Toyota Named Official Car of NHRA

[jwsamuel]

Originally Posted by Ed Fernandez

Get real Harry.In todays world these Japanese companies are just as much American as the former Big Three.Most of their upper level designers are American.The sad part is that corporate profits go back to Japan.It's like the old cliche,if the American cars were the best most Americans would have bought them.

To me, the definition gets murky sometimes. In the 1980s, I drove a Plymouth that was made in Japan. I sold it and got a Honda that was made in Ohio. I now drive a Toyota that is made in Kentucky and has the highest domestic parts content of any car sold in the USA. On the other hand, Chrysler is an Italian company now. GM and Ford made a large part of their revenue in Europe. Buick is a big seller in China - sells four times as many cars in China as in the USA. Ford and GM build cars in Mexico and Canada, as well as the USA.

It gets confusing.