Cars.com’s 2026 American-Made Index measures more than a badge on the trunk, tracking assembly location, parts sourcing, and domestic workforce to rank which vehicles are built closest to home. Tesla and Jeep plants in California and Ohio top the list, while Honda, Acura, and Lexus factories in Alabama and Indiana fill out the rest. Here are ten vehicles Cars.com ranks as the most American-made for 2026.
1. Tesla Model 3: Fremont’s Top-Ranked Build
Cars.com’s 2026 American-Made Index places the Tesla Model 3 first among every vehicle sold in the United States, crediting its assembly at Tesla’s Fremont, California plant. The ranking weighs where final assembly happens alongside parts sourcing and workforce location, and the sedan, priced from $36,990, posted the strongest composite score in this year’s list.
That top spot reflects a supply chain that rarely leaves domestic soil before the car reaches a showroom, a detail buyers increasingly ask about when tariffs and import costs shape sticker prices elsewhere in the market.
2. Tesla Model Y: Second Place, Two Plants
The Tesla Model Y follows in second place on Cars.com’s American-Made Index, with production split between Tesla’s original Fremont, California factory and its newer Austin, Texas facility. Cars.com lists the crossover starting at $39,990, and its dual-plant setup gives Tesla flexibility to keep output high without leaning on suppliers outside the country.
Splitting assembly across two states also means the Model Y’s ranking isn’t tied to a single facility’s capacity, a structural advantage over nameplates built at just one plant. It also gives Tesla room to keep expanding output without waiting on a single factory to add a shift.
3. Jeep Gladiator: Toledo’s Pickup Entry
Jeep’s Gladiator pickup takes third on the 2026 index, assembled at the Toledo, Ohio complex that has built Jeep vehicles for decades. Cars.com prices the Gladiator from $39,820, and its Ohio assembly line runs alongside the Wrangler, sharing a body-on-frame platform and much of the same domestic parts network.
That shared platform helps keep the Gladiator’s domestic content high, since components developed for the higher-volume Wrangler carry over rather than being sourced separately for the smaller-volume pickup. Building both models on one line also means the Toledo complex can shift labor between them as demand for either shifts.
4. Jeep Grand Cherokee: Built Inside Detroit
The Jeep Grand Cherokee ranks fourth on Cars.com’s list, assembled at Stellantis’s Jefferson North plant inside the city of Detroit itself, not just the wider metro area. Pricing starts at $38,920, and the SUV’s in-city assembly is a detail Cars.com calls out specifically in distinguishing it from nameplates built in Detroit’s suburbs.
For a brand whose lineup spans several states, having a flagship SUV built within Detroit’s city limits ties the Grand Cherokee to the region most associated with American auto manufacturing, reinforcing the city’s identity as an assembly hub rather than only a corporate headquarters address.
5. Honda Ridgeline: Alabama’s Only Pickup
Honda’s Ridgeline, the brand’s sole pickup truck, is built at Honda Manufacturing of Alabama in Lincoln, Alabama, a plant that has produced the model across two separate generations since 2008. Honda consolidated Ridgeline assembly there rather than splitting production, keeping the truck’s entire build process under one roof.
That single-plant approach simplifies the Ridgeline’s domestic parts tracking, since every unit sold in the U.S. traces back to the same Alabama facility rather than multiple regional lines. Consolidating pickup production in one place also lets Honda apply consistent quality and sourcing standards across every Ridgeline built.
6. Honda Odyssey: Same Line as the Ridgeline
The Honda Odyssey minivan comes off the same Lincoln, Alabama assembly line as the Ridgeline, with Honda Manufacturing of Alabama handling both nameplates. Housing two distinct vehicle types under one roof lets Honda balance labor and parts sourcing between the minivan and the pickup as demand shifts between them.
For families cross-shopping Honda’s Alabama-built lineup, that shared plant means the Odyssey and Ridgeline draw from an overlapping domestic supplier base rather than competing networks, a setup that helps Honda keep both vehicles supplied even when demand for one outpaces the other.
7. Lexus TX: Indiana’s Three-Row Lexus
Toyota Indiana builds the three-row Lexus TX exclusively at its Princeton, Indiana plant, making it one of the few Lexus SUVs assembled domestically rather than imported from Japan. The plant, known internally as TMMI, has expanded its lineup over the years to include the luxury brand’s larger three-row models.
Building the TX in Indiana rather than overseas shortens its supply chain and lets Toyota apply the same domestic-sourcing standards it uses for the mainstream Toyota-badged SUVs built at the same complex, keeping the luxury three-row aligned with its more affordable stablemates.
8. Honda Accord: Marysville’s Long-Running Sedan
The current-generation Honda Accord rolls off the Marysville, Ohio assembly line, the same Honda plant that has built Accords for multiple generations. Marysville Auto Plant sits at the center of Honda’s original U.S. manufacturing footprint, predating many of the automaker’s newer American facilities.
The Accord’s long tenure at Marysville means Honda’s Ohio supplier relationships for the sedan are especially mature, built up over decades rather than established for a single model cycle, a continuity that keeps the plant’s workforce and parts network well practiced.
9. Acura MDX: Ohio-Built Luxury SUV
Acura’s best-selling SUV, the MDX, is assembled at Honda’s East Liberty, Ohio plant, one of several Honda-owned facilities clustered in the state. Building the MDX domestically lets Acura, Honda’s luxury division, apply the same Ohio-based parts network that supplies its non-luxury Honda siblings.
That shared regional footprint helps explain why several Honda and Acura nameplates cluster near the top of Cars.com’s index rather than just one flagship model standing alone, since Honda’s Ohio manufacturing base supports both its mainstream and luxury divisions at once.
10. Honda Passport: Third Alabama Nameplate
The Honda Passport rounds out the list as the third Honda nameplate built at the Lincoln, Alabama factory, joining the Ridgeline and Odyssey on the same production campus. Honda’s Alabama plant has grown into one of the company’s broadest U.S. manufacturing hubs by housing three distinct vehicle lines rather than just one.
With three nameplates sharing Lincoln’s assembly infrastructure, Honda’s Alabama output plays an outsized role in how many American-made vehicles the brand can claim on lists like this one, concentrating truck, minivan and SUV production within a single Southern manufacturing campus.
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