MADE IN AMERICA????????

[Powerhouse]

Hello all,

This is just as a personal curiosity.
I am conducting a study on the American Brand Vs. Foreign Brand Automobile's numbers in the U.S.A. This is a question of brand preferance, well what you drive anyway.

I have noticed, while sitting in traffic every day, the overwhelming numbers of foreign cars on the road. I find myself surrounded by Foreign brand cars... it is a rarity to see an AMERICAN brand car on the road. I live on Long Island which is east of Manhattan.

PLEASE TAKE A COUPLE OF SECONDS to Participate in this poll. Make your selection based on your DAILY DRIVER. Please reply with which state you reside in.

I am also asking co workers, family, etc. to participate in a similar poll. Thanks kindly.

 

[Big Man]

I have a 1965 ford Custom 500 that was left to me when one of my aunt's passed away back in 1983. My every day "work" vehicle is a '99 Chevy Taho. I've never owned an new car.

 

[Senator Jack]

1966 Ford Mustang - bought used and rebuilt daily.

 

[LizzieMaine]

I've owned one domestic car in my life -- a '74 Ford Galaxie I inherited from my grandmother, and it had a really good radio in it. That was the only good thing I remember about it. One sub-zero winter night I was driving along the interstate and the driveshaft fell off, and that was all she wrote. Not a pleasant memory, that car.

Since then I've owned three different Volkswagens, all used, and all driven into the ground, and now a Toyota Corolla, also used. I don't expect ever to own a new car.

My grandfather swore by Chevrolets -- he drove a '36 Chevy sedan for over twenty years.

 

[Barry]

Volvo S40 T5 (2005)

I am partial to Volvo. During my senior year in high school someone in a Ford Escort ran a red light and hit my mom's Volvo station wagon. My mom's car flipped over and the fire department used the jaws of life to get my mom out of the car. Of course they put her in a stretcher for safety precautions but she walked away without any problems (other than being shaken up a bit).

Barry

 

[scotrace]

For they sing a song as they roll along...

1994 Olds 98.
1996 Olds 88.

Both bought used in Ohio.
As soon as I can, they get replaced with something German. If GM can't make money on a great line like Oldsmobile, they can go pee up a rope.

The Japanese/German cars I have owned gave me hundreds of thousands of miles of service. The domestic cars I have owned all had some major issue that doomed them to die at under 150,000 miles - except Oldsmobile, and they have been killed off.

 

[The Captain]

Chevrolet has been good to me!

I have three vehicles. The first, a '72 Chevrolet pickup that I bought new, the second, a '82 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta, also bought new, and third, a 1994 Chevrolet Blazer (full size) that was bought new - we lived in a rural area and needed it at the time. They all are maintained, but I usually drive the '72. We have a lot of history together.

 

[Doctor Strange]

I live in NY, and I drive a domestic. I always have - Dodges, Buicks, Chevrolets. It's one of the obvious ways in which I'm totally out of sync with my generation...

 

[raiderrescuer]

Made in America...

Just because it's a domestic doesn't mean "Made in the USA"...
The "American" Ford I had was built in Mexico but the "Japanese" Subaru I had was built in Ohio. Go figure !!!

At least my current vehicle -a Jeep was built mostly (83% by the sticker) in the US.

 

[Blackgrass]

Ha....I too have a 94 Olds 98! I got it when my grandfather passed away....it was the car he used to take Grandma to church in on Sundays so she didn't have to ride in the farm truck. It really has been a pretty good car....but I need to get the headliner fixed! It has the best feature you can possibly get on a new car these days......the title! lol

1994 Olds 98.
1996 Olds 88.

Both bought used in Ohio.
As soon as I can, they get replaced with something German. If GM can't make money on a great line like Oldsmobile, they can go pee up a rope.

The Japanese/German cars I have owned gave me hundreds of thousands of miles of service. The domestic cars I have owned all had some major issue that doomed them to die at under 150,000 miles - except Oldsmobile, and they have been killed off.

 

[Section10]

90 Dodge pickup. It's way too new, but it's all mine (such as it is).
I had a 76 Subaru once which I didn't like and two old VWs. A 63 Beetle and a 66 fastback something or other. They were both alright. The fastback had a gas heater that sounded pretty scary whenever it lit up.

 

[Powerhouse]

Just because it's a domestic doesn't mean "Made in the USA"...
The "American" Ford I had was built in Mexico but the "Japanese" Subaru I had was built in Ohio. Go figure !!!
US.

True...thanks for the input.

 

[ortega76]

We live in IL and we drive a Ford Aerostar minivan and use public transportation. I also own a Honda Metropolitan scooter. We've owned foreign and domestic cars between my wife and me. The next car we get will most likely be foreign. Mostly, it's a style/amenities and gas mileage kind of thing.

 

[J. M. Stovall]

I drive a 2000 Honda Accord (bought used) that was probably built at the Marysville, Ohio plant.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

Volvo S40 T5 (2005)

I am partial to Volvo. During my senior year in high school someone in a Ford Escort ran a red light and hit my mom's Volvo station wagon. My mom's car flipped over and the fire department used the jaws of life to get my mom out of the car. Of course they put her in a stretcher for safety precautions but she walked away without any problems (other than being shaken up a bit).

Barry

I love the S40 T5. I have a 2002, in silver. I bought it new, and love it. It drives great. But you have the new body style, which is sooo cool, and also very safe. I've got the car bug again. I really want a new one. But I hardly drive, so I can't justify a big car payment. I don't even have twenty thousand miles on my car yet. I probably should get a job first too, before I go and by a new car
I have only owned one domestic car in my life, a 1995 Saturn SI2. It was a great car, drove it all the way from Boston to Savannah, Georgia and was very comfortable. It was a little car with a lot of pep. I even stopped at a saturn dealership in Georgia before my trip home, and they not only changed my oil for free, but fed my friend and me lunch and left jellybeans and mints on the seats. Very very good customer service. But I have to say this. Saturn boasts great prices and no haggle. To add any acoutramants to your car the price goes way up. So, at the end of my lease, I decided I could spend the same money on a different brand.

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

1966 Ford Mustang - bought used and rebuilt daily.

You and my dad should talk. He's spent many years of his life rebuilding quite a few different 66 Mustangs. My favorite, a 66 baby blue convertible with white and blue leather interior. One of the cars I learned to drive on.
I've seen your ride, it is beautiful

 

[Harp]

Cars

A Pontiac Sunbird until it fell apart.

The Rock Island commuter train, a passenger 'car' made in Japan.

My sister's Honda Accord (made in Kentucky); until a Chicago cop
tried to ticket it to a police pound lot for a relatively minor traffic
offense, which I successfully argued was lawful, so escaped more
severe 'sister-punishment,' and learned my lesson.

Now take the CTA/Subway system cars.

 

[Haversack]

Aside from the problem of many cars today being built in countries other than that of their brand, the question of what is foreign and what is domestic can vary with what country you live in. The first three cars I owned were purchased while I was living in Germany. Ergo, the 1968 BMW 1602 and the 1972 BMW 1802 could count as domestic. Then of course one can buy a Ford in the UK and a Ford in the US and they are both domestic. Similarly, one can buy an Opel in Germany, a Vauxhall in the UK, a Holden in Australia, and a Buick in the US and they are all General Motors. I do not mean to monkey-wrench the survey but automobile brand and sourcing is pretty convoluted.

Haversack.
(currently owning a Japanese mark minivan built in the USA and purchased new.)

 

[Marc Chevalier]

A 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser. American, but probably assembled in Mexico with Japanese parts [huh]

.

 

[Twitch]

1996 El Dorado Touring Coupe bought in 1998
1973 Camaro Z-28 bought new
1950 Packard acquired in 2004

The last foreign car I owned was my 1963 Volvo 122S sold in 1982 which was more American in feel than any of japanees cars. Only other non-American car ever owned was a 1960 Triumph TR-3 which was a perfect example of the English junk of the era. Broke down all the time:rage: