True GriffCo. However, increased sales to those manufacturers still tend to result in money being pumped back into our economy. Possibly not as much since some of the money has to then leave for other countries, however the same could be said of American car companies that have to pump money over the border.In the end, more product purchases means more manufacturing, which means more hours, more pay, more jobs, and more money rolling back into our economy.And people ditched their ***** vehicles for newer, safer, more efficient ones.