American Made?

Is your truck/car American made? Does it matter to you?

Hmmm....and I wonder where the Ram 2500/3500 is made? Evidently, not in the US.

If you drive a somewhat modern vehicle in America chances are pretty high it is not American Made. It may be American assembled or partially American assembled though.

I means nothing to me. I drive a Ram 1500 and I believe it is largely built/assembled in Mexico.

Some are only assembled in the USA. All are made with foreign made parts. Sad because I remember the days of US manufacturing. In the town I grew up in everybody wanted a job at a local factory. It was good jobs and pay. It has moved to Brazil and now is just a shipping center for its product. Only employs a couple dozen people and used to be around 500.

But hey we all enjoy cheap things...

Competition and capitalism go hand and hand.

Not going to call them junk, but I do not believe the cars that use to be all made in America etc. were better made vehicles either.

Here you go! Ram Truck

Guess that explains why the Ram costs less....or should I say cuesta menos?

Most American:

Jeep Wrangler, Wrangler Unlimited (Toledo, Ohio)
Jeep Cherokee (Toledo, Ohio and Belvidere, Ill.)
Ford Taurus (Chicago)
Honda Ridgeline (Lincoln, Ala.)
Acura RDX (East Liberty, Ohio)
Ford F-150 (Dearborn, Mich., and Claycomo, Mo.)
Ford Expedition (Louisville, Ky.)
GMC Acadia (Spring Hill, Tenn.)
Honda Odyssey (Lincoln, Ala.)
Honda Pilot (Lincoln, Ala.)

https://www.cars.com/articles/the-carscom-2017-american-made-index-1420695680673/

My Explorer was built in Kentucky

My Ram was assembled in Warren, Michigan, as I believe almost all American Ram 1500 models are. Made with about the same number of foreign components as other brands. Mine has been totally trouble-free in 16,000 miles. Can't say that for my 2013 Nissan Altima (also assembled in USA, with only a couple small issues), or my 2009 Honda CR-V (assembled in Mexico, tons of issues).

I do not know where 2500/3500 Ram models are assembled.

I really don't know, nor do I care, but the page linked above was last updated in 2017 and it indicates the 1500 ram regular and crew cabs are made in the same plant in mexico that the 3/4 and 1-tons are. Maybe they have more than one plant?

I know crawling around under around my truck I have seen some hecho in mexico stickers.

My Tundra was built in Texas

My old F250 was built in Canada.

Pretty sure my F450 was built in Mexico.

My F150, too.

My door sticker says "assembled in USA". I'm sure there are plenty of Mexican-made components.

Unions made US labor completely uncompetitive with the rest of the world. It also didn't help that US labor quality continually decreased as price increased.

Just found this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Trucks

Look at the "Production" section. Seems like as long as you don't have a Laramie or a regular cab, it's definitely assembled in Michigan.

Ha! good find

Now I can claim my truck is as American made as Samsonsworld's

Yeah, but mine made the 'most American' list.

Oooooooohhhhh aaaaaahhhhhh

LOL! I knew you'd be impressed.

I do think Ram uses a few more foreign components than other brands (something like 65% foreign components instead of 55%-60% IIRC).

I think all of the new trucks are pretty good. They're a far cry from the 90s Fords or early 2000s Dodges.

Amen to that.

Man I wish I could go back to '90's vehicles!

Granted my 94 chevy had crank windows, manual locks and a tape deck, but that truck was trouble free for the most part. Nothing broke on that truck that I couldn't fix.

My Jeep Wrangler (2012) may have been the "most American" made vehicle, but the Mexican made 3.6 (all three of them in 50k miles) that powered it sure was a piece of [censored]. Worst quality vehicle I have ever owned.

Can't argue. Not a fan, myself. Ford claims it's bring back the Bronco for 2020. I'd love to see it.

I used to buy Fords . Three new ones and not a single one made it 100K miles without having serious major issues( all through 90's ) . Switched to Toyota , still have both , one has 220K and the other 161K .
I work for tech companies that supply to all the various car manufacturer's . The two toughest companies to get a " part " qualified are Honda and Toyota . The easiest are the Korean car companies and Dodge/Chrysler/Fiat is also down at the bottom .
Start with good parts , have good designs and those are the cars that last longer . None of them are perfect .
Also , all the American car companies have been killed by old Union agreements . It makes it practically impossible to compete if Unions control your overall cost .

For me, it means everything to me regarding vehicles. Same with rods. Unfortunately I don't know of any BC reels made here but thankfully there are several in the fly fishing category that I can choose from.

Penn and Avet are USA made bait casters, but have no Bass model type reels.