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Am I alone in finding it strange that the two most successful American Made Index are, in fact, the Japanese The index ranks vehicles based on where they're built, their popularity and their percentage of the cost parts manufactured in the US the two most American cars are the Toyota Camry assembled in Georgetown, Kentucky and Lafayette, Ind and Honda Accord made in Marysville, Ohio and Lincoln, Ala.
It is really just a sign of the times this year, foreign automakers produce more cars in the US than the Big Three will be This means that cars have some knowledge of American identity crisis aren t necessarily all in the US that time, foreign car manufacturers actively colonize the south offer jobs to the United States VW abundance of Chattanooga, Tennessee car factory, to open later this year, will employ 2,000.
It is not altruism, for example, led Hyundai Honda and Mercedes to build car plants in Alabama is simply more profitable for them to build cars for the US market there, they're not open factories here just for positive press, said David Thomas editor at he added that American buyers have repeatedly expressed their preference for the Camry and Accord, and it is these cars are now set up by more and more Americans.
The trend towards so-called transplants began in the early 1980s that lawmakers began talking American content mandating Volkswagen was a pioneer, setting up shop in Pennsylvania in 1978, it closed 10 years later in the middle of the bustle of work Honda began making arrangements in Ohio in 1982, and Nissan started producing trucks in 1983 to its current plant in Smyrna, Tennessee, Toyota, Mazda and Mitsubishi came soon after.
The motivation then was political, but the protectionist threat had disappeared in the 1990s Soon there were other benefits Production of cars nearby markets that consume the offered significant savings in transportation costs as rising oil prices, the cost of labor was relatively low in the United States especially the right to work in the southern states, currency exchange and NAFTA rules have made favorable - and then there had these nice tax breaks.
The states of hunger auto plants was palpable as lured BMW in South Carolina in 1992 with a fiscal package of 150 million and 258 million Mercedes Alabama the following year, as I described in a Chattanooga earlier story was so eager for the Volkswagen factory that he forgave taxes for 30 years, a contract for a small sum value of 511 million.
Five small fee of 10 American Made fields are Japanese, two Hondas and Toyotas three No automaker is more American than General Motors after all, the taxpayers own the company and is America's heart from beating but one GM vehicle the Chevrolet Malibu built in Kansas City, Kansas made the list.
US content laws has never been out of the door, but flag-waving, protectionist legislators have managed to pass the 1994 American Automobile Labeling Act requires that the display of the pieces of percentage of window manufactured in the United States and Canada the law was intended to allow consumers to display their patriotism and buy American but that Hondas and Toyotas have higher percentages than the star brands may be just to create confusion among consumers could Agreement do not pass muster with the guys down the hall of the American Legion, but in fact purchasing jobs in the United States is supporting.
As domestic automakers seek to be truly global scope, they are looking increasingly to reduce costs overall, Thomas said parts Sourcing lowers overall amount of domestic content, which is why you see so many of the newer models Pets not make the list or falling They do this to re be more competitive, and in many cases it works.
The same process that made Japanese cars, Korean and American German, also made the US car less to compete, especially in the compact market, Ford, GM and Chrysler had to obtain parts at low prices and in some cases, whole cars, the GM last Asian design studio in Korea, the source of its new small car Aveo high stakes.
The Ford F-150 topped the list there are two years, but it has no place now this red truck, white and blue, a perennial best-seller, is always done in the US, but now has the domestic content 55 percent, down from 80 percent when he was the head of the class the Dodge Ram 1500 is in Warren, Michigan made the list at number seven, but his single cab version, which is assembled in Mexico, doesn t also to remove from the list are GM full-size pickups Silverado and Sierra both now have 65 percent domestic content.
Most cars built in the U S, said Patrick Olsen editor are assembled using at least some parts that come from elsewhere.
The Big Three have also begun to reference the North American content, because Mexico has both the Ford Fusion and the Chevy Camaro in Canada.
Chrysler didn t make the list in 2009, but he returned in 2010 with not only the Dodge Ram 1500, but the Jeep Wranger Toledo, Ohio at nine US number contained Chrysler probably reflects its status in limbo between the end of a European agreement its partnership with Daimler and the beginning of another with Fiat in 2011 as the content of foreign origin begins even infiltrating the all-American Jeep, Chrysler may have won t be waving the flag as well.
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