Alright that's it, Its question time

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 09/30/2013 at 16:18 • Filed to: None

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We've had some fun today with Mitsubishi Monday and wow! Mitsubishi makes a lot of stuff. We give Mitsubishi a lot of crap, and most of it they deserve, but my old sympathies and concerns about their future as a car company don't get a lot of air time in light of the vastness of the triangle empire. I mean, they do it all!

Granted, the people that make this

probably dont talk much to these guys

but they are both technically Mitsubishi products. Got me thinking, is there any car company more diverse than Mitsubishi? I mean, Toyota used to make !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , and Yamaha (im counting it, deal with it) makes amazing engines and also keyboards and flutes. But is there any company out there that deals in military contract for the navy and airforce, build air conditioning units, supplies half the engines with their turbo's and probably a lot of the plastic too also happens to make cars (major engineering suppliers like Yamaha count too)?

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AbigGRNboot > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:25

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3M?

Especially if you consider everything that is sold containing a 3M product.

They even have a car.

HammerheadFistpunch > AbigGRNboot 09/30/2013 at 16:27

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you lost me "they even have a car." diverse company, for sure, but I don't see the car connection.

HammerheadFistpunch > AbigGRNboot 09/30/2013 at 16:28

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stupid kinja

AbigGRNboot > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:30

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They didn't actually build the car, just provided some funding.

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AbigGRNboot > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:31

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They didn't actually build the car, just provided some funding.

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HammerheadFistpunch > AbigGRNboot 09/30/2013 at 16:31

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not counting, because racecar.

KnowsAboutCars > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:34

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Peugeot comes to mind. They make pepper mills, scooters, bicycles and of course cars. Not as diverse as Mitsubishi though.

HammerheadFistpunch > KnowsAboutCars 09/30/2013 at 16:36

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hadn't though about them. I was thinking most Asian companies. they like huge corporations more than other nations it seems. but yeah, Peugeot use to make great bikes too (maybe they still do? I don't know.)

KnowsAboutCars > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:38

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I don't know are they any good but they do still make them.

Victorious Secret > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:48

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Rolls Royce

Unlike Mitsubishi who sell pure, pathetic shit on 4 wheels, Rolls Royce still knows a thing or two about putting a good car together.

willkinton247 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:49

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What about GE?

They do Aircraft Engines, Medical Tools and Supplies, Lightbulbs, Appliances, Financial Services, Oil and Gas Drilling, Gas Turbines, Nuclear Reactors, Thermal Energy, Water Purification, and Locomotives

HammerheadFistpunch > willkinton247 09/30/2013 at 16:53

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But no car or directly car related services

Bruno Martini > Victorious Secret 09/30/2013 at 16:58

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Rolls Royce Auto and Rolls Royce Air are two different companies. BMW owns the auto branch. And the Rolls Royce Air/water make jet engines and boat engines. No longer the same company.

willkinton247 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 16:58

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Their financial arm does car loans? And EV charging stations? And headlights and taillights? They make engines for Honda's planes?

willkinton247 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 17:01

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Saab was born from jets? And the jet company also does weapons, missiles, torpedoes

KnowsAboutCars > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 17:14

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Just remembered that South Koreans are quite good at multitasking:

Daewoo: cars, buses, firearms, electronics, textiles, ships, planes, etc.

Samsung: cars, electronics, all kinds of plants and medical center

Hyundai: cars, elevators, ships and excavators

willkinton247 > HammerheadFistpunch 09/30/2013 at 17:17

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Is this able to be considered a car?

or this?

Because General Dynamics makes these, various weapons, armaments, and ordinances.

They also make these:

these:

They do IT systems and security too. They make satellites, and all of this stuff .

That's pretty broad?

SpeedSix > KnowsAboutCars 09/30/2013 at 18:35

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South Korean companies are usually involved in many fields. I remember reading somewhere that Hyundai production costs are often lower than the competition because they own their own car shipping, metal mining, metal stamping, etc. businesses. Therefore, they can sell their products for less than the competition but still have similar profit margins.

JasonStern911 > HammerheadFistpunch 10/01/2013 at 02:27

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No. If memory serves correctly, Mitsubishi grew enough to be Japan's largest bank. This meant that subsidiary companies were given favorable financial backing that competitors in unrelated industries could not match. Had the Japanese government not broke the Mitsubishi group apart, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries would have Toyota and Honda's market share. Now, if they kept making cars like the Starion, Eclipse GSX, 3000GT, etc., that might have been a better thing. But realistically, the marketplace needs competition, and allowing the Mitsubishi group to continue to grow would have stifled Japanese innovation.