Here's What It Takes to Be American Made

by Tim Healey

Published: June 28th, 2024

here s what it takes to be american made

What does it mean for a car to be American made?

We chat with Patrick Masterson from Cars.com about the company's 2024 American Made Index, digging deep into the data and the methodology used to compile the report. It's an educational look into how cars are built in this complex, globalized world.

TTAC contributor Matthew Guy and discuss why you need a ratcheting wrench and which ones to buy, and then we go over the wet-weather madness that NASCAR experienced in New Hampshire, and we also discuss some off-track stories, such as Kyle Busch running his mouth about his future.

Click here to find us -- we're available wherever you get your podcasts. As always, thanks for listening!

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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ToolGuy 3 days ago
You think I am stupid enough to comment without listening to the podcast first? First, I will listen to the podcast in its entirety -- that is how stupid I am.

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- Lou_BC 3 days ago
  Gotta work on that passive aggressiveness. Did it come up in performance reviews?
  
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Akear 2 days ago
Lets be honest the US manufacturing economy is becoming a nightmare. I hear John Deer is moving more manufacturing to Mexico. "When does a dream become a nightmare" - Alice Cooper 75

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- VoGhost 2 days ago
  Things have changed in the last few years. The combination of the infrastructure bill, CHIPS act and IRA has created $hundreds of billions in investments in US manufacturing.
  
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- FreedMike Yesterday
  Domestic manufacturing output is actually up substantially from 2019.
  
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