American Vehicles?????

[crazyal]

Funny how Ford made the top spot and that's it for the top 10. Or that Toyota has 4 of the top 10 (2,5,7,10). What about the fact that half are made by Japanese companies or that GM, the largest US car company and just behind Toyota as selling the most cars worldwide, doesn't have a single vehicle in the top 5?

Here's a much better list. It's real fault is that when it lists percentages for parts used it combines the US and Canada. Just pick a year and list it by percentages.

Part 583 American Automobile Labeling Act (AALA) Reports | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

Sorry to tell you that the F150 is high up on the list but not at the top. Only 75% of the parts come from the US (and Canada). It's engine and transmission are US made and the final assembly is in the US so it's clearly got a lot of US in it. Unfortunately the American Automobile Labeling Act doesn't require companies to identify parts made in the US vs parts made in Canada, they just get lumped into one. I kind of thought we were two unique countries but I guess not in the eyes of congress.

 

[texasjohn]

I noticed he was from Australia, and just figured he wanted a argument. Why else would he care what the top seller in USA was or our dependence on foreign oil.

Don't think he was picking a fight, just stating facts and pointing out long standing problem with MPG from US perceived/branded vehicles.

 

[MacLawn]

The reason the F150 is a good seller is because that is what people want.. And the fact that the majority of it is made in the USA is a good thing. And the fact you don't have to be a farmer or a construction worker to own a Truck is a good thing too. Every truck that is made is providing jobs for the people that assemble the truck and the suppliers of all the components that go in it. And that is a good thing. I own stock in the Ford motor company. And that is a good thing.

I have an F150, and that is a GREAT thing! If I was rich here's what I'd do: buy a new F150, buy a new GM, buy a new Ram, then just for the heck of it, buy a new TEXAS made Tundra! Man, I love to dream! Now wouldn't that be fun? I'd drive a different one every day just for fun. Aw, what the Sam Hill, I'd just go ahead and buy about three of each makes, all with the different engines! E.g., 3.7, Ecoboost 5.0 for the Ford, etc., all the way through. Hep me hep me...

 

[SPIKER]

I own a F150, but in the last 3 years I have not put 8K miles on it... It is nto running all that great and getting 18 or less MPG, when it was tuned RIGHT I got 22MPG out of it un-loaded ave. It has the 300 6cyl & 5spd manual trans.

I would like a ECO Boost but cost way to much & Trucks are more profitable than cars so they push to sell them... Even acting like giving HUGE discounts still they are more profitable than a standard car or a mini-eco type car.

just a year or so away till the NEW models start coming out with Heavily increased MPG / EPA Mandated items that they have to go something like 45MPG+ or pay a gas guzzler tax.

I WISH they would bring over some of the small EU style Diesel Cars. VW dose a good bit but charge way too much vs payback. Need to have some Direct Injection Turbo Diesel 6 speed 4 banger RWD compact pickups getting 40MPG, now THAT would sell around here.

Mark