Dylan, tell your sister to look at the new Mustangs.
Sure virtually no car today is 100% made in any one country. That is a product of many factors only one of them being that UAW wages force US automakers to source more out-of-country parts than before. Another is that most people unfortunately buy on price and precieved content/value alone and don't actually think much if anything about where a product is manufactured.
The preception and the reality are often far apart.
Honda/Toyota are generally considered to have very reliable vehicles but the difference between Honda and GM for defects in new cars (I believe it's within the 1st yr) is almost non-existant, within half of one percent!!!
As far as safety is concerned, I never want to go through another crash like the one I had in September, but I can tell you that I'm very glad it was in an SVT and not a Honda. I might have even come out better had I been driving my Volvo but that car is in a different category altogether.
The autobody guys I've talked to, and the fellows who've worked for DentWizard for a long time all say the same thing - Hondas don't usually do very well in accidents.
Mercedes are usually concidered to be very well built while Jags are thought of as being problematic. IIRC, in 2003 or 2002 Jaguar had the best quality control record of all Luxury Segment Cars and MB had the worst (I think this was the 1st 90 day figures).
Anyway, she'll go crazy trying to jump through all the content hoops, etc. Just tell her to look at a car that is built by Ford or GM. They're the only two that still have their ownership based in the US. Chrysler is owned by MB which means that like all the Japanese manufacturers the ultimate recipient of the benefits of the sale go to those countries.
Buying local, whether it's cars or hardware, groceries, etc., should always be of concern no matter where a person lives.
Regards, Alan
