Does BUYING AMERICAN Matter Even Matter To YOU? If It Does, You'll Want To Check Out THIS LIST

Years ago when people went to buy cars, it almost seemed like there were two categories of buyers: 1) buying domestic products, or 2) buying imports.

But you'd be silly to think that the paradigm hasn't shifted in recent years, especially after the great recession.

Now buyers that may have had a Ford in their driveway are more than happy to put a Hyundai or Kia product there instead. Hell, even some Audi and BMW customers switched to Hyundai. Can you blame them? The products deliver the goods and are more price aggressive.

Though for some folks, buying a vehicle built in the home of the brave remains critical. Frankly, I think it's great. Go America! If you find yourself in that boat, then we've got the goods for you.

If you click "Read Article" below you'll find yourself presented with an index of the cars that are scored on how American they truly are. A professor from American University, Frank DuBois, took on the initiative. Rather than look at the problem from a simple point of view — is it assembled in the U.S. — DuBois took a more in-depth look into the matter. You can learn all the details here.

That said, we're a bit curious: does buying American really MATTER to YOU?

If so, let us know WHY!

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JDMUSMuscle - 4/5/2014 5:35:40 AM

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Generally, I would much rather buy Japanese than crappy American products.

And I'm sure many people would agree.

jeffgall - 4/5/2014 9:45:43 AM

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You are right. Most people have no concept of good performing car so therefore they buy Asian.

JDMUSMuscle - 4/5/2014 4:26:53 PM

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I mainly have been driving Infiniti vehicles and I always was impressed how sporty their vehicles are in general. But Infiniti M was prob too sporty for a luxury sedan, anyone who drove it would know it.

And I also loved Mitsubishi Outlander, which is such a light truck for an SUV. Quite sporty as well.

And I would like to try the new Lexus RX for my next car, but I might just end up going for an Infiniti FX.

You might have that biased opinion against the Japanese cars, because of the old Toyota and Honda vehicles, but in reality, no car is better than Japanese in terms of pricing and performance.

But if you can not afford Japanese, then of course, those cheap American junk are not such a bad choice in my opinion. But you might want to avoid GM, as no one knows how many of their vehicles have that ignition problems. And also, you might want to avoid Chrysler, as they don't really seem to know how to build a single reliable vehicle.

So I guess Ford is like the only good one here.

Holydude - 4/5/2014 9:16:31 AM

+1 Boost

Whew, damn glad some of my favorite cars are low on the list..

MattDarringer - 4/5/2014 10:07:21 AM

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I have been pleased with Ford quality and reliability. My wife suffered through three poorly built, unreliable Jettas and now drives a Kia. For us, it's American or Korean.

Agent00R - 4/5/2014 4:00:12 PM

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Ford's made tremendous progress.

Interesting to see the move to Koreans over Japanese.

t_bone - 4/5/2014 10:32:04 AM

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For me this is less about country and more about living standards. Ideally you should try to buy things manufactured in a place where the workers could afford to buy things from you.

TomM - 4/6/2014 8:49:26 AM

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Frankly - I consider the dealers first
I prefer the smaller established local dealers who tend to offer far superior service. I am not impressed with big showrooms or fancy waiting rooms - but good mechanics who have been in the business long term are a priority.

chlyn001 - 4/8/2014 1:09:30 AM

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I'd buy a foreign car, if I was in a foreign land. Why ship your money overseas when you can support industry here in your own country? No other country imports like we do, and it's a negative to our trade balance and to our overall economy. Essentially you make America poorer if you don't support the workers here. Don't we have enough unemployment already? Let's try to find a way to not outsource anyone's job anymore since the next one might be your own. And it's so lame to claim you can't find a good car from here, if you are thinking along those lines. We really ought to make an effort to tone down the elitism just a tad if we can too.