american cars

[orionlion82]

if you are an automotive journalist writing about where cars are made

isnt it your job to know where they are made AND SOME geography?

cause ill be damed if the mexicans diddnt march right past texas and annex wayne michigan when i wasnt looking.

i allways wonder why i bother with that website...

http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/2....html#comments

[Lumadar]

Leave it to Edmunds to post something just before July 4th in an attempt to make America look bad. I guess they are keeping true to their ways

[MattZTS]

well the old focus was built in mexico. so they are only partially wrong. they didnt specify what year, but do have a picture of an 08.

[BUR_ZX3]

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but production of the new gen of Focus is scheduled for Mexico, no?

[DirtyFocusZX3]

They have an 08 long-term test focus. I believe the old focus hatch was made in mexico and the sedan in the US.

[MattZTS]

Originally Posted by BUR_ZX3

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but production of the new gen of Focus is scheduled for Mexico, no?

yes the next gen fiesta and focus are gonna be built in mexico.

all i found is it will be built in north america. so it may not be mexico, but if was gonna be built in michigan, i assume they would say that.

[orionlion82]

Originally Posted by Lumadar

Leave it to Edmunds to post something just before July 4th in an attempt to make America look bad. I guess they are keeping true to their ways

dont get me wrong they have useful things once in a while.

like when they cut journalists and california clarkson worshipipers out of the equation and hand random people keys and a notepad.
usefull and interesting.

and every now and then they say something usefull in a long term test.

but then theyve got the mexicans invading michigan here and there too. - and they do it for a living.
(the journalists)

[rejectZX3]

my focus says it was assembled in Wayne, MI

[whiteboyslo]

it'd be nice if he went into some detail as to how he defines being more 'American'. are we talking location of assembly, or the car most popular with the American public, or the most iconic to US way of life, or.....?

'cause if he talking location of assembly and the Pontiac G8 made the list, uhm................


Mike

[Lumadar]

Originally Posted by MattZTS

well the old focus was built in mexico. so they are only partially wrong. they didnt specify what year, but do have a picture of an 08.

you too are partially wrong, the "old" focus was built BOTH in the US and Mexico. Mine was built in the USA

[MattZTS]

true it depends on trim level. either way it doesnt bother me where cars are made.

[orionlion82]

Originally Posted by DirtyFocusZX3

They have an 08 long-term test focus. I believe the old focus hatch was made in mexico and the sedan in the US.

well if you want to define what "IS" is...in the article-

the focus IS not produced, born, hatchoed, squeezed or squirted out of anything in mexico. this is 2008.

SOME (the zx3 and SVT i think?) were or "was" if -were or was is your definition of "is" till the factory quit building them a year or two back. now you may have changed your mind if you thought that, in which case IS isnt and WAS was. my headache hurts. see?

but the sedans were allways from wayne and as far as i know ALL 08ts are (IS) US built only.

[wilko]

So Orion, what grade does the Edmunds article get?

[airforcefocus]

Originally Posted by MattZTS

yes the next gen fiesta and focus are gonna be built in mexico.

all i found is it will be built in north america. so it may not be mexico, but if was gonna be built in michigan, i assume they would say that.

The current plan is to convert the Louisville Explorer assembly plant over to small cars, and at the very least, some, if not all of the new Foci will be built there.

[orionlion82]

Originally Posted by wilko

So Orion, what grade does the Edmunds article get?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDVxPaSyuV8

you would think i wrote it! - but for the amount of money those writers get i would be ashamed to put my name on it if i did!

remember im just a monkey with a keyboard and this is their profession. they do this for a living.

[jinstall]

Man I can't beleive they forgot the Corvette. Nothing says American like the Corvette in any country I have been in. The Corvette has always been a symbol of the US.