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The most American vehicle for 2012 probably isn't going to be a Ford, or General Motors product, or even a Chrysler or Jeep. It's most likely going to be the 2012 Toyota Camry, reports TheCarConnection. That's according to the federal government's annual U.S./Canadian parts-content figures, as posted on new-car window stickers and required by the American Automobile Labeling Act (AALA). According to Toyota, the gasoline version will have a market-leading 92 percent North American-sourced parts. Content for the 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid – with its Japan-sourced battery pack and drive components – will still be 59. But since the window-sticker percentages are calculated on a 'carline' basis, that still calculates to an estimated combined AALA figure of 89 percent for the 2012 Camry lineup. Although the location of final assembly doesn't affect a vehicle's North American content figure, all four-cylinder and V-6 Camry models will be built at Georgetown, Kentucky, or Lafayette, Indiana (beside the Subaru Legacy and Outback); but Hybrids will be built either in Japan or in Georgetown. Check out more on Toyota’s U.S. operations, as well as those for fellow international automakers, at AIADA’s website, www.whatisanamericancar.com. For more on the 2012 Camry’s American parts content, click here.
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