Vdogg

Cars: What It Means to 'Buy American'

For the record, the 300's "suspension" is based off an older Mercedes model. Not it's chassis. At the time having a Chrysler model that rides like a previous Mercedes model, at half the cost, just makes good sense considering that they were both "parented" by DaimlerChrysler Corp. Pretty sound economic use of engineering. Oh, the 300's and Challengers are also made in Canada which is in North America, not quite U.S. of America, so I'm not sure if you want to use that fact to sling some more sht around but since you seem to be such a good and knowledgable steward of American Industry and it's building practices, you are more than welcome to build your rhetoric with those ideas.


On Apr 09 11:31 PM Seamus42 wrote:

> The "real Yank" is an idiot. But lest anyone be deceived, these American
> companies may assemble cars in the US, but many of the parts come
> from outside the US. The Ford Fusion is based on a Mazda chassis;
> the Tarus on a Volvo chassis. At GM, the Saturn Aura is a German
> Opel as is the Solstice, and Sky; the Pontiac G8 is based on an Australian
> Holden. At Chrysler, the 300 is based on a 2 gen old E-Class Mercedes
> and that chassis is also the basis for the new Challenger. Oh, and
> the mini vans are made (assembled) in Canada.
> As I last knew, the Ford F-150 truck was the most American made product
> as determined by the UAW and that was about 95% US parts. In today's
> global economy there is no true "American car company"