Tony Raines - These Are The 5 Most American Cars

Republican White House hopeful Rick Santorum had his or her "Made inside USA" plan messaging adorning this cover in addition to district systems involving Tony Raines ' No. 26 Ford Fusion from the Daytona 500.

"NASCAR and also the Daytona 500 are related to when American as possible get, plus it's good that will possess my advertising campaign manifested by means of one of these simple extraordinary machines," Santorum said from a press release. "The battle quick may be a amazing custom in which we're energized becoming a portion of as we spread our message. I like how Tony Raines converted a number of heads previous quick together with his being approved run, as well as we'd love to continue rotating heads, too. I feel we've been together searching for some sort of win in the end."

The trouble with the Santorum campaign, though, is the fact nobody looks to acquire recommended that marketing campaign the fact that Fusion is really designed within Ford's Hermasillo, Mexico factory.

The North American Free Trade Act, in addition to an progressively more international economic system along with auto industry, has made them challenging regarding politicians, since effectively because consumers, to cleanly have fun with your "Buy American" card. Indeed, a great yearly analyze by Cars.com ranking cars seeing that "most American", based on their parts content, place the Georgetown, Kentucky-built Toyota Camry atop their checklist intended for 2011. The runner-up seemed to be the particular Marysville, Ohio-built Honda Accord.

The Santorum push company failed to answer AOL Autos' enquiries from media time.

Not just are usually individuals Camrys a built in U.S. factories, nonetheless many people have most of their articles sourced from U.S. dealers as well as plants; additional therefore than many cars created by General Motors, Ford in addition to Chrysler.

The great news for any "Buy American" herd would be that the 2013 all-new designed regular-petrol powered Ford Fusion will probably be built-in Flat Rock, MI, as the crossbreed version will keep on to become built-in Mexico.

Cars.com's yearly American-Made Index standing the actual most-American vehicles according to number of their parts which are produced domestically, in which there're built and exactly how many are sold to U.S. buyers.

Here is also the major several "most American" cars, as outlined by your 2011 Cars.com study: