<VV> Country of Origin - Virtually No Corvair, but interesting
MSYVairs at aol.com
MSYVairs at aol.com
Mon Nov 15 17:43:30 EST 2010
OOPS...
Unfortunately John is now their "Former"Mayor.
Lost the re-election bid for another term. Sounded like it was a bitter
battle.
Bill Hadley
Baton Rouge,LA
In a message dated 11/15/2010 1:10:55 P.M. Central Standard Time,
aeroned at aol.com writes:
Our Impala was built in Oshawa, Canada. I think that's OK since their
mayor is a Corvair owner (including one of those expensive Stingers) and a real
nice guy.
Ned
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From: Sethracer at aol.com
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Sent: Sun, Nov 14, 2010 10:59 pm
Subject: <VV> Country of Origin - Virtually No Corvair, but interesting
or reference not all Corvairs were built in the US. Canada, Switzerland,
exico, Denmark, Belgium and Venezuela all assembled Corvairs. All Corvair
ngines - except maybe that Porsche designed prototype (just kidding) -
were
made in the USA as were all stick and automatic transmissions. Just for
un, I checked the sticker from my wife's 2009 Saturn Aura. US built and
both
ngine and transmission of US origin. Cool! (Especially since both my wife
nd I are also of US origin) <grin>. - Seth
rom America On Line Autos - Written by Craig Howie
t used to be pretty obvious which cars were built in the U.S. (Detroit's
ig Three of Ford, GM and Chrysler) and which weren't (everything else).
hen in the 1980’s the Japanese started building cars here, which made for
ome interesting arguments about what constituted an “American” car. But
in
oday’s global economy, it's even harder to answer the question: Is your
car
ade in America?
any consumers looking to buy an American-built vehicle are having a hard
ime finding one that's assembled here with 100-percent American-built
omponents. That’s because it's actually impossible, at least if you’re
talking
about buying a car from the major carmakers.
ade In U.S.A. (Partly)
or example, while Jeep's Patriot may be built in Belvedere, Ill., its
ransmissions originate in Mexico, Japan and Germany. Similarly Ford's
ichigan-assembled Mustang may be as American as mom, Marines, and apple
pie,
ut
ts transmissions come from China, France, the U.K., and Mexico. Chrysler's
T Cruiser isn’t even built in the U.S. – it’s assembled in Toluca,
exico, though its transmission is U.S.-sourced. GM, meanwhile, builds its
hevy
amaro in Canada and its GMC Sierra pickup in Mexico.
onfusing? Yes. But that’s not the start of it. BMWs are now built in the
.S. and so are some Mercedes vehicles (in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and
ance, Alabama, respectively). With Japanese carmakers having established
ultiple assembly plants across the U.S. and American car companies
perating plants in Canada and Mexico lines are blurred further.
o what makes a car American? It's a rancorous debate that's sure to rumble
on, but consumers can make up their own minds based on information that’s
ppeared on the labels of every new car for sale for years. This states
here the vehicle was assembled and where the engine and transmission
riginated.
ark Birmingham, an industry analyst at the Center for Automotive Research,
said consumers who want to buy American primarily should look at where the
vehicle is assembled, as often that indicates a large presence not just in
manufacturing.
There is something to be said for buying a Detroit ‘Big Three’ label,”
e said, “in the sense that all of administrative, development and
hite-collar work is indirectly supported."
ho Builds What Where?
ord’s Fusion, Fiesta, and Lincoln MKZ models are built in Mexico, while
he Edge, Flex, Lincoln MKX, and Lincoln MKT are built in Canada. Other
orth American models are built in the U.S.
According to NHTSA documents provided to AOL Autos, Ford’s compact Focus
is
assembled in Wayne, Mich., with 90 percent of its parts sourced from the
.S. and Canada, but its transmission originates in Germany. While the
aurus is assembled in Chicago, Ill., about 65 percent of its parts are of
U.S.
origin. But its engine and transmission are both built in the U.S.
he F-Series pickup truck, that most iconic of domestic vehicles, is
ssembled in Kansas City, Missouri, and Dearborn, Michigan, but with just
55
ercent of parts made in the U.S. or Canada. More than 15 percent of its
parts
ome from Mexico, although all of its engines and both transmission systems
re built in the U.S. Some transmissions for the Mustang (assembled in
lat Rock, Michigan) come from China.
M vehicles assembled in Canada include Chevrolet's Camaro, Equinox and
mpala and the GMC Terrain, while vehicles built in Mexico include
Cadillac's
RX and Escalade EXT, Chevrolet's Aveo, HHR, Silverado, and GMC's Sierra.
M vehicles built in the U.S. include Buick's LaCrosse, Lucerne and
Enclave,
Cadillac's CTS, DTS and STS-V, Chevrolet's Cruze, Corvette, Malibu and
ahoe, and GMC's Yukon.
ccording to figures from IHS Global Insight, of the GM vehicles assembled
omestically, several Corvette engines are built in Canada, with several
ransmission variants originating in Mexico. Its Chevrolet Silverado
assembled in Fort Wayne, Indiana) carries U.S.-built engines across all
odels,
ut several transmissions are built in Mexico. For the Cadillac CTS
assembled
n Lansing, Mich., several engines originate in Canada and Mexico, and the
transmissions for various models in the CTS range come from Japan, France,
Mexico, and the U.S. Some engines for GM's Chevrolet Cruze, assembled in
ordstown, Ohio, come from Szentgotthard, Hungary.
hrysler says about 61 percent of the components it uses for its Chrysler,
odge and Jeep lines come from the U.S., while about 20 percent come from
exico and Latin America, about 10 percent from Canada and just under 10
ercent from the rest of the world. It maintains large production
facilities
cross the U.S., but also builds its 300 and Dodge Challenger and Charger,
n Canada, and the PT Cruiser in Mexico.
f the Big Three's foreign competition, Toyota, Honda, Hyundai and Kia all
roudly trumpet their domestic-built credentials. (Honda was the first
apanese carmaker to build a car plant in the U.S., in Marysville, Ohio.,
in
979, and more Honda vehicles are now built in the U.S. than in Japan.)
oyota builds its Camry and Avalon models in Georgetown, Kentucky, its
Sienna
nd Highlander in Princeton, Indiana, and has large plants in Huntsville,
labama, and San Antonio, Texas. Hyundai builds the Sonata and Elantra in
ontgomery, Alabama, and shares a plant in West Point, Georgia, with Kia,
which
recently celebrated the 100,000th Sorento rolling off that line.
issan and VW both have longstanding ties to Mexico, with plants in
guascalientes and Cuernavaca (Nissan) and Puebla (VW). Nissan assembles
its
mall cars like the Versa in Mexico and its larger truck and SUV lines in
myrna, Georgia. VW imports all its vehicles into the U.S., though it will
be
pening a new plant in Tennessee.
ercedes-Benz assembles its ML-, R- and G-Class vehicles in Vance, Alabama,
with a U.S./Canadian parts content of 62 percent, but both its engines and
transmissions are unsurprisingly sourced from Germany. BMW, meanwhile,
ssembles its X-series SUVs in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with mostly
German
componentry.
lectric carmaker Tesla's bodywork is completed by Lotus in England, and
hen shipped to California for assembly. It will jointly develop electric
ars with Toyota at the NUMMI plant in Northern California.
t's a little surprising that some excellent automotive products are born
f such a mix and muddle of production systems. But today's intertwined
lobal economy – and car market – ensures that no matter where it comes
from,
oday's cars mostly are built to high standards.
therwise, Americans wouldn't buy them.
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