Is it American ?

[F Body]

Meet the latest full sized pickup truck in America.





It has just rolled off the line at a new production facility in San Antonio, Texas.
The facility took three years to build and cost $1.28 billion. At full capacity it can pump out 200,000 a year !

It's called the Tundra and it's made by Toyota

[55starchief]

I guess so, its a model only made for the usa and would guess that most of the parts are made in the USA aswell

[HardRockCamaro]

To be American, for me it must:

1) Be badged by an American parent comany
2) Be designed primarily for the American market
3) Ideally be built in America but I appreciate that doesn't always happen, eg the 4th Gen Camaro was built over the border in Canada.

[Cunning Plan]

its big enough...

[sixpack2639]

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

1) Be badged by an American parent comany

It's actually close mate. GM owns a fair chunk of Toyota. That's why the Chevy Malibu and the Toyota Corolla are virtually the same car. They rolled off the same assembly line!

[ianjpage]

Hmm tough one to call yes in one sense as it "made in america" but no in another cos toyota aint really an american brand......

[Roadkill]

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

To be American, for me it must:

1) Be badged by an American parent comany
2) Be designed primarily for the American market
3) Ideally be built in America but I appreciate that doesn't always happen, eg the 4th Gen Camaro was built over the border in Canada.

Ditto.

But saying that nowadays nothing is 100% American or 100% British.

It's all a mish-mash of foreign and "domestic" parts.

[F Body]

Quoting: Roadkill

But saying that nowadays nothing is 100% American or 100% British.

It's all a mish-mash of foreign and "domestic" parts.

Probally the nearest you can get to a " domestic "  product in America or a European country is the new Mini !
The Bodyshell and now the engine is made in Britian, a classic design, British badged with over 85% British part content...............

Made by BMW

[F Body]

Quoting: Roadkill

It's all a mish-mash of foreign and "domestic" parts.

What's really scary are the Chinese products, they are improving fast and some of the major manufacturers now claim 100% local content

[HardRockCamaro]

Quoting: F Body

The Bodyshell and now the engine is made in Britian, a classic design, British badged with over 85% British part content...............

But not British badged, parent company is German.