[GrandEagle]

You may have a point BUT, If we continue to avoid American automobiles, the very last industry left here in the States will be gone.
When our economy collapses union or non union - it won't really matter.
I've had some really bad "run-ins" with unions too, but I still support American Built, American owned, automobiles.

Cordially,
GE

[maui_hawaii]

Toyota is built in Tennessee I think. They are also putting a plant in Texas. They are listed on our stock exchanges too.

A lot of the profits are sent to Japan though.

I would have to look into it to see how much of what goes where.

[2banana]

You may have a point BUT, If we continue to avoid American automobiles, the very last industry left here in the States will be gone. When our economy collapses union or non union - it won't really matter. I've had some really bad "run-ins" with unions too, but I still support American Built, American owned, automobiles.

I know - it really tears me up. My last car was a Honda built in America in a non-union plant. About as best a compromise as I can get right now.

With unions being so political (socialist), they are really affecting sales and jobs...

[Phantom Lord]

The Big 3 Auto makers are the last industry left in America?

[1rudeboy]

. . . BUT, If we continue to avoid American automobiles, the very last industry left here in the States will be gone.

Except for the Japanese plants.

[Phantom Lord]

but I still support American Built, American owned, automobiles.

Serious question...

Is it better to buy a Japanese, German, or other foreign car built in America or is it better to buy a Ford or GM built in Canada or Mexico?

[bert]

....When our economy collapses .....
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No pain, no gain. Cancer surgery can be painful.

[Sam Cree]

I think it possible that the union (and bureaucratic) regulations are a main reason for the departure of heavy industry from our shores. The market is like a force of nature, hard to deny its power.

I have a hard time buying an American car, not only are they stodgy, they aren't very high quality (with maybe a couple exceptions, like the Cadillac). For the money, you are better off with Japanese, I think.

'Course, I drive a '96 4x4 Dodge pickup, but then, I don't think there is any foreigner to compete with that. But my wife has a Saab Aero, there's just nothing like it made here.

[Alberta's Child]

If we continue to avoid American automobiles, the very last industry left here in the States will be gone.

Baloney.

Japanese auto manufacturers are opening new plants right here in the U.S. with boring regularity. In fact, one of the most idiotic aspects of the whole industry is that many "domestic" Big Three cars are either made in Canada or made in the U.S. out of components assembled in Mexico -- while "foreign" brands such as Honda, Nissan, and Toyota are made right here in the U.S.

[Jack Black]

I've had some really bad "run-ins" with unions too, but I still support American Built, American owned, automobiles.

But Toyota, Nissan and Honda all build substantial numbers of cars in the USA. Ford and GM build a lot of cars overseas, and even market them as American cars. Chevy's small cars are made in Korea. The new Pontian GTO is made in Austrailia. So nameplates are not a good way to measure where a car is built.

Ownership of a company is also somewhat problematical. The Dodge boys are part of Mercedes, so if you go by corporate-ism they aren't really American anymore. On the other hand Ford owns Mazda and Volvo --- will you buy them proudly?

Of course the real owners of all public companies are the shareholders. Unless you've done a lot of analysis it is probably hard to know what the nationality of the majority of shareholders of a publicly held company is.