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« on: May 12, 2006, 08:10:50 pm »

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB114731076341249773-HGAy7lJ09H_wFrUq6whlcBMUBXo_20060609.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top

"A presentation by Farmington Hills, Mich., research company CSM Worldwide, show only 65% of the content of a Ford Mustang comes from the U.S. or Canada. Ford Motor Co. buys the rest of the Mustang's parts abroad. By contrast, the Sienna, sold by Japan's Toyota Motor Corp., is assembled in Indiana with 90% local components."

"There's more than a little irony in this, considering Ford has launched a campaign to regain its footing with an appeal to patriotism"

Another interesting quote:

"Next year, the staid Toyota Camry will undergo the ultimate rite of passage by entering the most prestigious circuits of the National Association of Stock Car Racing."

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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2006, 11:58:49 am »

It's amazing what prejudice lies beneath a badge.
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« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2006, 01:21:21 pm »

Some of those parts must have come from Mexico and should have been included since we have NAFTA for that reason.
Still Toyotas at 90% must smack the big three.
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« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2006, 11:42:45 pm »

Here I though how can a British Girl with a last name of Miller be more American than a Wild Mustang?



Sorry, got it wrong, never mind.  Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2006, 05:06:30 pm »

So people who buy certain Japanese cars assembled in North America are impostors?....Ohhh the horror.
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« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2006, 01:19:05 am »

Here I though how can a British Girl with a last name of Miller be more American than a Wild Mustang?



Sorry, got it wrong, never mind.  Smiley





She is HOT


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