I forget exactly, but something like 30-40% of the parts on your truck were built in Mexico. Only about 55% was built in the US.

 

Yes but Chrysler was an American company at the time. Nissan, Toyota, & Honda, no matter where they are built, are not American companies. The revenue generated is sent back to Japan to help fuel their economy. I have no issue buying products from other countries but I also like to help stimulate our down economy as much as possible especially with big ticket items.

 

No such thing as a totally American car anymore, NAFTA and other trade agreements took care of that. While most are assembled here parts come from all over the place.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...-plants-4.html

P.S. Nissan is a Fench company, they are owned by Renault. I know I have one in the driveway.

 

Yes, I understand that.

I was just mentioning it because it seems that 72Combo thinks that all of the money he paid for his truck goes back into the American economy.

 

I am 99% sure the Hemi is still made and put together in Mexico. Stop believing your American truck is still 100% American. Aren't you Canadian anyway???

From Allpar.com.

 

From my window sticker:

PARTS CONTENT INFORMATION
FOR VEHICLES IN THIS CARLINE:
U.S./CANADA PARTS CONTENT: 53%

NOTE: PARTS CONTENT DOES NOT INCLUDE FINAL ASSEMBLY,
DISTRIBUTION, OR OTHER NON-PARTS COSTS.

FOR THIS VEHICLE:
FINAL ASSEMBLY POINT:
WARREN, MICHIGAN, U.S.A.
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
ENGINE:MX

TRANSMISSION:US

 

It is a world economy today and there is no avoiding foreign involvement in the engineering and manufacturing of automobiles these days. People will rationalize their purchases any way they want to. Because it is a world economy, there are more than likely numbers they can present to support them in their rationalization. That is why getting into an argument about who you are supporting with your money can be fairly futile.

Some people care more about where a vehicle is built while others care about where the company is headquartered. I myself being a degreed engineer, support automakers who employ American engineers. While I support American auto manufacturing plants, I understand the automaker's difficulty in maintaining cost competitiveness when unskilled labor is significantly cheaper in other countries. In my world view, I would rather see my money supporting those higher skilled, higher paying American jobs. Again, that's just my opinion and my rationalization. That being said, out of the foreign headquartered auto makers, Nissan and Honda do employ a lot of American engineers. For this reason, I'm not so upset about people purchasing them.

Out of the domestic 3, I probably support Ford the most right now. They refused to take bail out money and that scores big points in my book. I'm rooting for GM and Chrysler, but I'm awaiting the government getting out of their business. Anyway, that's my take on the matter, for what its worth.

 

I agree.

Out of the 12 cars I have owned, 2 of them were foreign. I would have loved to have bought an American car, but there were none that met the criteria. Cheap and reliable.

No one has mentioned that most of the clothes we wear, products we buy, and food we eat comes from all over the world. If anyone shops at Walmart or Target, they shouldn't complain about me buying a Nissan since they are buying stuff that isn't American.

 

You have no idea what I think. I understand when you buy a part from a foreign source that said foreign source makes the profit I am not as stupid as you may think. I also agree with Ranjr...he hits the nail on the button even if your throw away car was built in the US or Canada or Timbuktu the profit goes to japan or china or wherever. I am sure if you actually looked a bit you could have found a focus or something that is just as good as your Nissan. You only looked for a day. You post I think I am gonna sell my truck then the next day you have a NIssan. At least try to support your country.

 

Renault and Nissan have an Alliance, but Nissan is still a Japanese company.