On Nov 21, 2005, at 1:52 PM, <
vodhner@cox.net> <
vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
> BTW, this was built in Fremont CA, so I "bought
> American". Of course I could have bought something
> built in Detroit with Japanese parts . . . So if
> you want to "buy American", you need to study the
> whole "domestic content" issue.
>
That's one thing I've wondered about for years but could never find
an answer to: how much of the money for any given car goes to a
particular country? If I buy a Honda Accord which is built in KY or
TN or somewhere around there, how much of that money stays in the US
and how much goes back to Japan? Flip that with a Ford Fusion which
is built in Mexico. What's the percentage there?
I'm not surprised that those numbers aren't readily available since
there would be so many factors. If, say, an Accord was assembled in
the US but all of the parts were produced in Japan, then that might
skew the numbers in one direction. But what if the designers were in
the US and the engine itself was built here... it skews the other
direction. And that's not even counting the static costs like
shipping, sales and marketing (all of which are necessarily local).
Still, it would be very interesting to see some estimates, at least.
If I spend $X on car Y, how much of that money stays in the US?
Kurt
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