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Production - Thailand - Move from trucks to parts and beyond
USA - Autoblog, by Joel Arellano -May 20, 2006: -- With all the hoopla over China's auto industry, Thailand, which is more known among Westerns for its tourist industry than manufacturing capabilities, quietly made more than one million vehicles last year... The country is Asia's third largest exporter of vehicles after Japan and South Korea, with much of its success attributed to its government's relaxed attitude towards foreign investors... Unlike China, automakers such as General Motors or Toyota are not required to partner with a domestic firm... Low production costs makes it simple to mass-produce vehicles, primarily trucks, to export to countries like South America and Australia... Interestingly, a study by Japan shows Thai-built vehicles have better quality than those built in China or India...
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