Do you know just how American your car is?
Cars.com recently released their American-Made Index (AMI), a ranking that recognizes cars built in the US consisting of at least 75% of American-made parts.
The 2011 Toyota Camry – consisting of more than 80% American-made parts – was ranked number one, outperforming the biggest American automotive brands. Assembled in Georgetown, KY and Lafayette, IN, it takes the top spot for the second year in a row.
Toyota’s large Tundra pickup, built in San Antonio, TX, and the Sienna van, from a factory in Princeton, IN, also made the top-ten list.
While people consider full-size pickup trucks quintessentially American, the Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado and MC Sierra missed the list this year. The F-150 is assembled in the U.S., but its proportion of domestic parts fell to 55%. In previous years it had a domestic parts content of around 80%.
The Silverado and Sierra also used to be on the list regularly, but now their production is split between factories in the U.S. and Mexico. The latest models have only about 65% of their content from the U.S.
Cars.com’s American-Made Index rates vehicles built and bought in the United States. Factors include sales, origin of parts and whether the car is assembled in the U.S.
Cars.com disqualifies models with a domestic parts content rating below 75%, models built exclusively outside the U.S. or models soon to be discontinued without a U.S.-built successor.
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