It had a disclaimer, so should be fine. Regarding the competitiveness of the US car industry: Vaclav Smil makes a slightly different case in "Made in the USA:

It had a disclaimer, so should be fine. Regarding the competitiveness of the US car industry: Vaclav Smil makes a slightly different case in "Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing", where he points out that "For too long the machines stayed too large, too inefficient, and, on average, too unreliable." Add two oil crisis to that, quality problems and high prices and you get a perfect storm. The NUMI story from This American Life was a great listen.