“Made in America” auto tour will start in St. Louis
St. Louis will be one of the starting points next Monday for a 34-city “Keep it Made in America” bus tour that’s meant to drum up support for the U.S. auto industry. The organizers, led by the United Steelworkers and the Alliance for American Manufacturing, say they’ll fill buses with auto-parts workers, car dealers, elected leaders and others, and hit the road in hopes of getting some positive press. Some of the same folks will reconvene on May 19 for an automotive “teach-in” in Washington.
One bus will leave St. Louis — which just found out it’s losing a Chrysler plant — and head for Arlington, Texas. One of its stops is in Shreveport, where a General Motors plant reportedly is on the endangered list. Perhaps the most interesting of the four bus routes is one that starts in Indianapolis and ends in Fairfield, Ala. It passes through a couple of GM assembly sites — Bowling Green, Ky., and Spring Hill, Tenn. — but winds up in a state that’s home to three foreign-owned auto plants (Mercedes, Hyundai and Honda). It passes through the home turf of Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., and Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., both of whom have been outspoken opponents of bailouts for GM and Chrysler.
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David Nicklaus has covered St. Louis business for more than 25 years. His column appears three days a week on the Post-Dispatch business page. 
what a great idea. hats off to the people who organized.
I wonder if the riders of those buses know that they were probably made in Canada by a subsidiary of the Vovlo Corporation…LOL classic.
Looks good to me as well. I intend to be there as well.
Monday May 11, at the Kiener Plaza, located at 601 Market Street in downtown St. Louis, Missouri. The rally will start at 6:oopm and should end around 8:oopm. Varied speakers from industry, politics and labor will also be in attendance. Snacks are planned
When the Big 2 1/2 start making vehicles that get better than 40mpg combined without being a micro car, then I might buy a vehicle from them! I will keep driving my ‘03 VW Jetta TDI that DOES get better than 40mpg combined without being a micro car!
Way to go pug,,,support foriegn country automakers while your whole country is falling apart at the seems.
joedirt - Maybe the American car companies should put out a quality product and people will buy their cars? It really is that simple.
JD, show me one car from the Big 2 ½ that gets a combined 40mpg that is not a micro car you can buy for under $25K and is sold in North America!
Well I see JD could not provide me with any American made vehicle that can match my 2003 VW Jetta TDI w/5sp. That’s too bad since I would prefer and American built car that can match the Jetta. I know that the Big 2 1/2 do make them but they are not for sale in North America. The one that I have had my eye on for a while now is the V6 Twin Turbo Opel Vectra. Not quite as fuel efficient but it would sure blow away a lot of the cars on the road here in the USA!