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Tundras were designed in CA for the North American market.
They are assembled in Texas. That includes the Tundras sent around the world.
The motors and transmission are made in Alabama
The Tundra has 73% USA made content.
The Tundra is more made in USA than any of the other full size trucks.
They do all that to avoid taxes/tariffs to maximize their profits, no other reason. Profits that go back to Japan and never, ever return to the United States (money that will no longer will cycle around and around in our economy) because we run a trade deficit with them. All profits that go to Japan (and to companies in other countries, for that matter) removes money from our economy and makes us poorer as a nation, we are essentially transferring money to them with each vehicle made by a foreign company.
And even Toyota was assisted by the FED in the great recession:
Ford, BMW, Toyota Took Secret Government Money
In the depths of the financial collapse, the U.S. Federal Reserve pumped $3.3 trillion into keeping credit moving through the economy. It eventually lent $57.9 billion to the auto industry — including $26.8 billion to Ford, Toyota and BMW.
jalopnik.com
The Other Auto Bailout: Ford, Toyota, ... and Harley Davidson? | emptywheel
As I noted yesterday, Bloomberg has made some really cool visual tools showing the lending the Fed did over the years. So I wanted to use it to show the other auto bailout: lending to Ford and Toyota at a time when the auto market was fragile and credit was scarce. Showing them side-by-side...
www.emptywheel.net
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