I admit that I know what they mean by "American car", but I dispute that their definition is actually meaningful. I lived in a very small Midwest city when we bought our Sienna. Neighbors driving a Mexico-made Chevy Suburban asked why we didn't buy an American car. What makes GM - a publicly traded corporation - substantially more American than Toyota - another publicly traded corporation? Both have American and non-American factories. Both have American and non-American employees. Both sell to American and non-American dealers. Other than marketing image, what's the fundamental difference?