| New Mexican Law Says Only Cars EXACTLY 10 Years Old Can Be Imported [message #796742] |
Mon, 03 March 2008 04:06 |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23437698/
Mexican law panics South Texas car dealers
Beginning Monday only used cars made in 1998 can be imported
updated 4:18 p.m. MT, Sun., March. 2, 2008
Beginning Monday, only cars built in 1998 — none older and none newer — can
be legally imported into Mexico. Car dealers were given notice only a month
ago.
Until now, used cars 10 to 15 years old were scooped up at auction by South
Texas used car dealers and rapidly sold to Mexicans hungry for affordable
transportation and "la novedad" — or novelty — of unfamiliar makes and
models.
Cars newer than that were banned from imports as unwelcome competition for
Mexican car dealers, and anything more than 15 years old was seen as a
potential environmental and safety hazard.
But now, under pressure from Mexico's new car dealers who say "vehiculos
chatarra," or jalopies, undercut their sales, the Mexican government is
allowing only 10-year-old used cars to be legally imported into Mexico.
The Mexican Association of Automobile Distributors, which pushed for the
change, said it was needed to "stop the accelerated conversion of our
country into the world's biggest automotive garbage dump."
The Mexican Consulate in McAllen said the change was made "to restrict the
entry of vehicles that compete with the Mexican car industry."
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| Re: New Mexican Law Says Only Cars EXACTLY 10 Years Old Can Be [message #796881 ] |
Mon, 03 March 2008 23:55 |
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On Mar 2, 9:06 pm, "Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS"
<xeton2... [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23437698/
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> Mexican law panics South Texas car dealers
> Beginning Monday only used cars made in 1998 can be imported
> updated 4:18 p.m. MT, Sun., March. 2, 2008
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> Beginning Monday, only cars built in 1998 -- none older and none newer -- can
> be legally imported into Mexico. Car dealers were given notice only a month
> ago.
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Our condolences upon the notification that now you can't export your
beater to Mexico.
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| Re: New Mexican Law Says Only Cars EXACTLY 10 Years Old Can Be Imported [message #796933 ] |
Tue, 04 March 2008 04:24 |
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| Re: New Mexican Law Says Only Cars EXACTLY 10 Years Old Can Be Imported [message #796984 ] |
Tue, 04 March 2008 06:10 |
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SFB spewed:
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>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23437698/
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>Mexican law panics South Texas car dealers
>Beginning Monday only used cars made in 1998 can be imported
>updated 4:18 p.m. MT, Sun., March. 2, 2008
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>Beginning Monday, only cars built in 1998 — none older and none newer — can
>be legally imported into Mexico. Car dealers were given notice only a month
>ago.
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>Until now, used cars 10 to 15 years old were scooped up at auction by South
>Texas used car dealers and rapidly sold to Mexicans hungry for affordable
>transportation and "la novedad" — or novelty — of unfamiliar makes and
>models.
>
>Cars newer than that were banned from imports as unwelcome competition for
>Mexican car dealers, and anything more than 15 years old was seen as a
>potential environmental and safety hazard.
<*COUGH* *SNORT*> MEXICO worrying about environmental and safety
hazards on the roads??? </*COUGH* *SNORT*>
>But now, under pressure from Mexico's new car dealers who say "vehiculos
>chatarra," or jalopies, undercut their sales, the Mexican government is
>allowing only 10-year-old used cars to be legally imported into Mexico.
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>The Mexican Association of Automobile Distributors, which pushed for the
>change, said it was needed to "stop the accelerated conversion of our
>country into the world's biggest automotive garbage dump."
Well, golly gee, why don't we just make it so that only items from
mecxico that are exactly 10 years old can be imprted into the US? That
way we can stop the conversion of our country into the world's biggest
general garbage dump.
>The Mexican Consulate in McAllen said the change was made "to restrict the
>entry of vehicles that compete with the Mexican car industry."
Then mexico can stop exporting all that crap that competes with the
USA's industries.
"Well, I really think he shatters the myth of
white supremacy once and for all."
--Rep Charles Rangel on Pres. W. Bush
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| Re: New Mexican Law Says Only Cars EXACTLY 10 Years Old Can Be Imported [message #797002 ] |
Tue, 04 March 2008 14:07 |
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In article <f6mps35gorgekdh6v6ugo2h27gb1rnc9m7 [at] 4ax.com>, necromancer wrote:
> Well, golly gee, why don't we just make it so that only items from
> mecxico that are exactly 10 years old can be imprted into the US? That
> way we can stop the conversion of our country into the world's biggest
> general garbage dump.
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>>The Mexican Consulate in McAllen said the change was made "to restrict the
>>entry of vehicles that compete with the Mexican car industry."
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> Then mexico can stop exporting all that crap that competes with the
> USA's industries.
Managed trade policies like NAFTA are apparently about introducing
competition to US industry not creating markets for it.
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| Re: New Mexican Law Says Only Cars EXACTLY 10 Years Old Can Be Imported [message #797012 ] |
Tue, 04 March 2008 16:15 |
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"Brent P" <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS [at] yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:RamdnTQYDNkZ1FDanZ2dnUVZ_vHinZ2d [at] comcast.com...
> In article <f6mps35gorgekdh6v6ugo2h27gb1rnc9m7 [at] 4ax.com>, necromancer
> wrote:
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>> Well, golly gee, why don't we just make it so that only items from
>> mecxico that are exactly 10 years old can be imprted into the US? That
>> way we can stop the conversion of our country into the world's biggest
>> general garbage dump.
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>>>The Mexican Consulate in McAllen said the change was made "to restrict
>>>the
>>>entry of vehicles that compete with the Mexican car industry."
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>> Then mexico can stop exporting all that crap that competes with the
>> USA's industries.
>
> Managed trade policies like NAFTA are apparently about introducing
> competition to US industry not creating markets for it.
>
This odd Mexican restriction is about used cars, not new ones. New ones
provide jobs, used ones just create currency exchanges.
In any case, most of the Mexican car industry is US Owned... Ford in
Hermosillo, GM in several places.
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