Product Recall in Iran
Various nations manufacture other nations products "under license" from the parent company. Generally, quality control is not as stringent.
A perfect example is the US "Guinness" beer of twenty years ago. This was brewed by one of the major US brewers "under license" and was abject crap. Fortunately, the real stuff is coming over and the 'gadget' is a stroke of genius to get the nitro carbonation.
Other nations have other problems -- take Peugeot and Iran.
From
Yahoo News/AFP:
'Self igniting' Iran cars worry police
Hundreds of Iranian-made cars have suddenly caught fire on Iran's roads over the past months, with police pointing to the Peugeot 405 as the main culprit.
Since the beginning of the Iranian year in March, there have been 125 incidents of cars catching fire without warning and then killing or injuring the occupants, traffic police chief Mohammad Rooyanian said Monday.
"Around 300 people have been killed or wounded and 40 percent of the fatalities were attributed to the Peugeot 405," he told the hardline Kayhan newspaper.
"We are not to going compromise on this issue. We are emphasizing the need to improve the safety of the vehicles, so that our citizens will not be worried any more," he added.
The Peugeot 405 and other well-known models from the French carmaker have been manufactured under license since 1990 by Iran Khodro, Iran's largest car manufacturer.
"Fire service figures from the first six months of the year have said that 700 cars caught fire in Tehran, out of which 70 percent of them were manufactured by Iran Khodro," Rooyanian added.
He he he he he...
Posted by DaveH at January 2, 2007 8:34 PM