If I were to buy any foreign car, it would be an Accord or a Nissan. Honda and Nissan actually make cars in the US of American parts and exhibit a '1' as the first number of the VIN. Not a Camry or Tundra with a '4' or '5' that is only assembled in the US of mostly imported parts, that come into Canada and the US partially assembled to be finished, to qualify for inclusion on the NA parts label. I will not do that however since the profit on those cars goes to Japan US federal corporate tax free.
mike
Mike Hunter wrote:
>> You mean like reincorporate in Japan, assemble vehicles in the US of
>> parts made mostly in low wage countries
>
> You keep saying this Mike, but it isn't true. The Camry has more US
> content than does the Canadian Impala and the Civic has more US content
> than the Mexican Fusion. Ford and GM are moving assembly and parts
> sourcing out of the US just as fast as they can. It is the Japanese and
> Koreans who are building factories in the US. These factories are not
> simply assembling knock down kits from Japan. It doesn't cost over $1
> billion dollars to throw up a final assembly only plant, but that is what
> Toyota has spent to build their new San Antonio, Texas truck factory.
> The current Camry
>
> Toyota, Honda and Hyundai are adding factories and adding workers in the
> US. GM, Ford and Chrysler are getting rid of factories and workers just
> as fast as they can. If you want to support US jobs, buy a US made
> Japanese branded vehicle.