How much of your "Made in America" car is actually made in America? Below is a list of cars and their content of American made/sourced parts in percentage terms. It is interesting to note the domestic and foreign mix of manufacturers. Toyota, Honda and Acura have vehicles with MORE American made parts than many of the US manufacturers.
We have to re-think what it means to "Buy American"--could it really mean "Buy Japanese to get Made in America"???...
1. Dodge Avenger 83%
2. Chrysler 200 81%
3. Toyota Camry 80%
Toyota Avalon 80%
Honda Accord 80%
4. Chevrolet Impala 77%
5. Cadillac CTS 76%
Buick Lucerne 76%
6. Chevrolet Malibu 75%
Chevrolet Corvette 75%
Lincoln Town Car 75%
Acura TL 75%
7. Dodge Caliber 73%
Chrysler 300 73%
8. Dodge Charger 70%
Dodge Challenger 70%
Honda Civic 70%
9. Chevrolet Camaro 66%
10. Toyota Matrix 65%
Cadillac STS 65%
Cadillac CTS 65%
Ford Taurus 65%
Ford Mustang 65%
HT: Carpe Diem
What was that we learned in the first couple weeks, though? If a country is more efficient at a certain product, they should specialize and trade that product for other goods? So that, all together, a higher productivity is reached and incomes of all increase? So maybe American cars buying parts from other countries and then selling these countries our cars is a -good- thing :)
ReplyDeleteI do not see a huge problem here because technically cars are assembled in America so they are made in America except for some parts. Plus if other countries are exporting us parts that probably means they might not have all the parts either so they would import some of our parts as well, which is kind of a win win.
ReplyDeleteThis is pretty eye opening. This benefits the U.S., If it's cheaper to buy parts from somewhere else, then do it. I remember you say something like each country must stick with what they so best, so if we make cars with other parts, then so be it. Where it's made goes a long way in the eyes of a consumer, alot of people buy things cause they were made in america. This also counts toward are GDP, which is a good thing.
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