Eugene Nine wrote:
Add in all the accounts, project manager, supplier
managers, designers, engineers, technical writers, managers, QA testers,
etc, etc, etc and you begin to realize that the home country of the maker
is where the most of the wages are paid.

This isn't the whole picture though.

Consider something like the Mazda3/Ford Focus C-Max/Volvo S40/V50.

This is a joint venture where the cars were designed jointly and share
40% of the parts, the Focus will be built in Germany, the Volvos in
Belgium and the Mazda 3 in Japan.

Ford contributed metallurgy techniques and suspension tuning, Mazda
contributed engineering prowess and "zoom-zoom", and Volvo contributed
towards the safety aspects.

Do any of these vehicles count as "American"?

Chris