Ford Mustang GT Is Most American Car With 88.5 Percent Domestic Parts

The Corvette came in second.

By: Chris Bruce

Oct 14, 2021 at 11:27am ET

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Every year, the American University Kogod School of Business creates an index to calculate the vehicles with the highest proportion of American-made parts. For the 2021 tally, the Ford Mustang GT with a manual transmission tops the list with a score of 88.5 percent.

To calculate these scores, the Kogod School of Business doesn't exclusively look at where the parts come from. It also factors where the final assembly occurs, the production location of the engine and transmission, whether the automaker's headquarters are in the US, and even where research and development happens.

Gallery: 2018 Ford Mustang

As an example, 77 percent of the Mustang GT's components come from the US or Canada. Kogod's other factors are what takes the score to 88.5 percent. The table below shows the vehicles in the top five in 2021.

Rank	Vehicle	Percent Content From The US Or Canada	Total
1	Ford Mustang GT Manual Gearbox	77 percent	88.5 percent
2	Chevrolet Corvette	72 percent	86 percent
3	Tesla Model 3 Standard Range	65 percent	82.5 percent
3	Tesla Model 3 Performance	65 percent	82.5 percent
3	Tesla Model 3 Long Range	65 percent	82.5 percent
4	Ford Bronco with 2.7-liter V6	61 percent	80.5 percent
5	Tesla Model Y	60 percent	80 percent
5	Tesla Model S	60 percent	80 percent
5	Ford Expedition	60 percent	80 percent
5	Chevrolet Colorado with gasoline engine	60 percent	80 percent
5	GMC Canyon with gasoline engine	60 percent	80 percent

If you're curious about how things shake out in terms of manufacturers, Tesla has the highest average total domestic content at 81 percent. General Motors and Ford also ranked well with an average of over 70 percent.

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Last year, the Ford Ranger topped the ranking, but it fell to 16th place in 2021. The reason was that the total domestic content in the trucked dropped to 45 percent, versus 70 percent in 2020.

Similarly, the Chevrolet Camaro with an automatic transmission ranked second in 2020. It dropped to seventh this year. The amount of total domestic content went from 83 percent in 2020 to 78.5 percent in 2021.

Source: Kogod School Of Business