# How American are American cars?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 3, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-american-are-american-cars/342846 "2006-02-03T16:01:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-american-are-american-cars/342846/1 "2006-02-03T16:01:19Z")

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Detroit. Motor City. Home to GM, Ford and Chrysler. The last of which is actually owned by a consortium of international businessmen.

Toyota. Nissan. Honda. Asian cars built right here in North America by non-unionized good ol’ boys.

So how American are car manufacturers anyway, given that they’re all privately-traded companies? What can you point to at any given car company and say “That’s what makes them American?”

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-american-are-american-cars/342846/2 "2006-02-03T16:10:07Z")

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The parts for “American” cars are mostly made in Mexico.

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**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-american-are-american-cars/342846/3 "2006-02-05T23:32:23Z")

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Canada too. One of our more notable politicians, Belinda Stronach, is daughter to the guy who owns Magna.