[.38sw]

I don't know about Kias, but aren't a lot of Toyotas actually manufactured in the US? When I bought my Chrysler Sebring, I thought I was buying an American-made car (this was before Mercedes bought the company). Wrong. My car was assembled in Mexico. Parts are manufactured all over the world, and shipped to the factories where the car is assembled. I understand your point, but it's pretty hard to buy anything that is built in the USA, assembled with parts manufactured in the US.

[babaloo999]

Yes, I thought I was "buying American" when I bought a Ford Ranger some years back.
What was I thinking? To buy a Ranger is bad enough, eh?
I'm sure parts of it were assembled in the US, though.
My current F-150 is allegedly 'Markun', it was assembled at the KC plant.
Lots of Canadian and Mexican parts, or so I've heard.