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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.
By Patrick Masterson
June 17, 2025

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.
By Patrick Masterson
June 17, 2025

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.
By Patrick Masterson
June 18, 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.
By Patrick Masterson
June 18, 2024

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.
By Patrick Masterson
June 21, 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.
By Patrick Masterson
June 21, 2023

Choosing a vehicle from Cars.com's American-Made Index can present a less obvious advantage during the inventory shortage: more inventory and availability.
By Jane Ulitskaya
July 25, 2022

As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, Cars.com’s announcement of model-year 2022’s most American automobiles — via our 2022 American-Made Index — dominates this week’s countdown of most popular news articles.
By Matt Schmitz
June 29, 2022

The 2022 American-Made Index ranks 95 vehicles through five major criteria: assembly location, parts content, engine origins, transmission origins and U.S. manufacturing workforce.
By Patrick Masterson
June 21, 2022