Car companies are post-national
A new study from Cars.com sheds light on the absurdity of thinking cars have a “nationality.”
When you consider that even a post-bailout GM will expand its use of foreign labor, it shouldn’t be that hard to understand how an “American” car isn’t really so, just because its maker was founded in Detroit. [...]
Now some might object to this, saying that even though these cars are “made-in-America”, the value still flows overseas, but really, even that’s not right. Toyota still pays taxes in America. Its stock is traded in the US, and is no doubt owned by individual retail accounts and mutual funds.
Business Insider: Toyota: America’s Car Company
(via Cryptogon)
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