I'm always very intrigued by the Cars.com American-Made Index every year -- and the fact that it's rarely a Detroit 3 truck that tops the list. This year, for the third year in a row, the Honda Ridgeline was dubbed the most American truck. Does that sit well with you? How about the fact that the Toyota Tundra is "more American" than the Ford F-150.
You can dig into the story and the AMI full list, but the crux of the survey looks at how many American jobs and parts are created with the build of the truck -- so it has to do with final assembly location as well as parts and labor. So, do you think it's more American for a foreign automaker to build, design and source the truck in America (thus creating more jobs) or for an American automaker to source and build the truck outside of America but bring the revenue home?
You can dig into the story and the AMI full list, but the crux of the survey looks at how many American jobs and parts are created with the build of the truck -- so it has to do with final assembly location as well as parts and labor. So, do you think it's more American for a foreign automaker to build, design and source the truck in America (thus creating more jobs) or for an American automaker to source and build the truck outside of America but bring the revenue home?
American-Made Index 2024: How American is your truck?
Every year, the folks at Cars.com push out the American-Made Index, ranking vehicles on how American they are. The results are always surprising.
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