Civic or Corolla?

[nastymag]

OWNED!!!!!!

[Lohman446]

Toyota employes almost 200,000 AMERICAN employees. Most of the product line that is sold in the US is built in the US. Unlike your so called American car companies who all now have manufacturing plants in Canada and Mexico so they can pay their employees less *caugh* no unions *caugh*, avoid the horrendous taxes that we, the US impose on foreign made vehicles imported out side of North America, and charge more for a highly inferior product. .

Careful, most of the foreign cars are built in "right to work" states - aka no strong unions.

[frischtr]

You say you want to protect American jobs, then go buy a product from somebody who actually employs Americans instead of outsourcing to Canada and Mexico. When you buy a foriegn automakers car that was built in the US, you are helping support the employees, the American workers. When you buy your domestic that was made in canada, you are supporting the fat cat board of directors who oursourced your precious American jobs.

That's exactly why I said purchase American made cars from American companies... All you have to do is look at the VIN and make sure it begins with a '1', and you know it's been made in America...

[frischtr]

Toyota employes almost 200,000 AMERICAN employees. Most of the product line that is sold in the US is built in the US. Unlike your so called American car companies who all now have manufacturing plants in Canada and Mexico so they can pay their employees less *caugh* no unions *caugh*, avoid the horrendous taxes that we, the US impose on foreign made vehicles imported out side of North America, and charge more for a highly inferior product.

Just as Lohman446 said, these cars are all manufactured in southern, 'right-to-work' states, without the benefit of strong unions... Their wages are considerably lower, and the benefits packages considerably less than those of union employees... And where do you cite that American cars are of less quality? Consumer Reports? Give me a break...

[frischtr]

I realize that I'm fighting the losing fight here, but it is unfortunate... I wish that people would just spend the few extra dollars on American made products (not just cars)... It really does make a difference, especially to the working-class citizens of this country...