Buyers should also be aware of a few “American” vehicles that did not make the sales cut in our Top Ten exercise:

Ford Escape Hybrid: America’s first hybrid SUV isn’t so American after all, with just slightly more than 40 percent of its parts sourced in the US. You can thank many of those hybrid parts – they’re from Japan.

Chevrolet Aveo: That great fuel economy reported by General Motors is at least partially due to the Chevrolet Aveo – a Daewoo subcompact wearing a bow tie.

Cadillac Escalade: Much of that bling comes from Mexico, fellas, about 30 percent. So the Escalade – along with GM stablemates such as the Suburban, Yukon, Avalanche – doesn’t make the cut as American made. You could write a rap song about that little fact.