“We buy American”
Me too. Almost all Hondas and Toyotas are made in the USA. Have been for years. And many “American” cars are made in Canada or Mexico. Chrysler is owned by Fiat, and all so-called “American made” autos are assembled with parts mostly made in other countries, and that’s been the case for years as well.
There’s no such thing as a newly made “American” car anymore.
“There’s no such thing as a newly made “American” car anymore.”
Wander into any of the foreign automakers “assembly plants” here in the US ( as I have) and you will find that the high dollar value parts are imported from their parent company’s facilities in the “home countries.” Before Tesla took over the NUMMI plant ( which was originally a GM plant that mad intermediate size vehicles) but was then a “joint venture of GM and Toyota, you would see Toyota pickups and Toyota Corollas being assembled along with Pontiacs that were in effect rebadged Corollas. ALL of the drive train parts, plus the pickup frames were being imported from Japan. So it is a misnomer to say that these brands are “American.” The only parts that NUMMI made in-house were the stamped sheetmetal parts for the unibodies for the passenger cars and the pick up cabs. They also imported the pickup beds from Japan. These foreign automakers “diddle” the “local content” to make sure that they have just enough stuff made here to satisfy our current trade laws. It will be interesting to see what Trump does to these companies to force them to manufacture more here.