Re: How much USA content in a Dakota?

From: Jack Hilton III (HEMI@charter.net)
Date: Tue Oct 27 1998 - 18:29:31 EST


Well , alot of Rams are made in Mexico , the Firebird/Camaro is no longer
made in California , but in Canada (Dad used to haul em from Cali.) .

At 06:01 PM 10/27/1998 EST, you wrote:
>Corey Meyer posted something to the effect of......
>
><< After all, Dodge and Dakotas are American, >>
>
>
>Just wondering as to how much US content there is
>in the Dakota? Are the wiring looms made in Mexico,
>the aluminum ore from South Africa, the rubber of the
>tires from Malaysia, etc.? Anybody still have the
>mfg. sticker that states the foreign content for their
>truck?
>
><< we will fly by 'em all in our big beautiful american
> Dakotas!>>
>
>Burning fuel from the Middle East shipped over here on
>tankers flying Liberian flags? The all-'merikan vehicle
>has gone the way of the hemi. I bet that almost half of the
>components on our trucks are either directly or indirectly
>foreign in origin.
>
>Now, my dad drove a Dodge truck and so do I but I realize
>that while Dodge is an American company and the vehicles
>are made here they are going to have some foreign content.
>Its a fact of life in today's world.
>
>~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
>Todd Hill
>VolksWerks Transaxles (VW!)
>Olympia, WA
>'94 SLT CC 4X4 (wishing for a V8 next time)
>
>
Jack Hilton

HEMI@charter.net



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