Funny how one will buy a German BMW for its "quality", and yet its assembled in the USA, and that comes at the expense of German jobs, right? Look, if the quality stands up to stuff, or even improves, I am okay with the place of assembly. Asia is bigtime growth market for the world, to assemble closer to the big growth markets just makes sense on so many levels, its easy to see. Plus, add in a seond plant to build product offers expanded ability to bulild more products, expand the lines, develope newer prodiucts, and get benefits from economies of scale. Another plus is that the bikes wont be made in the world's bigger slave state ( China ) and thus is much more respectable for a place of manufacture, and one can have a clear conscious for buying products sourced from here.
As for the jobs situation, I need proof that this creates layoffs and the like. This is a competitive world, and jobs are going to be fought for, so if the jobs were so dearly wanted they should have made the needed accomodations to get Triumph to build it all there ( although, that doesnt address the reduced costs of shipping one gains from assembly in Asia for products destined for Asia. Here in the USA, jobs often are not at risk because of wages, but more so for benefits that are out of sight, the retirement packages that bleed ( think GM ) companies dry, and super heavy handed govt regs that skyrocket costs of production and make overseas production much less complicated and less expensive.
So, with a beautiful, well designed bike, make quite well and priced quite nicely, why not buy it?
