I have had my Xfire for three years now and I think that it is well made and reliable. So it was not made in North America .... so what. It amazes me that some owners try to make their cars more Mercedes, with stickers etc, get over it it is a Chrysler, ask a MB dealer. This is one reason that the North American cars are in trouble, people want imports and see them as better.
North American cars are sold around the world with some success, if they made cars that people wanted they would sell more.
I live near a Chrysler plant here in Canada that makes the 300 series, before that they made the LH series. I have had two LH cars, a Concord and a LHS and now have a 300. The 300 is not as good as the LH series in my opinion.
When you drive by the Chrysler plant and look at the employees cars in the parking lot it would be difficult for a stranger to figure out what cars are made in that plant. If I worked for Chrysler I would drive a Chrysler even if I got it used. The car makers had to come out with a better incentive plan to get the employees to buy their own product, What does that tell you? Some plants had their employees who drove their own product park in the closest parking lot to the entrance. This did not go down well with the others who drove other makes.
Some of these people earn nearly $40 an hour plus benefits for very menial tasks and feel hard done by. Tough, get a job in a hamburger joint when you put yourself out of work and see what your 'skills' are worth then.
The Unions say they will not back down, that is all well and good but the union officials will be the last out of the plants and they will be able to put the lights out, permanently, when they leave. Even on strike the officials get their regular pay, even the shop stewards, so why settle the strike when you have that power.