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Fun fact. The ten most "American-made" cars of 2023 are:
Hmmm, something seems to be missing... 🤔
For better or worse, there are multiple ways of measuring "American Made". An alternate measure, which probably matters more in this conversation, is "how many people that worked on are American residents". Here's a study that tries to rank each model by how much it contributes to the US economy
The vast majority of the development (engineering, planning, purchasing/supply chain, quality, after sales, etc) effort for Honda and VW is overseas, along with most other non-domestic brands. This extends beyond their own employees to their tier 1s. Many OEMs use suppliers that are located geographically close to their development centers.
None of this excuses the domestic OEMs for their abandonment of cars, their endless march to higher and higher average transaction price, or their quality records.
Mercedes, Audi and BMW?
I'm sure they're right around the corner, pretty close to the top 10.
Oh, you meant Ford, GM and Chryslerdaimlerfiatstellantis?
Yeah nah, as true patriots, they produce in other countries so Americans would pay for the cars, but not be paid to build them.
all the custom cars?
What do you mean by putting Honda and VW in the list?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Manufacturing_of_Alabama
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Liberty_Auto_Plant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Chattanooga_Assembly_Plant
Oh wow! That goes back far, I had no idea. Thanks for enlightening!