Huh? I haven't ordered a Santa Cruz, I was just providing facts for people shopping between both vehicles like I am.That's fine. I hope you enjoy your Santa Cruz. My point was, where are profits for Hyundai going? I thought Hyundai was based in South Korea?
Is your question out of every dollar you spend, how much of that dollar is going into the US economy between the two vehicles?
That's not published, but generally speaking if its a North America only market vehicle, the marketing is done from the US, the design is done in the US, the engine and transmission are built in the US, the assembly is in the US, and domestic parts content is high, chances are its a high percentage.
Likewise, the least American "domestic" vehicle for sale in 2021 is the Chevy Trailblazer that was designed by Korean engineers, designed for the Asian market, built in Korea, with only 1% US parts content (probably some proprietary parts required for US DOT certification), most of that dollar will end up in the Korean economy. Where the global CEO lives isn't a major factor because these are multinational companies now, and even though the board members make huge salaries, their total percentage amount out of each dollar is very low since there are so few of them. I'd be surprised if it was a penny from every dollar spent.
If you're looking at tax revenue generated, usually the product that is built and assembled in the US with a lot of US parts is going to pay more taxes in the US, so Hyundai would pay more in US taxes than Ford since NAFTA doesn't require them to pay any import duties and they don't pay US taxes on factories or non-American employees not on US soil.
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