A lot goes into creating a car. Most are aware that simply to create the parts of a new car takes a long time, and most are aware of the fact that a large portion if not most all of a modern new car is manufactured outside of the confines of GM, Ford, or Chrysler.

The new Camaro has litterally dozens of suppliers that provide parts to the new Camaro. But there are a few intresting suppliers.

A handful:

* Windshield surround: Checker Motors..... yes, the same company that used to make taxi cabs.

* Paint: 2 companies. The electrocoat-PPG. The basecoat-BASF.

* Fuel tank control unit: Hella... of off road light fame.

* Stereo: Panasonic (bet that surprised you).

* Crank Sensor: Mitsubishi (bet that surprised you even more).

* Power steering pump: Koyo Corperation of Nagoya, Japan.

* Propeller shaft (drive shaft to many of you): Hirschvogel Umformtechnik of Germany.

* Pistons: Federal Mogul.

* Exhaust manifolds: Wescast

* Heads up display: Yazaki (Japan)

* Seat frames: Faurecia (France)

* Door Handles: ADAC

* Engine oil pump: Stackpole

There is very little on the new Camaro (or most any car today) that is actually made by the manufacturer making the car.

Sort of gives an idea on not just how much other companies can influence how good a car is (outside of the body stampings, you'd be hard pressed to find any parts that completely come from GM), but also how the collaspse of an automaker can have severe ramifications globally, not just here in the US....

.... oh.... and that the Camaro is now not just an American car (though engineered in Australia, tuned in Germany, and made in Canada), but is truely an internationally made car because it's parts come from companies all over the globe.

 

They both do excellent work.


So is this the company holding up the HUD production??

 

Its sad to see the stuff coming from overseas..... not that anything is wrong with it, but just knowing that the jobs, income etc. was lost from us....

 

Neither of those surprise me. Why should they?

I'm assuming that Panasonic is only supplying the base stereo, and not the upgrade Boston Acoustics model, which I assume is supplied by -- get this -- Boston Acoustics.

Right here in Michigan!

 

I think the irony of mitsubishi supplying the crank sensors is due to the crank walk issues they had with the eclipse.

 

Funny, but I'll bet that Guy thinks it will surprise us because Mitsubishi is a competing car company.

Mitsubishi is actually a huge multifaceted conglomerate with their fingers in everything from electronics to heavy industry to textiles to elderly care. Mitsubishi Cars is just one subsidiary. Mitsubishi Electric Automotive is in the business of making automotive electronics, like sensors. So, that doesn't surprise me at all.

 

the optical sensor in an optispark is from mitsubishi too.....

 

So Heads up Display is still coming?

 

Yes, but with late availability, like Summit White.

 

In many cases the companies are owned by foreign corporations, but have U.S. based facilities that manufacture the components that are delivered 'Just in Time' to the auto assembly lines. Those companies employ Americans to manufacture the components. To a great extent automobile manufacturers are really automobile assemblers. They physically manufacture much fewer components than most people realize. From an economic standpoint, the suppliers of components to the auto industry employ a huge number of people in this country, and those suppliers, whether U.S. or foreign owned, are suffering in this economy. It becomes a trickle-down issue, as for example, in Tennessee, not only are the auto manufacturers (Saturn, Nissan) suffering, but their component suppliers are suffering, and then it trickles down to those companies who provide goods and services to the suppliers who are suffering as well.

 

This doesn't surprise me. I wouldn't even be surprised if Boston Accoustics didn't design the Head Unit for the premium audio system. They might just supply the speakers and an external amp.

Who supplied the Delco head units? Did Delco make them, or were they made by Panasonic or Matsu****a or someone else?

Edit: Lol. Matsu****a apparently lights up the language filter.

 

That's funny. Matsush(ee)ta.

 

from camaro5:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19200

 

Ha, now 10 years from now, when everyone starts complaining about relaibilty issues..... we can blame a whole bunch of companies and countries, instead of the normal bashing of just GM and American cars

 

actually its from from supplierbusiness.com
so we will just post it here so we dont have to go there


edit: we need that resizing thing back