VW - German - US manufacturing plant
Nissan - Japanese - US manufacturing plant
Honda - Japanese - US manufacturing plant
BMW - German - US manufacturing plant
Toyota - Japanese - US manufacturing plant
Mercedes - German - US manufacturing plant
Volvo - Swedish via China - US manufacturing plant
Hyundai - Korean - US manufacturing plant
Kia - Korean - US manufacturing plant
Subaru - Japanese - US manufacturing plant (thanks for the reminder, Charles. Indiana I believe)
GM (Chevrolet-Buick-GMC-Cadillac) - US - US, Mexico, Germany (Opel) and Canadian manufacturing plants
Fiat-Chrysler - US via Italy - US and Canadian manufacturing plants
Ford - US - US and Mexico manufacturing plants
The car that is now the most "made in USA" vehicle? Toyota Camry
I'm with you fellers when it comes to made in the USA and will look for that when I'm buying items. Few, if any, options are available when it comes to vehicles "made in the US" anymore, including bikes. The MoCo and Polaris are about the closest companies, vehicle wise, that has most of their manufacturing capabilities in the US with the exception of some Polaris off-road vehicles that are made in Mexico using made in the US motors/drivetrains and the MoCo making parts and bikes in Brazil, Thailand, etc but the main brunt of the fleet is still in Milwaukee and York. Victory and Indian are fully made in the US. The MoCo is looking to move more manufacturing offshore but I'm not sure Polaris is ready for that....yet.
Harley making vehicles elsewhere? Yep, it burns the butt just like that 3 foot flame but it's a reality even with the recent cut in the corporate tax rate. Kansas City had about 800 jobs I believe, 400 of which are moving/created at the York plant. Bad for KS and MO but good for PA.
The 500 and 750 were really meant to be sold in India/China where the vehicles are taxed based on motor size. Sportsters and Big Twins are a premium item there so the water cooled 500 and 750 Street were meant as a more affordable way for everyone in the world to ride a Harley....made in countries with more favorable tariff agreements with those countries....just like everyone else does it all around the world.
There are lots of things that drive profits, some of which we are experiencing in poor quality/design/customer service, but this trend in tarif avoidance has been around a long time. The MoCo may be riding the caboose of this train but they are on it and as long as it keeps HD on the train, is that really a bad thing?