Why Tariffs Can be Tricky: The Honda Ridgeline is a More "Am

Once upon a time American factories, like factories around the world, had raw materials delivered to one end. Out of the other end emerged finished products: Automobiles, sewing machines, appliances.

曾几何时，美国的工厂，就像世界各地的工厂一样，原材料被送到一端。从另一端出来的是成品：汽车，缝纫机，电器。

Those days are long gone, and they're not coming back. Manufacturing and supply chains have grown ever more complex in the relentless pursuit of efficiency and maximizing profits; for instance, it's cheaper to have wiring harnesses made in Vietnam than Detroit. And modern manufacturing complexity means components can require multiple fabrication steps in different countries. Some parts for automobiles "made" in the U.S. might cross borders seven times before being finished and installed into the final product.

那些日子已经一去不复返了在对效率和利润最大化的不懈追求中，制造业和供应链变得越来越复杂;例如，在越南制造线束比在底特律制造线束更便宜。现代制造的复杂性意味着组件可能需要在不同的国家进行多个制造步骤。在美国“制造”的一些汽车零部件在完成并安装到最终产品之前可能会跨越七次边境。

All of which means referring to a car as American, Japanese or German no longer means what it once did. What is the most American car, that is to say, the most American-built car? Automotive journalist Aaron Turpen crunched the numbers for his "Made in America: Vehicles least likely to see impact from tariffs" article on

New Atlas

.

The results were surprising, to say the least.

所有这一切都意味着将一辆汽车称为美国、日本或德国汽车不再意味着它曾经的意义。什么是最美国的汽车，也就是说，最美国制造的汽车？汽车记者亚伦·特彭（Aaron Turpen）在《新地图集》（New Atlas）上发表了一篇题为《美国制造：最不可能受到关税影响的汽车》的文章

。

退一步说，结果令人惊讶。

For nearly 40 years the Ford F-150 has been not only the bestselling pickup truck, but the bestselling

vehicle

in America. But it's not the most American-built vehicle nor truck. That distinction goes to…the Honda Ridgeline. With a U.S.-made engine and transmission, and final assembly done at the company's plant in Alabama, its 72.5%-U.S.-built makeup makes it "the most American-made pickup truck you can buy."

近40年来，福特F-150不仅是最畅销的皮卡，而且是美国最畅销的

汽车

。但它不是最美国制造的车辆或卡车。这一荣誉属于本田Ridgeline与美国-制造发动机和变速器，并在该公司位于亚拉巴马的工厂进行最终组装，其72.5%的美国-打造的化妆使其成为“你能买到的最美国制造的皮卡。"

Honda Ridgeline

本田Ridgeline

Shockingly the Ford F-150,

according to the NHTSA

, has a U.S.-built parts content of just 32%--and even some of that percentage is split with Canada.

令人震惊的是，

根据美国国家公路交通安全管理局的数据，

福特F-150拥有美国-制造零件的含量只有32%--甚至其中的一些百分比是与加拿大分享的。

Ford F-150

福特F-150

The Honda Ridgeline comes in second place for most American-built vehicle on Turpen's list. Tied for first place are two vehicles, the Dodge Durango and the Tesla Model 3, both at 73% U.S.-made.

本田山脊线排在第二位的大多数美国制造的车辆在特彭的名单。并列第一的是两辆车，道奇杜兰戈和特斯拉模型3，都在73%的美国-进行了

Dodge Durango

道奇杜兰戈

Tesla Model Y

特斯拉Model Y

Overall, the top ten on Turpen's list is dominated by Honda, Jeep and Tesla, with a surprising outlier: The Volkswagen ID.4, fourth on the list at 70%.

总体来看，Turpen榜单的前十名被本田、Jeep和特斯拉占据，还有一个令人意外的异类：大众ID.4，以70%的比例排在榜单第四。

Volkswagen ID.4

大众ID.4

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