The 2016 Cars.com American-Made Index

CARS.COM — The Toyota Camry topped the American-Made Index for the second consecutive year, while the No. 2 Honda Accord and No. 5 Honda Pilot returned to the index for the first time since 2012. Also back are five AMI regulars: the Toyota Sienna, Honda Odyssey and GM's Michigan-built crossovers — the Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia and Buick Enclave. (GM will assemble the redesigned 2017 Acadia in Tennessee, not Michigan, but it wasn't yet on sale during the period covered here, which is Jan. 1 to May 31.)

After reaching an all-time low of just seven cars in 2015, the AMI is up to eight cars. That's still lower than earlier AMIs, when the index regularly hit its 10-car limit, with dozens of models qualifying as recently as 2011. In a testament to the auto industry's globalization, that list of AMI-eligible cars has dwindled in recent years even as total U.S. light-vehicle production has increased.

In today's global economy, there's no easy way to determine just how American a car is. Cars.com's American-Made Index looks at cars on a model-by-model basis, not by manufacturer. It recognizes cars that are assembled here, using a high percentage of domestic parts, and which are bought in large numbers by American consumers.

Read the full Cars.com report here.

For more on US auto manufacturing, also see the KOGOD Auto Index