwan (with the exception of the Agility series) I remember reading reviews on the Agility 50cc & the 125cc & their thoughts about how it was "Made in China"

A quote from Skippy "Just get use to the fact the future is bright the future is China"

I have news for you. The labor costs in China are getting much higher as I write this. I think China has "maybe" 4-5 years worth of scooter manufacturing (maybe longer), then it will be pushed over to Thailand or better yet...Vietnam. One of my other favorites is indoor helicopter's in the Winter months (Efilte, E-Sky etc.) They ae all moving their factories over to Vietnam.

It has "nothing" to go with Politics my friends...It's all based on labor costs!

[streido]

Yup, and when China and the rest of Asia gets too expensive or they become too "middle-class" to make our sh** for us for peanuts then there's always Africa....... They already have that planned im sure over at Apple etc.

We really only got ourselves to blame, we buy the sh** and dont complain about it as long as its cheap. If we didnt demand it then they wouldnt supply it.

I remember as a kid we couldnt afford to buy a tv, my mum rented it! And when sh** broke down we got a repair guy in to fix it. Now we just throw it away cos its easier and cheaper to just buy a new one. Thats messed up, doesnt make any sense does it  Some poor guy (or kid) works 150 hrs a week for $4 just so we can go to Wallmart or some other store and buy a shiney new gadget for $299.

[old geezer]

Wow, there is only 168 hours in a week...not much time for eating and sleeping. Must be tough people.

[ScooterWolf]

Old Geezer you never answered the questioned -- what do you have against China? If you own and ride a Kymco scooter there's a chance it, or its parts were made in China. Could be the computer you're using to surf the net is from China too.

Ironic.


-Wolf

[old geezer]

Old Geezer you never answered the questioned -- what do you have against China? If you own and ride a Kymco scooter there's a chance it, or its parts were made in China. Could be the computer you're using to surf the net is from China too.

Ironic.


-Wolf

I NEVER said any thing negative about China. And how I feel is none of your business. Others made it political, I don't do political post.

And anyway I don't know what the "questioned" was

Oh By the way I had a mainland China scooter once. It was so bad I ended up scrapping it out....

The computer I'm using is a Dell made about 30 miles down the road from me.

[Peters]

Chinese, Japanese

Dirty knees, Look at these! 

[Vivo]

So what if it's made where? We must not look at the place but the Company behind the product. One company may have factories in China, Taiwan, Turkey, Thailand, etc. but all have the same factories and quality practices.



Could be the computer you're using to surf the net is from China too?

Here's a peek....

Quanta Computer Incorporated is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware. It is the largest manufacturer of notebook computers in the world. Its customers include Apple Inc., Compaq, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Alienware, Amazon.com, Casper, Cisco, Fujitsu, Gericom, Lenovo, LG, Maxdata, MPC, Research In Motion, Sharp Corporation, Siemens AG, Sony, Sun Microsystems, and Toshiba.

[Peters]

I love Lenovo

I about to buy a new Lenovo laptop here in a few weeks

Never bought a new computer. I'm excited!

[streido]

The computer I'm using is a Dell made about 30 miles down the road from me.

It may well be assembled along the road O.Geez but you'll find most, if not all, of the components were made in Asia and shipped to the US plant. Same here in the UK, weve gone from a nation of engineers and technicians to assembly line workers. Most of the products marked "Made in the USA" or " Made in the UK" should actually read "Made in China, knocked together in the USA/UK".

I know one reason for this is the UK was for tax and import reasons, companies paid far more or were limited in what finished goods they could import, parts were easier and cheaper tho. All they did was import all the components and get low-paid workers bere on minimum wage usually to assemble them, so getting around the import taxes and restrictions.

Like someone already said, our companies just cannot compete with cheap chinese labour and manufacturing costs. The lack of legislation, health & safety requirements, emmissions control and a whole host of other things over there means tbey can always cut our prices/costs.