Actually in pretty much all other realms of manufacturing and assembly, the item for sale must have ALL resources and parts, as well as labor originate from the US to be able to advertise as "made in the USA". If those were the rules on vehicles, there would be NONE that would fit under that umbrella and the closest to that would be "foreign" makes.

The money earned by non-union "foreign" car maker employees in total is more than the profit sent to Japan so it's pretty obvious that even saying Nissan and Toyota are foreign because of profit is not well thought out. Those non-union manufacturer workers mean more to me than those working for the UAW or those accepting profits overseas.

The point is not that Nissan or Toyota is better or even more American. The point is they make a slightly greater positive impact overall on the tits-up US economy than does any "domestic" carmaker. That is a fact.