That’s part of the reason why people in the states will seriously debate whether or not they will buy a Samsung over a Sony or Panasonic. Whereas in the states, compare a Hyundai, Toyota and/or a Nissan, that Japanese brand wins more often then not.

“Bottom line, if you want to succeed in the ‘big leagues’ you need to listen to your subordinates. If you don’t you’ll keep making the same mistakes again and again. I haven’t seen the Koreans ever do that in engineering or construction.”

There was an article published in Businessweek that described how Samsung did away with the Confucian order in its design center.

http://www.businessweek.com/ma.....910003.htm

“Samsung’s designers have broken through the barriers of Korea’s traditional Confucian hierarchies. Although Korea has loosened up as democracy has taken hold in the last 15 years, respect for elders and a reluctance to speak out of turn are still the norm. And Samsung as a whole still holds lots of meetings where Confucian order prevails. But the design center is different. Located several minutes’ walk from company headquarters, it’s a place with no dress code, where some younger staffers dye their hair green or pink, and where everyone is encouraged to speak up and challenge their superiors. Designers work in three- to five-person teams, with members from various specialty areas and levels of seniority — all working as equals.”

Again, stop accusing us of laundering money for our relatives in Korea. That’s crazy talk… blantenly untrue…

And, taking South Korean wives to be naturalized.

Early 90’s, late 80’s. I guarantee you the washer was a whirpool, not an LG. The car was a Japanese car, not a Hyundai. Actually, it’s still a Japanese car. The cell phone which didn’t exist was a Motorola pager or a Panasonic wireless telephone.

QED.

“Buy American”

you know, the crap Ford and GM dishes out at every auto show. Kind of like a dead dog’s plea.

UAWorkers is the problem. Not their cars.

SM5, I believe is the Nissan engined SamSung version of the Sentra.

This is actually an excellent example.

Here you have a great side by side comparison of technically a Japanese car driven around at domestic price in Seoul.

Versus the Hyundai Lantra, a Hyundai Korean engine in Seoul.

Honest to God, which car is better?

Of course it’s the Lantra.

Switch this around to North America.

The gyopo buys the Sentra over the Elantra.

Mind boggling.

The gyopo will buy this Sentra, though.

Why? Because it’s … Made … for the North American market.

Whereas Hyundais and Kias are currently made to appeal to the ego of one CEO, and not for the market.

BTW ecorn, thank you for the ‘teeth sucking noise’ line, I fell off my chair laughing when I read that; it was dead on.

When I was in the Navy I learned it was called (at least in the Navy) the “Seven-Molar Suck”.