There's no difference anymore. Those who think they're "Buying AMerican" are full of it. Almost all of the parts are from outsourced countries, or even assembled there. Half of the cars GM and Ford make are either built in Mexico or Canada.

Most Toyotas and Hondas are built right here in the USA. Honda in fact employs quite a few people in Marysville Ohio.

A car is a car. There was a time when it was important to buy American, but it no loner applies anymore. We're too much of a global market economy for it to matter, unfortunatley.

Oh and FWIW, seems to me like the import car companies seem to have known what they were doing all along. I don't see any of them filing for bankruptcy protection.