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Your poll is hilarious! I drive an "American" nameplate. The engine is from China, the transmission is from Japan, and the vehicle was assembled in Canada. Is that more American than the Korean, Japanese or German nameplates built in Alabama or Tennessee or Mississippi or Georgia? Sheesh!
Your poll is hilarious! I drive an "American" nameplate. The engine is from China, the transmission is from Japan, and the vehicle was assembled in Canada. Is that more American than the Korean, Japanese or German nameplates built in Alabama or Tennessee or Mississippi or Georgia? Sheesh!
To you and to those who ridicule me for asking the question, you need to keep in mind that there's more to a car than the parts and assembly. There's the design, engineering, marketing, administration, etc.
I'm not regimented in my thinking on this subject, but I do believe that a lot of folks are short-sighted in the way they view these things.
I don't care what people drive although I drive a Japanese car myself. And to be honest, the only people I know with domestic cars at the moment are folks who needed a cheap beater.
We're a two-car family. Two Hondas; and we will always be that way. Both of our Hondas were assembled in Ohio and the majority of the parts in both cars came from the United States or Canada. I can live with that. 200,000 miles on the Accord and all we've replaced are brakes and tires. I can also live with that.
There is no such thing as "American-made." Hell, there has not been for a long time. Does it get more "American" than the Ford Mustang?
When you think of iconic American cars, the Ford Mustang must be at or near the top of the list.
But when it comes to being made in America, the Mustang, assembled in Flat Rock, Mich., ranks below a number of other brands, including the top-selling Toyota Camry.
The 6-cylinder engine that goes into the so-called "secretary's special" is made at a Ford plant in Cologne, Germany.
Meanwhile, you can thank Mexican workers for the manual transmissions used with either Mustang engine. But if you want the automatic 5-speed, well, they're made in France. While the first Honda Accords assembled in Marysville some 25 years ago were basically kits shipped in from Japan, Honda of America now gets most of its parts from U.S.-based suppliers, spokesman Ed Miller said.
The Accord engines come from the Honda plant in nearby Anna, while the transmissions are assembled in Russells Point.
It's not surprising that Ford would turn to Europe and Mexico for help with the low-volume Mustang. Its plants in Germany and France have been around for nearly a century, said Miami University professor Jim Rubenstein, who teaches a course called geography of the auto industry. "It's just a matter of deploying your worldwide resources as best as possible."
A Ford Mustang (some models), arguably the most "American" car, is made in (gasp!) France! I guess you should start riding a Schwinn. Oh, that's right, they are no longer "American" either...
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On September 11, 2001, Schwinn Company, its assets, and the rights to the brand, together with that of the GT Bicycle, was purchased at a bankruptcy auction by Pacific Cycle, a company previously known for mass-market brands owned by Wind Point Partners.In 2004 Pacific Cycle was, in turn, acquired by Dorel Industries. Pacific and Dorel produced a series of low-cost bicycles built in Taiwan and the People's Republic of China, which were badged with the Schwinn nameplate and sold in large retail stores such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Costco. A second line of higher-level Schwinn-branded bicycles was also introduced for specialty bicycle shop retailers.
I guess you should just walk if you really want to travel the "American" way. Just make sure your shoes were made in America. Good luck with that.
Again, there's more to a car than the assembly process. I don't understand why some people have trouble comprehending this. I guess it's a way for them to rationalize their foreign car purchases.
Again, there's more to a car than the assembly process. I don't understand why some people have trouble comprehending this. I guess it's a way for them to rationalize their foreign car purchases.
Cause that's where the jobs are. Not a handful of jobs, not indirect jobs (although there are a ton of those), direct labor and managerial jobs, jobs that help create and fuel a boom for whichever area they're in.
As james carville once hung his sign:
1. Change vs. more of the same
2. It's the economy stupid
3. Don't forget health care
Again, there's more to a car than the assembly process. I don't understand why some people have trouble comprehending this. I guess it's a way for them to rationalize their foreign car purchases.
I don't have to rationalize my foreign car purchase. Hondas are just far and away better than any domestic car I have EVER owned l so I'd feel stupid buying anything else. I'm a smart consumer.
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