Lincoln Corsair Ranked Sixth In 2023 Made In America Index

The annual Kogod School of Business Made in America Auto Index gives consumers an interesting insight into the origins of new vehicles, as well as the components that make them up and the places they’re produced. In that regard, the Lincoln Corsair moved up the ranks in a big way in 2022, skyrocketing from 44^th place in 2021 – when it contained 25 percent U.S. and Canadian content and a foreign-sourced engine – to the top spot overall, largely thanks to its 72 percent U.S. and Canadian content and its American-made engine. However, following a refresh for the 2023 model year, the Lincoln Corsair did slip to sixth place in the 2023 edition of this study.

The Made in America Auto Index uses four data points to calculate the total domestic content of all vehicles sold in the U.S. – the percentage of content that exclusively comes from the U.S. or Canada, the engine and transmission, the source of each of those components, and the location of assembly. In that regard, the Lincoln Corsair wound up dropping from first to sixth year-over-year due to a drop in U.S. and Canadian content – from 72 percent in 2022 to 56 percent in 2023. Meanwhile, a pair of Teslas tied for the top spot – the Model Y and Model 3 Long Range, while the regular Y and 3 also tied for second place.

The Made in America Auto Index uses seven points derived from publicly available data based on research performed by the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Michigan to arrive at these conclusions – profit margin, labor, research and development, inventory, capital, and other expenses, engine, transmission, and body, chassis, and electrical components.

These rankings also take into account the economic value of the different components of auto manufacturing. For example, the highest-ranked cars are made by U.S. based manufacturers that utilize American engines and transmissions, as well as a high percentage of U.S. and Canadian parts. In the case of components like the engine and transmission and the location that the vehicle is assembled, those that aren’t U.S.-based are given a score of 0.

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