Re: How much USA content in a Dakota?

From: Jon Steiger (stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 28 1998 - 14:49:13 EST


On Tue, 27 Oct 1998 McStyer@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 98-10-27 18:13:36 EST, you write:
>
> << 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. >>
>
> I seem to recall someone saying that the 5.9L engines are made in Mehiko. A
> friend of mine insists that all Daks are made down there, too. He's wrong
> most of the time though. Anybody else?
>

   Yep, I remember hearing from someone that the 360s are made
in Mexico, but AFAIK, no Daks are made in Mexico. My FSM has a
section on decoding the VIN, and a part of the VIN is the location
where it was built. For my Dak (1996), there were only two
possible build locations; one was Warren, MI. I forget what the
other location was, but it wasn't Mexico.

                                              -Jon-

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