Germans – would you consider a Tesla or a Ford Fiesta made in Germany more German than a Volkswagen Atlas made in the US? Or for example Spaniards, would you consider a Ford S-Max made in Spain more European than a BMW X3 made in the US? Is this something you ever hear?

I ask because I see this a lot in the US when discussing the automotive industry. People love to say things like “I used to have a supposedly “American” Ford Taurus that was actually made in Mexico, but my Volkswagen Atlas is actually made in the US”.

So that’s why I’m asking if this happens in Europe? I’m guessing Germany is probably the most common country for this to even possibly happen in or maybe France. But there seems to be a lot of pride in the German car industry and I just can’t see people making a comment like this. To be fair, I feel like a lot of the German brand cars not made in Europe are not very popular in Europe (SUVs and the like). So I realize there is less chance of this happening. But I’m just curious if this line of thought ever gets tossed around like it does a lot in the US.