Just a few statistics I ran across in a magazine article I thought I'd throw out as food for thought:
PT Cruiser----Built in Mexico.
Nissan------Controlled by Renault, which is partly owned by the French government. They have a design studio in SoCal and a plant in Mississippi.
Rolls Royce----Built by BMW. (They also build the Mini)
Saab------a GM subsidiary.
Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover (the Range Rover is BMW powered), Mazda (part owner) ------owned by Ford.
Ford-----built in Canada and Mexico.
Honda------built in ohio.
Toyota----built in Kentucky (and soon to open a truck plant in Texas)
Daimler Chrysler-----yes, Mercedes owns Chrysler.
Chrysler Crossfire-----built in Germany by D/C.
Pontiac GTO-----built in Australia by a GM subsidiary.
BMW Z4------built in the U.S.
Mazda, Subaru, Izusu, Mitsubishi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz also have U.S. plants.
Last year GM, Ford and Chrysler imported components worth over $20 billion from Mexico. This makes it likely that cars from the big 3 have more foreign made parts than foreign cars built here in the U.S.
Can you say "Global Economy"? I guess the bottom line is that all these cars being sold, regardless of where they're built, create jobs for the people that sell them, service them, insure them, etc.
PT Cruiser----Built in Mexico.
Nissan------Controlled by Renault, which is partly owned by the French government. They have a design studio in SoCal and a plant in Mississippi.
Rolls Royce----Built by BMW. (They also build the Mini)
Saab------a GM subsidiary.
Volvo, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Land Rover (the Range Rover is BMW powered), Mazda (part owner) ------owned by Ford.
Ford-----built in Canada and Mexico.
Honda------built in ohio.
Toyota----built in Kentucky (and soon to open a truck plant in Texas)
Daimler Chrysler-----yes, Mercedes owns Chrysler.
Chrysler Crossfire-----built in Germany by D/C.
Pontiac GTO-----built in Australia by a GM subsidiary.
BMW Z4------built in the U.S.
Mazda, Subaru, Izusu, Mitsubishi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz also have U.S. plants.
Last year GM, Ford and Chrysler imported components worth over $20 billion from Mexico. This makes it likely that cars from the big 3 have more foreign made parts than foreign cars built here in the U.S.
Can you say "Global Economy"? I guess the bottom line is that all these cars being sold, regardless of where they're built, create jobs for the people that sell them, service them, insure them, etc.