Not buying it. 3/4 ton american pickups should top the list. Where are they?
1. Ford F-150
2. Chevrolet Cobalt
3. Chevrolet Silverado 1500
4. Toyota Tundra
5. Pontiac G6
6. Toyota Sienna
7. Ford Escape
8. Chevrolet TrailBlazer
9. Chevrolet Malibu
10. Ford Explorer/Sport Trac
Still, no Corvette.
Hecho en Mexico.
The most-American cars are trucks. To be fair, trucks should be included and the percentage of US content should be multiplied by the number of vehicles sold.
In the first 6 months of the year 179,632 Ford F-150’s were sold. The top selling car was the Camry, 150,242.
Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra Crew Cab and Chevy Avalanche are built in Mexico.
GMC Canyon uses transmissions made in Japan and Mexico.
Dodge Ram 1500 depends on the engine. V-6 and 4 liter V-8s are made in USA. Heavy duty versions with the 5.7 liter V-8 are made in Mexico.
Dodge Dakota is US unless you get the manual transmission which is made in Brazil.
I think the word “car” might have something to do with the exclusion of trucks.
Not far off the list -
The F-series and Silverado are both at 75%. The Ram is nowhere close, though, at 53%.
Of course the Silverado is also built in Canada, which may have disqualified it.
What they don’t consider of course is where the vehicle is designed and engineered. I’d rather have an F-series with 75% domestic content built, researched, designed, and engineered in the US than a Tundra with 80% domestic content that is built in the US with a little styling work done here but most hardcore development done overseas.