Originally Posted By: DavesTundra
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Originally Posted By: Nick R
Originally Posted By: DavesTundra
Ford makes a nice diesel truck. If you are not keeping the truck beyond warranty, get what you like. If you are going to keep it a while, I'd stay clear of the Ford, including their EB. Tundra will outlast the Ford 1/2 ton. And the comments on buy American are funny. Where are lots of those Ford parts made? Including a Chinese tranny I believe...Ford used to be American.
Because your username doesn't indicate any kind of bias at all.
LOL, exactly!
The Chinese-sourced transmission (which has been a pain in Ford's side, thankfully) was a joint venture between Ford and Getrag and was fitted to the Mustang. It has about as much to do with this thread and the F-150 as the oil burning issue on the Corolla has to do with the Tundra.
Ugh, so I guess I would be better off putting in my 2 cents if I drove a Subaru instead???
And the point of me bring that up was to mention that those who think the Big 3 are necessarily more American just because of their mfg name, isn't always so...The point was the Tundra is more American made than the Ford, currently. And the tranny is a key component of any truck. So is the motor. Both in my Tundra were made here, in Alabama and Texas, respectively.
Yes, driving a Subaru would make your point inherently less biased. The name "DavesTundra" has some built in Toyota bias, otherwise you wouldn't have chosen it
Ford manufactures a transmission (for the Mustang) in China. Toyota buys transmissions from a host of companies, many of them based out of Japan. This is common practice in the industry and certainly not something I hold against Toyota. I DO however hold Ford's choice of a Chinese transmission in the Mustang against THEM.
Regardless, you are stating the Tundra is currently more American than the F-150. That point is WRONG.
The domestic index currently ranks the F-150 as #2, right behind the Camry as having the most American parts content. The Tundra is #7.
http://www.cars.com/go/advice/Story.jsp?section=top&subject=ami&story=amMade0712
And yes, the tranny is certainly a key component of any truck. Ford makes the tranny for the F-150 in the USA as well.
The truck is made in Kansas City or Dearborn, the transmission in Livonia, Michigan, and the engine in Romeo, Michigan, or Windsor, Ontario.