The city of Detroit has failed as big residential neighborhoods have become desolate DMZ's years ago because of the industries outsourcing. Made in Brazil, Japan, Indonesia, Malay, China, Mexico, etc. All the time getting tax incentives and recently tax dollar bailouts.
The Chevy Aveo, for example, is built in Korea with 1 percent domestic parts. Chrysler's recently discontinued PT Cruiser was built in Mexico, with a domestic-parts content of just 27 percent. Its GM doppelganger, the Chevy HHR, also hails from south of the border, with a domestic-parts content rating of 50 percent. Detroit's latest muscle cars, the 2010 Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, have a middling 60 percent domestic content, while their crosstown rival, the Dodge Challenger, comes in at 56 percent. Of the three, the Mustang is the only car built here; the Challenger and Camaro are assembled in Canada.
I guess the American muscle car ain't so American after all.
Re: Try this math...
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