Made in America- These Cars are the Most American

[ANTAUS]

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/12/05/most-american-cars-2022-kogod-rankings/

[rperez817]

Thanks ANTAUS. Here is the press release from AU's Kogod School of Business. 2022 Made in America Auto Index (american.edu)

 

As with the Cars.com American Made Index, the Kogod Made in America Auto index uses AALA data. The usual caveats apply. @iamweasel is very knowledgeable about these.

 

One unresolved issue in the Kogod Made in America Auto Index is score inflation for Stellantis products. The study gives Stellantis N.V. a 0.5 for the "HQ" criterion, when it should be 0.

Edited December 5, 2022 by rperez817

[akirby]

It’s horse hockey anyway.  Why would you count Canada but not Mexico?  Both are in North America.  And we’ve already discussed the sub assembly issue.

[rperez817]

28 minutes ago, akirby said:

Why would you count Canada but not Mexico?  Both are in North America. 

 

This is an artifact of AALA. AALA was introduced in 1992. The act combined U.S. and Canadian auto parts into the same metric on the basis of the Canada—United States Automotive Products Agreement signed in 1965. Mexico didn't have an equivalent to this until NAFTA took effect in 1994.

 

AALA should be amended to either:

1. Combine parts content from U.S., Canada, and Mexico into a single metric
2. Only consider U.S. parts content to be "domestic", those from anywhere else including Canada and Mexico are "foreign"

But neither of those actions have taken place. Probably best to repeal AALA because so few U.S. car buying customers care about it anyway.

[iamweasel]

43 minutes ago, rperez817 said:

 

This is an artifact of AALA. AALA was introduced in 1992. The act combined U.S. and Canadian auto parts into the same metric on the basis of the Canada—United States Automotive Products Agreement signed in 1965. Mexico didn't have an equivalent to this until NAFTA took effect in 1994.

 

AALA should be amended to either:

1. Combine parts content from U.S., Canada, and Mexico into a single metric
2. Only consider U.S. parts content to be "domestic", those from anywhere else including Canada and Mexico are "foreign"

But neither of those actions have taken place. Probably best to repeal AALA because so few U.S. car buying customers care about it anyway.

 

Oh boy, don't poke the bear by bringing AALA back into the conversation.  One of my most hated things in the auto industry.