But the Honda Accord is considered a domestic by the US Government. Itis built here for an obviously Japanese COmpany Michael VIN #02944 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx> wrote: > The enternal debate continues.... > > How you want to look at it is up to you. But technicly, for all legal > purposes, it is strictly an American car. > > Egineering is obviously British, but so is the assembly of the car, > because Northern Ireland is apart of the UK. In the same way that we > could claim that something made in Puerto Rico is "Hencho en U.S.A.". > But still, it's an American car, because of it's badge. > > Ok, let me explain. Chrysler is an American company, that happens to > build certain vehicles in Mexico, and in Canada. But becase the cars > are badged American, these are considered to be American cars. > Engineering heritage can not be used to contest this. Chevrolet > Prisms are nothing more than Toyota Corrolas, but we consider them > Domestics, because of their badge. Same with the Pontiac Firefly/Geo > Metro which are actually Suzuki Swifts. > > Plus, this works both ways. Nissans, and Toyotas built in Tennessee, > and Mississippi and still considered imports, even though they are > built by American workers. And a Mazda B series truck is considered > Japanese, even though it's just a Ford Ranger! > > To hell with Saturn's claim that they're the first new American car > company in the last 50 years. My new American DeLorean was pounding > the pavement long before Saturn prototypes were even put to paper! > > To call the DeLorean anything but American, is like claming the Yugo > GV is an Itallian thoroughbred, because it was designed by Giugiaro, > and uses a Fiat drivetrain. > > -Robert > vin 6585 "X" > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Robert Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> > wrote: > > I went to the italian Carfest in Grapevine Texas today, > > they would not let me put my car in because it is a "Italian" only > show. > > Which brings up a good question... > > What country is our car officially from? To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/