spoon059 wrote:06Fargo wrote:
What is a "domestic" pickup truck?
Either the F-150 or the Tundra... if you mean actually MADE in the USA...
http://www.edmunds.com/car-reviews/top-10/top-8-most-american-trucks-for-2013.html
Of course, in 2010 when I bought MY Tundra, it was the most American (USA, not including Canada) truck line. Ram made a specific model in the USA that had roughly the same American content, but the other 2 Ram 1500 models were made in Mexico.
You have that backwards Spoon, the only 1500 built at the Saltillo plant is the Ram 1500 Mega Cab due to the fact it is built on the 2500 frame, The rest of the 1500 trucks are built in Michigan. The Warren plant added a third shift and over 1000 employees.
Don
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/06/detroits-pickups-flunk-toyota-soars-on-american-made-list/1#.UoTSFLso7IU
Also, when you consider the amount of taxes paid per vehicle sold here (therefore money to the US Government) Toyota is pretty high up there too. When you consider payroll taxes on American employee's, Toyota is up there too. When you consider profits back to the manufacturer, Toyota sends a lot of that money back to Japan, but that isn't money that you or I would ever benefit from anyways... unless you owned stock in the company. Oh yea... when you consider stock, we can buy those in America too.
Sorry, not a tech guy... never knew how to do this url thing.
