Supporting local workers was easy when your grandpa was buying his first set of wheels. Cars from the Detroit big three were called “domestics” and guaranteed to have been built in North America, while “foreign” or “import” cars’ overseas origins were given away by their weird EuropeanBut these days your domestic is just as likely to have been made in China and your import might actually have been born in South Carolina, while components bought in from overseas might make one U.S.
Conversely, the Lincoln Corsair, which languished in 44th place in the 2021 table, takes top spot in this year’s study thanks to the majority of its components coming from either the U.S. or Canada. Five of Tesla’s car make the top 10, including the Model 3 Long Range, which snags second place, pushing last year’s #2-ranked car,