A dumb question

[Somedude]

so the fact that the Solara was made in the U.S. means that it is a domestic?

People usually associate Domestic cars with the ones made by Ford, GM, or Chrysler.

[Jon11582]

Its considered a domestically-produced import.

Import means it was designed by a foreign car company. It doesnt say anything about where it was made.

The main reason for the domestic/import split is due to mechanic's specialities and junkyards, which are split by design and parts, which dont depend on where they are made, but who they are made by.

The Solara is a Camry coupe with styling queues from the Lexus SC/Toyota Soarer. It was built for two main reasons - to try and boost the sale of Camry coupes, and to make a frame that allowed for a convertible version.