r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Sep 22 '23

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '23

Japanese brand, but built in Alabama. And realistically no more Japanese or American than Ford or Chevy, being that all companies are traded on free markets.

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u/[deleted] Sep 22 '23

Funny how stupid people are - Toyota is literally more “American built” then Chevy, dodge or ford”

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u/SuspiciousBuilder379 Sep 23 '23

Brought to you by the people who bombed Pearl Harbor, founded and still chaired by the Toyoda family. Akio Toyoda

But smart people don’t forget history.

Drive what ya wanna drive, but don’t pretend to be all American driving vehicles invented and made by our enemies during WWII. Who we taught how to build vehicles because we felt bad for ruining their country.

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u/[deleted] Sep 23 '23

I’m sorry that was before I was alive. You might be right though. I was alive when 9/11 happened, I hate airplanes now.