Worth noting that the term "domestic" in auto has included Mexico and Canada since NAFTA. The legal meaning was recently changed to "USA-only**" by the current administration, but that's for tariff folks. In the common sense of the term, for manufacturing, absolutely.
I still think it's a useful distinction though. There's also a whole lot of people involved that aren't on the production line (like me). The corporate culture is also very different between the American and Japanese conglomerates I've worked for.
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Worth noting that the term "domestic" in auto has included Mexico and Canada since NAFTA. The legal meaning was recently changed to "USA-only**" by the current administration, but that's for tariff folks. In the common sense of the term, for manufacturing, absolutely.
I still think it's a useful distinction though. There's also a whole lot of people involved that aren't on the production line (like me). The corporate culture is also very different between the American and Japanese conglomerates I've worked for.