Sorry Cars.com, Explorer Most American-made for 2011

Cars.com is misleading the American public again with their conceptually faulty “American-made Index” that was just recently published by the website for 2011 model cars. These rankings, which Cars.com promotes as the most American-made cars on the market, lists the Toyota Camry the #1 most American-made car for the second year in a row. That distinction should have rightly gone to the Ford Explorer. The Ford Explorer is made in Chicago, Illinois and has more domestic parts content than the Camry. In fact, the Explorer has the highest domestic parts content of any vehicle currently in production. That means it beats the Camry on this website’s list of most American-made vehicles.

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If You Only Buy One Thing Made in U.S.A., Make it Your Car

Without question, the most important time you can buy American is when you are purchasing a car. The reason for this is simple. A new car is second only to a home as the most expensive purchase many consumers make. According to the National Automobile Dealers Association, the average price of a new car sold in the United States is $28,400. That is a whole lot of money to be spent at one time on a single purchase. Choosing to buy American in this one critical instance has the same impact as buying hundreds of less expensive goods that are American-made. In short, when buying a car, this is the time when you can do the very most to help create American jobs by buying made in U.S.A.

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For Me, One Year Buying American is Just the Beginning

A year ago, I made a decision to start buying American. I don’t mean casually buying things made in the America from time to time, I mean buying nothing but goods made in the U.S.A. I decided to do this because I was concerned about the impact my purchasing decisions have on my neighbors, my community, and my country. I believe there is a strong connection between the general decline in access to good American jobs – as well as the decline of the American economy as a whole – and the purchasing decisions we each make every day. I figured, while I couldn’t turn the economy around all by myself, I could at least make sure I was doing my part to create jobs and get the economy going by buying American.

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