Sign Of The Times: Camry Tops ?Most American Vehicle? List
- Toyota Camry (Georgetown, KY; Lafayette, IN)
- Ford F-150 (Dearborn, MI; Claycomo, MO)
- Chevrolet Malibu (Kansas City, KS)
- Honda Odyssey (Lincoln, AL)
- Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Toyota Sienna (Princeton, IN)
- Toyota Tundra (San Antonio, TX)
- GMC Sierra 1500 (Fort Wayne, IN)
- Ford Taurus (Chicago, IL)
- Toyota Venza (Georgetown, KY)
In short, only half of the top ten ?most American? vehicles are actually made the Detroit automakers (and only one-third are made by the taxpayer-owned firms). Of course, a lot of that has to do with Detroit?s tanking sales numbers, as well as GM?s slashing of its Pontiac line (disqualifying its vehicles on the ?no obvious replacement? front. Still, former AMI perennials like the Chevy Cobalt have fallen off the list because their percentage of domestic parts content has actually fallen. While none of this is conclusive in terms of measuring impacts on the American economy, it?s another interesting look at an industry that is far too complicated to measure in terms of pure nationality.