Made In America?
Some of us remember back to days of yore (sometime in the early 90s) when buy American came back in a big way and ever since the media and the populace at large have started to fixate on the "Made In America" label. Today's entry comes from the liberal writer, Michael Tomasky, in The Guardian talking about hybrid cars, emphasis mine:
I'd prefer to buy American, but there just aren't many hybrid sedans. There are two I'm aware of: Ford Fusion and its more elegant brother, the Lincoln MKZ. They frankly don't have nearly as striking a profile as the Sonata. And they're both more expensive. The Sonata tops out around $30,000, while the Fusion can get up to $35,000 and the MKZ more like $44,000. Then of course there's the Camry, but it's not American of course, and Camrys are so boring. And I think that's about it for hybrid sedans.
First of all, as an American, I suppose it is his prerogative to want to purchase American but why not the camry? As far as I'm aware, camrys are basically 100% assembled in America now. Yes, Toyota isn't an American company but if everything about the car is American, then why should it not be considered Made In America?
To his credit, Tomasky isn't blinded by his desire to purchase American to the exclusion of everything else and seems to be headed towards the Hyundai Sonata by the conclusion of his piece, but even then, according to sonata's wiki entry, it's assembled in Alabama, so should it also be considered made in America?
I'd prefer to buy American, but there just aren't many hybrid sedans. There are two I'm aware of: Ford Fusion and its more elegant brother, the Lincoln MKZ. They frankly don't have nearly as striking a profile as the Sonata. And they're both more expensive. The Sonata tops out around $30,000, while the Fusion can get up to $35,000 and the MKZ more like $44,000. Then of course there's the Camry, but it's not American of course, and Camrys are so boring. And I think that's about it for hybrid sedans.
First of all, as an American, I suppose it is his prerogative to want to purchase American but why not the camry? As far as I'm aware, camrys are basically 100% assembled in America now. Yes, Toyota isn't an American company but if everything about the car is American, then why should it not be considered Made In America?
To his credit, Tomasky isn't blinded by his desire to purchase American to the exclusion of everything else and seems to be headed towards the Hyundai Sonata by the conclusion of his piece, but even then, according to sonata's wiki entry, it's assembled in Alabama, so should it also be considered made in America?