[NSRCA-discussion] New Vehicle

[Jay Marshall]

There was an article published recently concerning the top 10 USA  content
automobiles. Toyota was three of them as I recall.

 

Jay Marshall 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Bob Richards
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 8:35 PM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] New Vehicle

 


My wife and I bought a Honda Element a few years ago (2004) and I remember
looking at the information about where it was built. It was something like
65% components from North America. The CRV, which had the same drive train
and engine, was 65% Asia or Japan (don't remember).

 

I did some EMC testing for a manufacturer that made components for Ford.
Some of their stuff was made here, some in China, some in Europe. They
design a component that may be used in several, if not all, models, and
might be made anywhere in the world.

 

It wasn't too long ago that the ONLY manufacturer that could legally say
their cars were 100% made in the USA was Saturn, but I'll bet that has
changed, too.

 

Bob R.



--- On Fri, 8/14/09, mike mueller <mups1953 at yahoo.com> wrote:

 

Phil don't you think that the nations attached to most cars is kind of
muddled? I mean Honda, Nissan and Toyota make a lot of cars here in the US
employing a lot of Americans. Ford makes a lot of their cars in Mexico and
Canada and South America. Stock holders own car company's up until recently
with the Chrysler/ GM debacle. Stock holders from Asia own stock in American
companies and American's own stock in Toyota and Honda. Chrysler is now
owned by Fiat an Italian company. Mazda is 40% owned by Ford and the list
goes on and on. I'm not usre what makes sense anymore. Mike

 

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