American made index

The 10 models listed here are the most affordable American-made vehicles from Cars.com’s 2026 American-Made Index.

Now into its 21st year of publication, Cars.com’s American-Made Index has once again ranked all qualifying vehicles built and bought in the U.S. for model-year 2026, with the Tesla Model 3 once again on top.

Now celebrating its 20th year of publication, Cars.com’s American-Made Index has once again ranked all qualifying vehicles built and bought in the U.S. for model-year 2025, and the Tesla Model 3 is back on top.

Now celebrating its 20th year of publication, Cars.com’s American-Made Index has once again ranked all qualifying vehicles built and bought in the U.S. for model-year 2025, and the Tesla Model 3 is back on top.

Cars.com has been producing the American-Made Index for 20 years as of 2025, and the milestone offers us a prime opportunity to reflect on both the index itself and the state of U.S. auto manufacturing.

See where 100 vehicles ranked — as well as what didn’t qualify — for Cars.com’s study of the most American-made vehicles for 2024.

Some 401 nameplates were analyzed before we trimmed the index to the final 100; the remaining 301 vehicles are all equal in the eyes of the AMI.

For the fourth time in its 18-year history, Cars.com’s American-Made Index ranks all qualifying vehicles built and bought in the U.S. for 2023.

To say there’s a single least American car is beyond the scope of our index, but it may surprise you what names appear on our list of disqualified vehicles.