<VV> Country of Origin - Virtually No Corvair, but interesting

[ricknorris at suddenlink.net]

Well I certainly voted for him.
Early and often too!
--
Rick Norris
#36 Sunoco Corvair
www.corvairalley.com 

---- MSYVairs at aol.com wrote: 
> 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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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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