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Old 08-28-2009, 04:18 PM   #99 (permalink)
Rekna
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Originally Posted by flstf View Post
I believe all Subarus (the car we bought) are built in Japan.
Subaru of Indiana Automotive, Inc. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Looks at least some of the Subaru's are manufactured in Indiana.

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Honda Assembly plants:

List of Honda assembly plants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

4 in the US

Toyota - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Toyota has 5 major plants in the US.


The fact is even if the company is not in the US much of the labor and parts are in the US.

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And just because it is pertinent to the discussion here is a paper on vehicle production costs:

http://msl1.mit.edu/classes/esd123/vyas.pdf

I don't have time to go through this right now and see what % of a cars purchase price goes back into US hands but maybe someone else can.
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