I ask this because in my country (Brazil), the Chinese equipment, especially excavators, wheel loaders, backhoes and skid steers, not to mention the cars of course, are dominating the market.
The price is ridiculously cheap prices reaching up to 40% cheaper than domestic equipment of renowned and established brands such as Caterpillar and Case.
Pay less when buying equipment is crucial, very important for a company to grow. However, the quality of Chinese equipment is terrible, a joke.
ointhead
Here in Brazil, we do not care about electronics equipment, to speak truth, to prefer that embedded technology is as small as possible to facilitate and cheapen maintenance. This is the justification for Chinese cheaper prices, however, the structure of the machines is low and reliability is ridiculous.
Today, especially, I'd rather have a machine Caterpillar 20 years older than a New Chinese.
In the USA it's the same? I guess I read the news that Chinese products of poor quality, are increasingly dominating the world, in all markets. :Banghead