IMO it boils down to labor. Hard to compete with $5.00 hour tops in any manufacturing process in this country. It really don’t matter where vehicle assembled. That’s drop in bucket to actual components made which are common in all brands made were labor cheap. As far as pickups, in this country ford, Chevy, dodge, and big Toyota are the work horses.
IMO there needs to be more compact pickups to compete with ford maverick which they can’t build enough to meet demand. Toyota has compact truck in works for late 2024 which should cut into fords maverick sales. As far as made in America few products are totally made in America, it’s been that way for long time IMO. Maybe in another 50 years the cycle will return back. But I highly doubt it.
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