Cessna's outsourcing of its aircraft manufacturing to China ensures that I will never buy another Cessna aircraft. Cessna has been an American icon up until now, but not anymore. So long Cessna.
I think that Cessna has made a major mistake in manufacturing in China. My experience with their exports is that they are garbage. Chinese automotive tooling I had experience with which was ordered because of it's cheap price was junk. Personally I would not knowingly eat or use any product made in China that I could be hurt using. I guess that includes aircraft.
The Chinese have no respect for life, intellectual property rights or the wishes of their own people or customers or anyone else in the world. As a business man I would avoid doing business with them. The typical scenario is some bean counter looks at the cost of something and thinks they cannot afford purchase elsewhere. The reality is all the other problems such as quality, theft of designs and long term viability are not factored in.
I'm not in the market for a new A/C now but I guarantee you all I wouldn't buy a Chinese made plane.
I looked at the RV series hard until I found out they're made in the Phillipenes.At least that country is one that's friendly to the USA and not one that's trying to take over the world,,one cheap trinket at a time.
I advise everyone in any case to avoid Chinese products as a whole,not just food and toys.They are a big part of the problem with ~$4.75 fuel prices.
