cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/41380127
On a Chevy ๐
this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
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If the car is already bought there is very little reason to get rid of it.
Doesn't make it any less ironic.
I mean it's a car located in Canada, with a Canadian saying don't buy American. The car itself doesn't mean anything to me. We could imagine that the driver bought the car oblivious to its American origin, but it's not what came to mind in my case. I just thought fuck yeah where can I get that sticker for MY Chevy, and; is it printed in the USA? (Wouldn't put it past those cocksucking leaches)
You mean apart from continuing to support Chevrolet by buying OEM replacement parts?
Even knock offs have to pay big Chevy for the right design to knock off.
Maybe they're not in a financial position to just sell and buy a new vehicle on a whim
I mean they already sold out when they bought the Chevy. How much could it hurt to sell out again?
the auto manufacturing chain is so intertwined in NA that I'm not even sure it's worth trying to figure out what vehicle is the most or least Canadian
I think what's far more effective is to just consume less - don't buy the big top trim crossover or truck that you don't need. keep it simple.
to be fair, I've never actually looked at the numbers myself, but it still makes me laugh whenever people say "oh but it was assembled in ____". like, sure, but where did all the parts come from? the sheer scale of the automotive industry is incredible. millions and millions of dollars go into production lines for just one component that gets used on a platform that's shared by several brands, and the people involved in making and running those production lines are all across Canada and the US and Mexico, often with plants in more than one country that make the same part.
Yea, and making a car is done in the most wasteful and inefficient (i.e. most profitable for certain people) way by like, shipping the components for the steering wheel to Guatemala, having them put the airbag in there and then shipping the assembled steering wheel to Mexico to have it be put on the steering column, then shipped to wherever the car is finally assembled, then shipped to where it is sold.
One could make the argument that the Silverado (and the Ford F-series for that matter) are part Canadian since GM has production facility in Canada but that is really stretching it.
Depending on the year, the most USA-built car you can buy is a Honda, a Hyundai, or a BMW. The โUSAโ brands are all made in Mexico.
a huge-looking chevy truck, no less.
If it's a Silverado there is a chance it was built at the Oshawa plant
Chevys are not made in the US. They're assembled. But 80% of the parts are from Mexico.
Chevrolet[a] is an American automobile division of the manufacturer General Motors (GM).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet
General Motors Company (GM)[2] is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors
Where do you think the majority of profit from the sale of a Chevrolet ends up?
That's fantastic. But as a mechanic of over 20 years I could find a Chevy and it would take me 2 seconds to find a part that was made in Mexico and China
And the majority of the profit from those parts is sent straight back to America. The point of the post is to boycott America. Which country America outsources their labour and parts manufacturing to doesn't really matter.
The car could be made in Canada from Canadian made parts, but if it's owned by an American company the profit generated is going back to America. Yes, Canadians will get a slice to cover their labour and resources but that's minimal compared to the final profit generated.
That's why America outsourced their labour to the likes of China in the previous century in the first place. So they can pay lower labour and resource costs, sending more profit back to headquarters.
Right. But of you buy an item from Mexico they don't send the money back
You also just reminded me I have to call Honda HQ in Canada ๐ญ
Clever username ya got there ๐
Thanks!
Look at that. This is what a good leader can do.
Misred that as "buy canada"
I read buy a Canadian.