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Domestic Bliss
> A LOOK AT WHAT’S “MADE IN AMERICA.”

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ontrary to popular belief, America still builds cars—a lot of them. Nearly 8 million cars and trucks came out of U.S. plants last year. Step back and look at the entire North American continent, and production adds up to more than 12 million units. But even if a vehicle is made by an American company by American workers, it’s not necessarily an American car, at least according to our government. By Uncle Sam’s reckoning, if 75 percent (by value) or more of a car’s parts come from the U.S. or Canada, it’s considered a domestic product; less than that, and it’s not. The maps here tell you not only where your North American–made car is built, but just how American it really is.

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2010 North American Automobile Production

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Annual Production
Less than 10,000 vehicles 10,000 - 50,000 50,001 - 100,000 100,001 - 150,000 150,001 - 200,000 200,001 - 250,000 250,001 - 300,000 More than 300,000

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LAFAYETTE 31 32 33 34 PRINCETON
CANADA MEXICO 2,084,911 2,319,564 7,806,394

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U.S./Canada over 75% U.S./Canada under 75%

SUBARU LEGACY SUBARU OUTBACK SUBARU TRIBECA TOYOTA CAMRY TOYOTA HIGHLANDER TOYOTA SEQUOIA TOYOTA SIENNA

N/A N/A 40% 80% 70% 80% 75%

43,791 108,686 5543 87,731 86,527 24,685 132,780

35 36 37 K A N SAS KANSAS CITY 38 39

2010 PRODUCTION 2011 U.S./CANADA PART CONTENT VEHICLE A L A BAMA LINCOLN 1 HONDA ACCORD 2 HONDA ODYSSEY 3 HONDA PILOT 4 HONDA RIDGELINE MONTGOMERY 5 6 7 VANCE 8 9 10 11 HYUNDAI ELANTRA HYUNDAI SONATA HYUNDAI SANTA FE MERCEDES-BENZ GL-CLASS 80% 75% 70% 70% 1% 40% N/A 1% 40% 10,992 119,580 121,330 20,180 75,000† 218,607 62,113 49,045 82,278 7378 N/A

UNITED STATES

GEORGIA WEST POINT 16 17 ILLINOIS BELVIDERE 18 19 20 CHICAGO 21 22 23 NORMAL 24 25 26 27 DODGE CALIBER JEEP COMPASS JEEP PATRIOT FORD TAURUS FORD EXPLORER LINCOLN MKS 73% 75% 75% 65% 85% 55% 80% 75% 70% 70% 67,586 34,412 66,427 83,053 120,000† 16,085 4462 1962 16,545 6406 HYUNDAI SANTA FE KIA SORENTO 40% 40% 80,000† 130,167

BUICK LACROSSE CHEVROLET MALIBU

57% 75%

73,480 235,956

K E N T U C KY BOWLING GREEN 40 CHEVROLET CORVETTE GEORGETOWN 41 TOYOTA AVALON 42 TOYOTA CAMRY 43 TOYOTA CAMRY HYBRID 44 TOYOTA VENZA LOUISVILLE 45 46 47 48 49 FORD EXPEDITION 2010 FORD EXPLORER FORD F-SERIES SUPER DUTY LINCOLN NAVIGATOR 2010 MERCURY MOUNTAINEER 75% 80% 80% 40% 75% 50% 90% 60% 50% 85% 15,791 40,155 253,098 17,151 61,290 51,295 85,407 200,384 9636 4564

MERCEDES-BENZ M-CLASS MERCEDES-BENZ R-CLASS N/A 2014 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS N/A CA L I FORNIA FREMONT (CLOSED APRIL 1, 2010; SOLD TO TESLA) 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA 2013 TESLA MODEL S 35% 50% N/A

12 13 FREMONT 14

63,318 27,495 N/A

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER MITSUBISHI GALANT MITSUBISHI ENDEAVOR

LO U I S I A N A SHREVEPORT 50 51 CHEVROLET COLORADO GMC CANYON 75% 75% 34,509 12,436

INDIANA FORT WAYNE 28 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 29 GMC SIERRA GREENSBURG 30 HONDA CIVIC 61% 61% 70% 214,842 89,837 95,116

D E L AWARE WILMINGTON 15 2014 FISKER NINA N/A 75,000*

M I C H I GA N > > S E E PAG E 22 M I N N ESOTA MINNEAPOLIS 52 53 FORD RANGER MAZDA B-SERIES 65% 65% 70,666 2395

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93 LORDSTOWN 68 CHEVROLET COBALT 69 CHEVROLET CRUZE MARYSVILLE N/A 45% 70% 75% 80% 80% 78% 79% 91,796 180,000† 20,550 35,294 284,717 27,562 64,411 144,685 M E X I CO AGUASCALIENTES 94 NISSAN SENTRA 95 NISSAN VERSA CUAUTITLAN IZCALLI 96 CUERNAVACA FORD FIESTA

19% 13% 10% 13% 60% 20% 25% 20% 9% 8% 7% 11% 8%

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ACURA RDX ACURA TL HONDA ACCORD DODGE NITRO JEEP LIBERTY JEEP WRANGLER/UNLIMITED

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97 NISSAN VERSA EL SALTO, JALISCO 98 HERMOSILLO 99 100 101 PUEBLA 102 103 104 105 106 HONDA CR-V FORD FUSION MERCURY MILAN LINCOLN MKZ

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SOUTH CARO L I N A LADSON 103 106 104 76 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER SPARTANBURG 77 78 79 BMW X3 BMW X5 BMW X6 N/A 5% 30% 25 % 7276 15,081 96,131 42,616

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M I SS I SSIPPI CANTON 54 55 56 57 M I SSOURI KANSAS CITY 58 FORD ESCAPE 59 2010 MERCURY MARINER 60 MAZDA TRIBUTE 61 FORD F-150 WENTZVILLE 62 63 OHIO AVON LAKE 64 EAST LIBERTY 65 66 67 FORD E-SERIES N/A N/A 65% 60% 121,471 33,200 16,800 196,743 CHEVROLET EXPRESS GMC SAVANA 65% 70% 50% 60% N/A 80% 275,646 25,050 9273 126,586 69,328 21,688 NISSAN ALTIMA NISSAN ARMADA NISSAN TITAN NISSAN NV 60% 45% 50% N/A 171,216 26,260 28,022 N/A

TENNESSEE CHATTANOOGA (OPENS LATE 2011) 80 SMYRNA 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 TEXAS ARLINGTON 88 89 90 91 CADILLAC ESCALADE/ ESCALADE ESV CHEVROLET SUBURBAN CHEVROLET TAHOE GMC YUKON/YUKON XL TOYOTA TACOMA TOYOTA TUNDRA 65% 65% N/A 65% 35,446 58,889 101,499 86,195 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT NISSAN ALTIMA NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE NISSAN FRONTIER NISSAN MAXIMA NISSAN XTERRA NISSAN PATHFINDER SUZUKI EQUATOR N/A 60% 60% 50% 55% 50% 50% 50% 150,000* 79,345 24,530 48,658 71,776 27,180 29,785 1979

VOLKSWAGEN JETTA VI 2010 VOLKSWAGEN JETTA V VOLKSWAGEN JETTA SPORTWAGEN VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE VOLKSWAGEN NEW BEETLE CABRIOLET CADILLAC SRX CHEVROLET HHR

RAMOS ARIZPE 107 108 SALTILLO 109 21% 37% 70% 76,589 72,892 117,773

DODGE RAM 1500/2500/3500/4500/5500 CHEVROLET AVEO CADILLAC ESCALADE EXT CHEVROLET AVALANCHE CHEVROLET SILVERADO GMC SIERRA TOYOTA TACOMA DODGE JOURNEY FIAT 500

SAN LUIS POTOSI 110 SILAO 111 112 113 114 TIJUANA 115 TOLUCA 116 117 CO N T I N U E D > > 2% 65% 65% 61% 61% N/A 38% 11% 55,141 2649 26,956 162,141 80,594 53,829 128,203 25,000†

HONDA ACCORD CROSSTOUR HONDA ELEMENT HONDA CR-V

42,139 N/A 107,959 80% ONTARIO, CAN A DA > > S E E PAG E 22

SAN ANTONIO 92 93

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CONTINUED FR O M PAG E 21 2010 PRODUCTION 2011 U.S./CANADA PART CONTENT VEHICLE MICHIGAN DEARBORN 118 DETROIT 119 DETROIT FORD F-SERIES FORD F-SERIES CHASSIS 60% N/A 69% N/A 71% 65% 55% 76% 76% 40% 75% 65% 65% 75% 75% 75% 65% 75% 65% 84% 70% 84% 312,480 7143 100,000† 459 125,142 77,586 45,168 29,654 21,023 10,000† 74,414 60,688 4792 118,220 82,555 100,000† 75,000† 100,000† 75,000† 19,043 178,406 199,185 O N TA R I O ALLISTON 140 141 142 BRAMPTON 143 144 145 CAMBRIDGE 146 147 148 INGERSOLL 149 150 OAKVILLE 151 152 153 154 OSHAWA ACURA MDX ACURA ZDX HONDA CIVIC CHRYSLER 300 DODGE CHALLENGER DODGE CHARGER TOYOTA COROLLA TOYOTA MATRIX LEXUS RX350 CHEVROLET EQUINOX GMC TERRAIN FORD EDGE LINCOLN MKX FORD FLEX LINCOLN MKT 65% 65% 70% 73% 70% 70% 35% 65% 65% 66% 66% N/A 65% 65% 70% 66% 66% 77% 75% 75% 75% 80% 82% N/A 60% 63,859 4879 207,555 39,688 40,042 82,445 192,271 33,809 81,618 166,088 76,841 150,157 27,408 41,081 5961 94,433 14,434 177,772 52,148 31,765 12,088 130,845 165,594 15,686 151,031

120 DODGE DURANGO 121 DODGE VIPER 122 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FLAT ROCK 123 124 HAMTRAMCK 125 126 127 LANSING FORD MUSTANG MAZDA 6 BUICK LUCERNE CADILLAC DTS CHEVROLET VOLT

128 BUICK ENCLAVE 129 CADILLAC CTS/CTS WAGON 130 CADILLAC STS 131 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE 132 GMC ACADIA ORION TOWNSHIP 133 2012 BUICK VERANO 134 2012 CHEVROLET SONIC STERLING HEIGHTS 135 136 WARREN 137 138 WAYNE 139 CHRYSLER 200 DODGE AVENGER DODGE DAKOTA DODGE RAM 1500 FORD FOCUS

155 CHEVROLET CAMARO 156 CHEVROLET EQUINOX 157 CHEVROLET IMPALA ST. THOMAS 158 FORD CROWN VICTORIA 159 MERCURY GRAND MARQUIS 160 LINCOLN TOWN CAR WINDSOR 161 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY 162 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN 163 VOLKSWAGEN ROUTAN WOODSTOCK 164 TOYOTA RAV4

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