Originally Posted by
cal50
Most vehicles have parts from various countries of origin, the key point is where is the company headquarters and most of its profits go and benefit. The "Big 3" GM, Ford and Chrysler all are American based companies and the bulk if their sales / revenue end up in North America operations in some fashion hopefully employing American workers that then in turn spends their wages in the local community and pays taxes. Even Harley Davidson has a smattering of Asian parts ( Showa shocks, carbs,electronics, etc).
I have owned a mix of GM and Ford vehicles and my current beater work car is a 2003 Focus wagon with 193,000 miles and a 2004 with 145,000. My retired Aerostar had 178,000. My 1991 GM 3/4 ton pickup went 180,000 without issue and my 1st new car was a 1979 Monty Carlo with the 267 V8 and was one of the best vehicles ever owned.
At one time the argument for Asian vehicle quality being better was statistically true but not today. Anyone that says or thinks otherwise is lying to themselves. A lot of vehicles use the same suppliers and are build VERY similar. Kudos to Ford for not taking the government bailout welfare that put them at an unfair market advantage against its competitors.