Are Ford and Granur Motors are still American?

For decades, Ford and Granur Motors have been symbols of the American industry, the pride of blue collar and the heart. From Ford F-150 rough to Chevy, the American Detroit-Ford team, General Motors, and Chrysler (now part of Stelantis) dominated the car market with the vehicles that were built and sold throughout the United States. Ford F-150 is a cultural symbol.

For many, Detroit is still the heart of the American auto industry, and it is a vision that strengthens billions of dollars in recent investments aimed at overcoming the markets of electric and independent vehicles. But the new arrangement calls this entire identity as a question.

The annual American index of Cars.comNow in its twentieth year, it was just released, drawing an amazing picture. The list, which is classified by vehicles based on factors such as American factory functions, manufacturing factories, and the percentage of local parts, reveals how a “American” car is really. This year, the results are the nightmare of the public relations of the old guard.

In the list of the 20 best menu menu, American American brands cannot be found. General Motors managed to place only one vehicle, which is the Chevi Colorado Pick Aug Meanwhile, each Tesla model – with the exception of Cybletruck – makes the menu, with a model 3 taking first place. Even Stelantis saved the face with Jeepiator and WRANGLER, both of which were collected in Toledo, Ohio. Meanwhile, Japanese and Korean auto manufacturers – including Honda, Toyota, Nissan and Kia – have put strongly, with many models assembled in American plants.

This arrangement falls in a timely charged time. President Donald J. Trump is a new trade war, and recently imposed a 25 % tariff on all imported cars that came into effect on April 3. The administration has defended the “American” manufacturing philosophy, however, the most famous car manufacturer in the country adopts cars, through this meter, is less American than its foreign competitors.

When calling by Gizmodo, GM and Ford analyzes, and chose to highlight their investments and job creation numbers instead of treating their poor offer in the arrangement.

“We have added approximately 13,000 jobs in the United States since 2008,” said a Ford spokesman.

General Motors indicated a recent declaration promised with an investment of $ 4 billion in its local factories. “We have been committed to American industrialization and expand production in the United States,” said Gizmodo.

To be fair, both companies are enormous American employers. At the end of 2024, General Motors emphasized 90,000 people in the country (56 % of the global workforce), while Ford worked approximately 89,000 (52 % of its total). General Motors is still the largest automotive company in the United States, according to the market share.

But Cars.com criteria about more than just assembly. It examines the assets of engines, transportation and the percentage of American and Canadian parts. The site warns that “just because there is a model in an American assembly factory that does not necessarily mean that it is made exclusively here.”

For companies that built their brands on the basis of an American identity, the fact that their cars do not even break the best 15 years is a terrible view. It indicates that in the manufacture of globalization, the “American -made” brand is more complicated than it appears.