02-24-2014, 03:28 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-24-2014, 04:22 PM by Frankschtaldt.)
Eric has mentioned his experience in the automotive industry before. I'd be keen to know if he had anything to do with freight because I'd like to know how it is actually done.
Might see if I can do some research on it tonight.
Actually, this has me thinking, in Australia at least it has been reasonably common for car companies to import cars in pieces and just assemble them locally. This saves on freight I imagine but complicates the production process a bit. However, I think the main reasons it's been done here is a) it lets you claim the car is "Australian built" and b) I think it avoided certain importation taxes.
This may fall into the "far too complex to really be worth it" category but figured it'd be worth bringing up. Anyone have any thoughts? Is something like this worth investigating? Has it been done anywhere other than Australia or are we just special?
Might see if I can do some research on it tonight.
Actually, this has me thinking, in Australia at least it has been reasonably common for car companies to import cars in pieces and just assemble them locally. This saves on freight I imagine but complicates the production process a bit. However, I think the main reasons it's been done here is a) it lets you claim the car is "Australian built" and b) I think it avoided certain importation taxes.
This may fall into the "far too complex to really be worth it" category but figured it'd be worth bringing up. Anyone have any thoughts? Is something like this worth investigating? Has it been done anywhere other than Australia or are we just special?