Cars.com compiles data from research on American auto manufacturing every year and publishes comprehensive results.
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Tesla Leads the Way Among Top 20 Most American Vehicles
388 automobiles were compared for the American-Made Index’s 2023 generation (AMI).
Despite the large sample size, just 100 automobiles were selected as the majority of American automobiles, with Tesla topping the list and a significant number of foreign manufacturers closely trailing behind.
20 Most American Cars in Order
- Ford Model Y
- Model 3 Tesla
- Ford Model X
- S-model Tesla
- Subaru Passport
- Volkswagen ID.4
- Honda Odyssey
- Honda MDX
- Subaru Ridgeline
- Honda RDX
- Honda Civic
- Tundra Toyota
- Subaru Integra
- Honda TLX
- Honda Accord
- Franklin Corsair
- Kia K5
- Sequoia Toyota
- Corvette by Chevrolet
- Subaru Pathfinder
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SUVs Dominate the Top 100 List in the 2023 American-Made Index
As evidence of America’s insatiable thirst for these would-be wagons, 61% of the top 100 vehicles are crossovers or SUVs. In a customer survey conducted by Cars.com, it was shown that nearly half of all Americans intending to purchase a vehicle prefer SUVs.
Sedans are second, however, they only make up 19% of the list. No full-size American trucks made the top 10, while pickup trucks add 16% to the overall weight.
The only truck to genuinely enter the 10% is the Honda Ridgeline, which is closely followed by the Toyota Tundra a few positions below.
Two sports cars, the Ford Mustang, and Chevrolet Corvette, come last with 2% each. Two minivans are eventually available: the Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna.
Despite the fact that the study’s list of manufacturers is termed the American-Made Index, they are all over the world.
Roughly 25% of customers think that a company must have its headquarters in the US in order to significantly to the US economy.
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