Honda Dominates List of Most American-Made Vehicles

Washington DC June 22, 2018; The AIADA newsletter reported that the most American-made cars may not be made by the most American car brands, reports The Chicago Tribune. Honda makes four out of the top 10 most American-made vehicles of 2018, according to the annual report from Cars.com. "It's part of the globalization of automotive manufacturing," Cars.com Executive Editor Joe Wiesenfelder said in a phone interview.

"The brand on the vehicle isn't the only part of the equation of what makes it American." The Honda Odyssey, for instance, is built in Lincoln, Ala., and is made with 75 percent domestic parts. Compare it with Buick, which is considered to be as American as the red, white and blue in its badge: the Buick Envision crossover is manufactured in China with only 2 percent domestic parts, said Wiesenfelder. The most American-made car in the first quarter of 2018 is the Jeep Cherokee, manufactured in Belvidere, Ill. But Jeep is owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, an Italian company headquartered in London. Read the full report here.