parts not 92% U.S. parts while the 2006 Tundra is 80% U.S. or Canadian parts. The advantage does go to the Silverado but not by a whole lot. Additionally,
• 81% of the parts value in General Motors Corp. vehicles sold last year came from the United States or Canada, down from 87% five years ago and 91% in 1995.
• For Ford Motor Co., 82% of parts value was U.S. or Canadian-sourced, down from 87% in 2000 and 86% in 1995.
• Chrysler had the lowest total for a Detroit automaker at 76%, down from 80% five years ago and 89% 10 years ago.
Among the top three Japanese automakers:
• Toyota drew 75% of its parts value from U.S. or Canadian sources for the vehicles it made and sold in the United States last year, up from 57% in 2000 and 49% in 1995.
• At Honda, 68% of its North American vehicles' parts value was U.S. or Canadian. That was down slightly from 70% in 2000 but up from 47% in 1995.
• Nissan had the lowest total among Japan's Big Three at 57%, compared with 58% in 2000 and 42% in 1995.
That information is from the Detroit Free Press newspaper so I presume it to be accurate.
Having said all that, I'll once again point out this thread is to encourage membership in OOIDA, Highway Watch and Truckerbuddy. Any further debate on unions, parts content in vehicles etc. should be made in a thread specific to that topic. Let's try to stay focused on adding members to these organizations that work for us or allow us to work for our own good by the image we present. Thanks.
Leo Bricker, 73's K5LDB, OOIDA Life Member 677319
Owner, Panther trucks 5508, 5509, 5641
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