American or Foriegn?

[first one]

Originally Posted by upflying

You do know the gen 5 Camaro is Canadian made?
You do know a lot of "foreign" cars are American made?
You do know many Dodge vehicles are Mexican made?

This is why America is losing its influence as a world leader and is contributing to the extinction of the middle class. Most people as so short sighted and are only concerned with their own welfare. :(

[PoorMansCamaro]

i don't descriminate. if it's a well built car, i like it. like the 90's toyota supra, nissan skyline r34, subaru impreza wrx sti, etc.

[nancygrl]

Well the line is very blurred in regards to American made vs. foreign made. There are many foreign brands that are made here in the USA, and many American brands that are made all over. Our Camaro is made in Canada, my previous Chevy Avalanche was made in Mexico. I think Silverado's are made here in the US and elsewhere. And many parts that are used in all vehicles are outsourced from all over as well. Heck, I saw where the was a Chevy (one of the small ones, Aveo I think) that only had like 5-10% of US made parts, go figure. So to answer the OP's question, I say I buy vehicles that are American Brands.

[acatlover13]

I don't personally have anything against foreign cars or the people who buy them, but my personal history is totally GM. I owned one Chrysler, but it was a POS.

'83 Monte Carlo
'87 Camaro
'93 Z28
'95 Impala SS
'99 Grand Prix GTP
'99 Chrysler 300m (my one stray from GM)
'04 Buick Rainier - still own & still kickin daily driver
'10 Camaro SS/RS - kickin much much harder than the Buick LOL

[HumanWiki]

Originally Posted by nancygrl

Well the line is very blurred in regards to American made vs. foreign made. There are many foreign brands that are made here in the USA, and many American brands that are made all over. Our Camaro is made in Canada, my previous Chevy Avalanche was made in Mexico. I think Silverado's are made here in the US and elsewhere. And many parts that are used in all vehicles are outsourced from all over as well. Heck, I saw where the was a Chevy (one of the small ones) that only had like 5-10% of US made parts, go figure. So to answer the OP's question, I say my vehicles are American Brands.

Have had similar arguments before where I've had to sit there and explain basically that right there.. Some people still with say Honda = Foreign; Chevy = Domestic regardless of anything you tell them.

[04Ram2500Hemi]

For some reason this thread cracked me up. My American Brand vehicles were both built in a different country (Camaro = Canada, Ram = Mexico) while my wife's "Foreign Made" Honda Pilot was built in the USA.

[FenwickHockey65]

There is pretty much no reason to buy Japanese over American now anyways. Toyota has questionable quality standards and most of Honda's recent launch products have been disappointments.

[MillerTime]

Originally Posted by upflying

You do know the gen 5 Camaro is Canadian made?
You do know a lot of "foreign" cars are American made?
You do know many Dodge vehicles are Mexican made?

OK I'll rephrase the question for him...

Hey Guys, just wondering since every one here has Camaro's I was just wondering do you guys buy Domestic or Import cars?

You know what he meant so why eve post this

[SlingShot]

Three GM cars in the drive ...

[garcmol]

Originally Posted by SlingShot

Three GM cars in the drive ...

Same here

[CamaroSkooter]

Was this thread serious?

[UT-Engineer]

Originally Posted by nancygrl

Well the line is very blurred in regards to American made vs. foreign made. There are many foreign brands that are made here in the USA, and many American brands that are made all over. Our Camaro is made in Canada, my previous Chevy Avalanche was made in Mexico. I think Silverado's are made here in the US and elsewhere. And many parts that are used in all vehicles are outsourced from all over as well. Heck, I saw where the was a Chevy (one of the small ones, Aveo I think) that only had like 5-10% of US made parts, go figure. So to answer the OP's question, I say I buy vehicles that are American Brands.

You actually hit the nail right on the head with this... The question should have been reworded asking "Do you buy Forign or Amereican Brands." Not to start a war here but i did argue in another thread that the Camaro is not an American Made car... the only thing American about it was the design and name... everthing else material wise is out-sourced. So IMO out-sourcing material, labor, and work done out of the country to make this car cheaper/affordable is not very American...
..... oh wait maybe it is...

[masterofpuppets]

My car's Canadian.....just sayin.....

[HumanWiki]

Originally Posted by MillerTime

OK I'll rephrase the question for him...

Hey Guys, just wondering since every one here has Camaro's I was just wondering do you guys buy Domestic or Import cars?

You know what he meant so why eve post this

It's not BS. The terminology being used doesn't make sense anymore... Domestic/Import, American/Foreign. Almost all cars have parts from other countries in them. Anyone that owns a Camaro owns an Import. Same with anyone owning a GTO.

Certain Honda cars are Domestic..

So, the argument itself is meaningless and it usually leads in to things like "Support US workers" -- which is also meaningless because while the Camaro is assembled and built by Canadians, GM/Chevy employ all manner of US workers -- So, we boycott a brand or a model? -- Same with Honda.. Let's not buy from an evil Foreign car maker and support US -- So, don't buy Honda, even though they employ a great many people in the states.

If this one doesn't go that way, I'd be surprised.. but, most of the "What type do you buy" threads go in to the debate of support local workers and just devolve in to flames.

Plus the statement in the OP's message is conflicting.. I don't buy Foreign (listing Honda) -- Well, that's domestically made... But, I buy American like Chevy/Dodge ... well, some of those are made out of Country..