19th Oct 2010, 09:38

Buy local? I don't live in Detroit.

Seriously though, why does this argument continue to dominate this site? Buying imports does not stab your country in the back. Please, we would fall flat on our faces if we suddenly stopped buying imports. It's called global economy. Besides many of the parts and even models of the domestic car companies are foreign based, so this makes the argument of import vs. domestic even weaker.

Just drive what works well for you and stop judging others on what they drive. There are great choices both domestic and import these days so plenty to choose from. Do we really need to go on about this?

Also, the myth that imports are more expensive is old and tired. Try actually pricing out comparable cars from both import companies and domestic companies, and you'll find that they are pretty close in most cases.

I actually found that many of the domestic cars were at a premium when I shopped the last few cars I've purchased. Look at the Grand Cherokee for example; that now starts at about $31K with 2WD and a V6 in it as a base Laredo model. The Toyota Highlander, which is now direct competition since the Jeep is a unibody mid sized SUV, starts at $27,300. Even the larger 4 Runner starts at $29,500. Pretty close overall, but the advantage is on the imports in this example. When we priced the Escape vs. our RAV4, it was almost identical price to features. No real price advantage there for the domestic either.

19th Oct 2010, 12:26

Yeah buy GM, Ford and Chrysler imported from Canada and Mexico. That is showing them your American support.