If your searching to buy the most American made Car or Truck, there are several websites you may wish to visit before making the decision.
American University’s Kogod School of Business has a Made in America 2017 Made in America Auto Index that encompasses a wide range of publicly available data which rank the economic value of over 300 models of different Auto and Pickup manufacturers. To see all of the vehicles, click on the Show entries box located just above the red Rank box about 1/8th of the way down the page.
If you have no bias toward foreign parts and companies (U.S. and Canadian content are combined into the content percentage) visit the U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website and view the 2017 AALA parts content percentage chart. The list includes final assembly, engine, and transmission source locations. Click on the 2017 By Percentages box and download the information.
If you want to buy a Union Made Car or Truck; after visiting the websites listed above visit the 2017 United Auto Workers list of UAW made Cars, Vans, SUV’s, and Trucks.
Note: According to iTechPost the “2017 Tesla Model 3 Will Come With 95% Of The Parts Made In The U.S.”.
The Shock is in the Details
Thank you for the article and the reference to the AU data. A simple review of the data is shocking enough. However, even more information can be gleaned from looking a little deeper. Take Volvo Cars for instance, its owned by Ford. One might expect a higher percentage of USA made components would be used; however, 2 is the highest rating given for Volvo (XC90 Excellence). Look a little deeper you find that Volvo Cars is actually majority owned by Geely Holding Group, a Chinese multinational. Thank god the Corvette stilles rates an 80. Thanks again.