It’s not. There is no way that they are going to produce an engine here unless they vast majority of them are used in vehicle production here. The cost of freight is to expensive and the risk of having them on the sea for 6 weeks minimum is to great.
They will produce vehicles here for export if the receiving country has similar regulations that do not require to many alterations, however if the regulations drive to high of a “uniqueness” to the car or engine, then they will make it in a region of the world that can accomodate the production more uniformly.
ok then -
I saw that they 1.2 liter duratec and 1.3 liter duratorq (diesel) were produced in Michigan and in mexico.
Show me what you found for the manufacturing location.
My point is still that the Obama administration (EPA) is stupid for not encouraging much less preventing these vehicles from being sold in the USA.