Buy American Mention of the Week, 8-3-13 Finally, a more-accurate American-ness auto index

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Our Buy American Mention of the Week!
by Roger Simmermaker
August 1, 2013

We finally have an American-ness auto index that rightfully blows the Cars.com American-made index out of the water! The deeply flawed and misleading Cars.com index found the Toyota Camry to be the most American car in 2012 (and number 2 in 2013), but as I pointed out in an eariler 'Buy American Mention of the Week' article, this was a flawed analysis because it ignored too many other important factors.

Now, with the 'Kogod Made in America Auto Index' which takes these other important factors into account like the location of research and development and company headquarters, we have a much better and more accurate analysis. It turns out that three GM models are tied for the top spot of most American made, not the Toyota Camry, which is tied for 12th place with two other Toyotas.

The most-informative and well-known education tool for car consumers today comes courtesy of the American Auto Labeling Act (AALA), which helps car buyers select new vehicles by providing country of origin information on vehicles and their parts, and is displayed on each new vehicle available.


The AALA, which was enacted in 1992, was an important step forward in educating car consumers about things like the point of final assemble, the origin of the engine and transmission, and the percentage of domestic (U.S./Canadian) parts. You can see all of the details listed above for all of the automobiles at the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website here dating back to 2007. The 2014 model year is also available.

Snip: DuBois's index ranks 253 models in the Kogod Made in America Auto Index based on

where the manufacturer's headquarters is located;
where most research and development (R&D) occurs;
where assembly occurs;
where the engine and transmission come from; and
the AALA score.

FULL story at link.

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[Omaha Steve]

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3. Toyota doesn't make half the part it puts in their Made in America' cars

It imports them from Toyota subsidiaries or other Japanese manufacturers.



Cars.com, they charge dealers to advertise on their site to tell consumers how to beat the dealers while claiming to work for the dealers.


What a racket.

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4. 167 views, shameful how DU reacts to something this important

It's obvious buying American isn't important to the 'Left'.