Cars.com 2016 Index: Toyota Camry Again the Most USA-Made Car

The Toyota Camry was the most USA-made car for the second year in a row in Cars.com’s 2016 American-Made Index, released June 29, 2016. Toyota and Honda models took the top five spots.

The 2016 list

• 1. Toyota Camry — Georgetown, Kentucky, or Lafayette, Indiana
• 2. Honda Accord — Marysville, Ohio
• 3. Toyota Sienna — Princeton, Indiana
• 4. Honda Odyssey — Lincoln, Alabama
• 5. Honda Pilot — Lincoln, Alabama
• 6. Chevrolet Traverse — Lansing, Michigan
• 7. GMC Acadia — Lansing, Michigan
• 8. Buick Enclave — Lansing, Michigan

How the index works

The index ranks cars assembled in the USA by domestic parts content and sales. To qualify, a vehicle needed at least 75% domestic content. The Camry, Sienna, Odyssey and Pilot were at 75%, and the rest at 80%, according to Cars.com. The index does not consider where an automaker is based.

Cars.com editor in chief Patrick Olsen said the Camry led because it was the best-selling car in the USA and employed the most Americans to build it.

The list stayed small. “After reaching an all-time low of just seven cars on the 2015 American-Made Index, this year’s list is up one car, but still remains much smaller than earlier indexes, when the list included nearly 30 eligible cars,” Olsen said.

For the following year, see our coverage of the 2017 index.