Racist? Nah. Smart ass? Definitely.
Volvo is Chinese owned. After it was American owned. Still a Swedish brand for now.
Land Rover was owned by BMW and briefly by Ford before becoming Indian. Would be a hard sell to say it's not a British brand. Don't think you'll find many referring to the late 90's Land Rovers and Range Rovers as 'German' vehicles.
Geely also owns Lotus and a few bits of the Daimler group.
As it stands now, it sounds like the Swede's may be less and less enthusiastic about the Geely ownership as the company loses more of its independence.
As for the flags, I think I may have gotten them from Dave's eBay store, not the web page.
Jeff is correct. Definitely not racist, and my comment stemmed from the Chinese ownership.
In fact, my new XC40 (Nov delivery) is Chinese manufactured.
The build quality is absolutely perfect, so my initial concerns unwarranted with Volvo.
My wife's MG ZS though is entirely different (also Chinese made). I'll fitting cabin parts from the outset.
Now it has engine problems. Has had to be towed to the dealership three times, and the latest time it has now been an entire month in their hands and they still havent worked out the problem. They've had it 'ready' for pickup three times, and it wouldnt start to drive it out of the service bay.
