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July 2, 2009
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Toyota tops “Made In America” list

Chicago, Illinois – Toyota has topped the rankings of Cars.com’s annual American-Made Index, which ranks the most-American vehicles based on percentage by cost of their parts made domestically, where they’re built, and their popularity among U.S. buyers. This year, the Toyota Camry dethroned the five-time winner, the Ford F-150.

Toyota also ranked 6th for the Sienna, 7th for the Tundra, and 10th for the Venza, giving the automaker the highest number of vehicles on the list. Detroit automakers claimed 5 of the 10 spots, a record low on the index.

“This year was unique for our index, to say the least,” said editor-in-chief Patrick Olsen. “The difficult sales environment and changes in cars’ domestic-parts content, both important factors in our index’s equation, played a huge role in how the rankings changed from last year.”

In keeping with the index methodology, Cars.com excluded any models scheduled to be discontinued without a clear successor, which excluded such models as the Ohio-built Chevrolet Cobalt, and all models from Pontiac, which previously ranked on the scale with its G6.

General Motors took three slots, with the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and Chevrolet Malibu, which had 80 per cent domestic parts content and steady sales.

The Alabama-built Honda Odyssey increased its domestic parts content to 80 per cent, while the redesigned Ford Taurus reached 90 per cent domestic parts content, the highest of any vehicle on the list.

In order, the top 10 were the Toyota Camry (built in Kentucky and Indiana), Ford F-150 (Michigan and Missouri), Chevrolet Malibu (Kansas), Honda Odyssey (Alabama), Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (Indiana), Toyota Sienna (Indiana), Toyota Tundra (Texas), GMC Sierra 1500 (Indiana), Ford Taurus (Illinois) and Toyota Venza (Kentucky).

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