Quiz: Which car is built in America?

Quiz: Which car is built in America?

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Take a look at the autos below, then click on the car you think is built mostly in the U.S. The answers may surprise you.

Reply to
Jim_Higgins
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There is a big difference between Built (assembled) in america or not.

???????????????? Where was it designed Where was the tooling built. What is the percentage of USA parts What is the total nbr of american jobs created (suppliers, Contractors, Dealers, etc) Where is the material for parts from (Steel, Glass, Plastic etc) How much of the money stays in the USA What is the precent of cars for the company that is made in America ( over

50 % of all toyotas are from Japan and elsewhere.

The design and tool business was big time in the USA now its disapearing fast.

Reply to
Tom

AKA finding an excuse for Deroit.

Reply to
Jim_Higgins

You are correct. Search the US Department of Commerce site for who actually uses the most AMERICAN parts and materials.

Toyota buys it parts and materials, for the vehicles it assembles in the US, whenever it can from Japan and other Jap suppliers in the US that assemble parts in the US and Canada for the less than half of the vehicles it sells in US that are assembled in the US and Canada.

Even Toyota says the Camry is "assembled in the US of world sourced parts."

Reply to
Mike Hunter

No, simply disputing the false impression given in your post.

Reply to
Mike Hunter

what shape is our economy in, this isnt only detroit its all of USA. unlike you i try find the positive side of industry and the USA. Someday you will have to work for a living too

Reply to
Tom

Yoyota is truthfull. Ford, GM and Chrysler also assemble in America of "world sourced parts" However, the 2009 Camry was the most "american" car you could buy in the USA last year.

Reply to
clare

Ya right. Search the US Department of Commerce sit for the facts, WBMA

Reply to
Mike Hunter

What is the URL of the Commerce Department site that lists domestic parts used in cars?

The funny thing is that the law requires content to be reported to the National Traffic and Highway Safety Administration, who reports that the Mazda Tribute is 90% made in the US. And the Toyota Tundra has more US components that the Chevy Malibu. For some reason, Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles are not reported.

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And, what vehicle is made from only US parts and without any "world sourced parts"?

BTW, the Toyota has the highest domestic (US and Canada) content of any car listed. So much for your world sourced parts garbage.

Jeff

Reply to
dr_jeff

What Commerce Department Website? Commerce Depart. has 100s of websites. If you are correct, it should be simple for you to cut and paste the URL of the site so that you can back your claim, WMBA.

Jeff

Reply to
dr_jeff

He did. You lose. Again.

Reply to
Jim_Higgins

Amazing how they look at NAFTA countries as being foreign. But point well made. Parts are even worse as they could have been made anywhere.

But should get our "Japanese" haters straightened out a bit.

Reply to
Canuck57

The parts content label lists parts that have the their final assembly completed in the US or Canada, regardless of the source of the materials or the components of the assembled parts.

Even a Camry made totally in Japan, will displays a parts label listing "AX" number of North American parts, when obviously the total is ZERO. I.E. Parts stampings that are made of imported Japanese steel will be listed as NA parts. Transmissions made in Japan, that have their final assembly in Canada will be listed as NA parts. One of the six speed tyrannies, that Ford buys from Asian, a Japanese company, is listed on the parts label as made in Japan. The same tyranny, made by the Japanese company that has it final assembly in Canada is listed as a NA part on a Toyota.

The find were the MATERIALS and parts are actually made, one must search the US Department of Commerce site. If you do you will discover the vast majority of MATERIALS and parts use by GM and Ford, around 80% to 85% are sourced in the US, even on the vehicles they assemble in Canada and Mexico.

Although no auto manufacture selling vehicles in the US today is currently earning a profit, when they do the American corporations will pay federal corporate income taxes. The Japanese corporations, because of corporate tax credits in Japan, will not pay a penny in US federal corporate income taxes, as has been the case ever since they started selling vehicles in the US. In addition the Japanese government will return that money to those corporations for R&D, under the Japanese Capital Reinvest law, as it has ever since WWII.

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Reply to
Mike Hunter

Do you record every site you ever visited? I do not and I do not do home work for my own grand children, what makes you think I will do it for you?

Reply to
Mike Hunter

You are making the allegations - it is up to you to prove them - otherwise anyone is free to consider you a blowhard - whether you are right or not.

Reply to
clare

You don't do your own homework. What you're saying is that you can't back your claims. Which means you don't know what you're talking about.

Jeff

Reply to
dr_jeff

That's because the manufacturer estimates the content for all cars in a particular model together, including cars made in NA and Japan.

What US Department of Commerce site? You can't provide the URL because there isn't one.

Then why does the content labels usually say much less? Only two GM vehicles are listed as having more than 75% US content. So the average is less. US makers have a higher domestic parts content percentage than the Japanese. But the US content is not 80 to 85% for GM and Ford.

Honda is:

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But their subsidies do pay US corporate tax.

Really? Evidence, please.

You know, you really crack me up! You talk about things like you know what you're saying, when you don't have a clue.

Jeff

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Reply to
dr_jeff

Get real, dummy. I told you were to look for the facts, YOU are saying that the source I quoted was not factual. Therefore it is up to you to prove otherwise. Is it any wonder that we consider you a blowhard?

Reply to
Mike Hunter

You keep saying that over and over so that must be your opinion but I found the information I posted exactly were I told you to search for the information. If you can't find anything that proves what I posted is not correct, that is YOUR problem.

The fact is the reason you can not is because what you chose to believe in wrong. The fact is Japanese corporations have never paid a penny in US federal corporate income taxes in the US because of tax credits paid in Japan on their corporate income, period.

Reply to
Mike Hunter

That is true but it give the impression to the uninformed that ALL Camry's have that percentage of NA parts, which is false. Only some have parts that have their finally assembly completed in the US or Canada

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Reply to
Mike Hunter

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