Originally Posted By: ls973800
I doubt that most buyers are aware of who owns the company, or where the vehicle is built. My neighbor recently got a Buick Envision for himself. His wife has a Buick Encore. I mentioned to him that now he has a Chinese built Buick sitting next to a Korean built Buick.
He nor his wife had any idea that their Buick's were not US manufactured!
Several years back i was sitting in the waiting area of the local Ford Dealer, and another fella in there, was loudly complaining that he found out the "chevy" his wife had just purchased(Trax maybe?) was made in Korea. "If i had known that I wouldn't have bought the thing! why are we selling cars here made over there" etc, blah blah...
I know most people who would complain about that(whaddya mean it's not made in 'Murica?!? it's a Chevy!), would never even do the slight bit of research to know that the first character of the VIN would tell you the country of manufacture, let alone, what that character means...
the easiest one for this scenario:
USA: 1,4 or 5
Canada: 2
Mexico:3A-3W
Japan: J
Korea(South): KL-KR
China: L
Full listing, with descriptions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number#World_manufacturer_identifier
I know My uncle was surprised when i informed him that 4 of the 5 Lincolns he's bought were made outside the USA..
(1)Zephyr - Mexico
(3)MKX - Canada
(1) Continental - USA!USA!