Offshoreonly.com - Mercruiser, Cummins & VW marine alliance

Offshoreonly.com (https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/)

- General Boating Discussion (https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-boating-discussion-51/)

- - Mercruiser, Cummins & VW marine alliance (https://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-boating-discussion/236736-mercruiser-cummins-vw-marine-alliance.html)

Quote:

Originally Posted by powerabout (Post 3183191)

Isnt the real problem Americans are buying Camrys because they are what they want rather then the locally produced cars?
Pretty embarrasing in a country that makes cars and the best seller is a foreign one!!
You think BMW VW and Mercedes would stand around doing nothing if a Citroen was the best selling car in Germany?

No, they are buying them because for a number of years they were a superior vehicle to the crap domestic manufacturers were putting out, for the same price. There are a fair number of domestics out there now that rival the quality of the imports, imagine if you could get a comparable quality domestic for $10k-$15k less than the import, which one would we buy?? I have no problem with import vehicles, and actually work for one, but believe our country is taking it up the rear by trying to compete in other countries paying massive tariffs while we let them get away without much of an import penalty. This country needs to look at the future, where if it continues going the way it is now we will have no manufacturing left due to EVERYTHING being outsourced.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BUIZILLA (Post 3182897)

CMD has alienated every company it's joined in bed so far.... not a trustworthy track record.... especially from a consumer viewpoint... they hung out to dry everyone that bought their derivatives so far.. no support what_so_ever

Back on track here: As I understand it, CMD was formed to market the Cummins deisel/ZF pod package as the "Mercury" Zeus drive in order to compete with Volvo Penta's IPS system. Volvo Penta has now sold over 12,000 IPS units in three size ranges. I have never seen a Zeus-powered boat other than at boat shows. Is CMD even a financially viable company at this point?