Depending on what angle you want to look at it, foreign cars can be American and vice versa. This is something that import enthusiast like to remind people who are loud and proud to be patriotic about their rides. The conversation usually goes back and forth with each side of the argument putting forth their own reasons that their point of view is the factual one. There are so many gray areas in the topic that there really are no definite answers.

Where the components come from, where said components are put together, where the technology developed, and which economy the whole process impacts the most are just a few indicators of how “American” a car truly is.

In order to provide some colors for the previously mentioned areas of gray, Frank DuBois, a professor of international business at American University, concocted a formula to crunch all of these factors together and come out with one simple number on a 100-point scale to determine just how American a car is. Each one of the top 32 positions were held by one of America’s big three.

Perhaps most entertaining are the cars atop this list. The F-Series Ford and Chevrolet Corvette tie for first. The fact that we even have to analyze this situation shows just how globalized our world has become. With the highest score being only 87.5 out of 100, we have no car made completely in America and this most likely applies to countries across the world (unless you’re willing to part with a pretty penny).

That doesn’t, however, mean that one could consider their Toyota Tundra as American as some American cars (using this scale). On the other hand, you can consider it much more American than cars like the Chevrolet Spark which only mustered a pitiful score of 16 of 100.

After taking a look at this list, what cars surprised you the most and which did you expect to see exactly where they were placed?