#1 American Made Index - Toyota Camry

[diddiyo]

uuuh this is gonna be a tough pill to swallow for some folks on this board.

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/06/30/t...an-made-index/

Cars.com has once again published its annual American-Made Index that rates vehicles built within the United States based on their sales and percentage of domestic parts content.

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The Ford F-150 has lost its top ranking in the American-Made Index for the first time since Cars.com began producing the list back in 2006. The new No. 1 is – gasp – the Toyota Camry.

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General Motors placed the Chevrolet Malibu, Silverado and GMC Sierra, while Ford had the aforementioned F-150, and list newcomer Ford Taurus, which enjoys the highest domestic parts content of 90 percent. No Chrysler vehicles made the top ten, although one Honda did

[Supermans]

This is not surprising..The Camry is a great car..

[CajunCamaroChic]

Yes it is, and I'll hate to see mine go. It is an LE with dual leather, DVD, darker tinted windows, similar to the Camaro, wood grain details and custom grille. Would love to keep it and may do that, but not sure yet. It's my second one, dependable and great gas mileage.

[MuscleCarz]

This "American Made Index" is

What the hell does sales have to do with being made in America.

From the Cars.com article:

Make/Model Domestic-parts content Assembly location

Ford Taurus 90 percent Chicago
Lincoln MKS 85 percent Chicago
Toyota Sienna 85 percent Princeton, Ind.
GMC Savana 1500 82 percent Wentzville, Mo.
Chevrolet Express 1500 82 percent Wentzville, Mo.
Buick Lucerne 81 percent Detroit
Chevrolet Malibu 80 percent Kansas City, Kan.
Honda Odyssey 80 percent Lincoln, Ala.
Toyota Avalon 80 percent Georgetown, Ky.
Toyota Tundra 80 percent San Antonio
Toyota Venza 80 percent Georgetown, Ky.

[diddiyo]

Originally Posted by MuscleCarz

This "American Made Index" is

What the hell does sales have to do with being made in America.

if a car is using less american parts, but sells better than a car with more american parts it can still make up for it (american parts in total) i guess.