{"id":38,"date":"2007-03-07T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T04:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/07\/what-is-or-isnt-american\/"},"modified":"2007-03-07T21:38:35","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T04:38:35","slug":"what-is-or-isnt-american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoramblings.com\/blog\/?p=38","title":{"rendered":"What Is Or Isn’t American?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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by Lloyd Frazier<\/p>\n

After doing a lot of reading on the internet, magazines, newspapers, etc., it has become apparent that the measurement for what is or isn’t considered American made has been blurred. The globalization of manufacturing is widespread in many commodities. Automobiles probably are the most homogenized of all of them. Toyota has been closing the gap on the percentage of what is actually made in the US. GM and Ford is still edging Toyota out but only by a few percentage points. When you start to look at where all the money ends up however, all of Toyota’s profit goes back to Japan. That is what is significant. I read a very lengthy economic take on the global economy and many rebuttals to it. There are as many opinions on the economy as their are makes and models of automobiles. What struck me as odd was the fact that the world is making money off our debt load. Shouldn’t we be concerned about that? Shouldn’t American’s make their best effort to buy goods and services from American companies? You could state the case that General Motors is doing very well in Europe and China. They have a large stake abroad just like Toyota and a lot of other foreign automobile companies have a large stake in the US market. From the studies I have read regarding all of this, it looks like the companies that are staying strong are the ones that are spreading themselves around in the stable, emerging economies. So kudos to General Motors. We can be proud that they are really making a big comeback here and abroad. Now it is Ford’s turn to continue the hard fought battle, make the tough decisions and emerge strong. Chrysler is still being offered on the chopping block. There are a couple of large investment companies looking to sink their teeth into Chrysler. Daimler-Chrysler will probably be unloading it soon. I just hope there is some semblance of responsibility to make a great American moniker like Chrysler whole again and American owned. The buck needs to stop here in our own backyard. America needs to be the ingenuity leader in the automobile marketplace once again. There are some really great designs coming out of Detroit lately. We don’t want to lose that unique American flair in automotive design. Thats my story and I’m sticking to it.<\/p>\n

Lloyd, signing out…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Lloyd Frazier After doing a lot of reading on the internet, magazines, newspapers, etc., it has become apparent that the measurement for what is or isn’t considered American made has been blurred. The globalization of manufacturing is widespread in many commodities. Automobiles probably are the most homogenized of all of them. Toyota has been … <\/p>\n

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