Alabama's (partly) Made-in-America Cars

The NY Times includes a neat interactive feature with a story today on how much of so-called "Made in The U.S." cars are actually U.S. made. I learned, for example, that Mercedes in Vance and Hyundai in Montgomery make their engines and transmissions back "home" in Germany and South Korea respectively, and ship them to Alabama to be plugged in at the assembly plants here. The most "Made in the U.S." of the cars from Alabama's growing auto business is Honda. According to the Times feature, the Odyssey, Pilot and Ridgeline engines and transmissions are U.S. made (it's not clear just where in the U.S), making them the most "Made in the U.S." of Alabama's vehicles. All of this is significant because of a proposed cash payment to encourage folks to get rid of gas-hungry clunkers for American Made new cars.