Mitt Romney, 'Son Of Detroit,' Tools Around Michigan In Car Manufactured In Canada

Having seen Mitt Romney tool around the Greater Detroit area in two campaign ads in which he nostalgically recalls his childhood and his love of cars, you might be wondering, "What sort of car is he driving?" As it turns out, he's behind the wheel of a cherry Chrysler 300, the pride of Detroit. Oh, wait! Did I say "Detroit?" Sorry, ha ha, I meant "Canada."

Yes, as the sleuths at Blue Mass Group report, Romney's whip is a foreign-born Chrysler, manufactured in Brampton, Ontario and imported to Detroit so that it can be imported "from" Detroit. There was a minor kerfuffle over this car when the Made In The USA Foundation filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission after Chrysler launched its "Imported From Detroit" ad campaign, alleging false advertising. Chrysler defended itself, saying that the complaint was "without merit" because the ad campaign -- which famously kicked off with a Super Bowl ad that starred rapper Eminem -- featured the Chrysler 200, which is made in Detroit.

Blue Mass Group made this discovery when it compared the dashboard of the car in Romney's ad to Chrysler's specs, and determined that Romney's was motoring about in the foreign-born 300, instead of the locally manufactured 200. Did no one think to check the birth certificate?

It's understandable that Romney would have an affinity for Canada, and not just because he'd probably fit in a lot better with that nation's notion of a "severe conservative." In Canada, Romney would pay even less in taxes than he does in the United States. And he's made at least one famous trip there -- it was on a family outing to Canada that Romney lashed his dog Seamus to the roof of his car, which inspired the poor canine to defecate in terror. This incident has caused Romney to be subjected to persistent criticism. It has also launched numerous Gail Collins columns. (Romney may also feel the call of Canada because Seamus, upon arriving there, might have fled the Romney family in abject terror, never to be seen again.)

At any rate, when Romney says that "American cars" managed to get "into his bones," maybe he was referring to North American Cars?

[Hat Tip: Liz Mair]

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Mitt Romney’s Michigan ad shows him driving a car that was made in Canada [Blue Mass Group]

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Comments

[DPNJ]

10:01 PM on 03/05/2012

Is that the same Chrysler Corporation that Obama gave all that money to to bail them out of debt??

[lynniebaker]

06:23 AM on 02/23/2012

I am laughing my AO at this article. Especially the part that Jason Linkins wrote "Did no one check the birth certificate?". Jason that was brilliant!. Thanks for the good morning laugh.

[Recalled]

02:55 PM on 02/21/2012

We laugh and make fun.... but these are the types running the country. It's not just Mitt... its ALL of them, including Obama. Chinese take out? How PR of you.

[Max Imus]

12:55 PM on 02/21/2012

Relax folks. it's okay. His bank account is Cayman.

[lynniebaker]

06:26 AM on 02/23/2012

Yes he loves trees. lakes and cars. Palm Trees, Oceans, and Imports.

[whoissurprised]

02:13 PM on 02/20/2012

Obama had TWO CANADIAN buses built to ride around for a week in 2011 which cost the US Taxpayers ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Obama's photo op cost the US TAXPAYERS at least ONE MILLION +++++++++++++++++++++++++.

[thetruth1957]

12:25 PM on 02/21/2012

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/bus.asp

[Recalled]

02:55 PM on 02/21/2012

And Bush's wars that are the costs there?

[njdanie]

11:51 AM on 02/19/2012

At least he's not driving a 'rice burner'...

[sursum korda]

05:21 PM on 02/18/2012

God gawd, I've just discovered my Malibu was imported from Kansas! I'm gonna talk to my Member of Parliament

[bobo5]

10:29 PM on 02/17/2012

Obama right. Mitt wrong.

[sociocanuck]

05:00 PM on 02/17/2012

Well.

When the Republican Party allows the travelling circus to install Rick Santorum as nominee - slash 'guy who is just there to lose to Obama so we can complain for four more years' - and Mitt is looking for a new gig, perhaps taking over as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada would suit him better given his not-so-secret affinity for our products, our landscapes, and at least at one time examples from our health insurance models.

It could happen: the fever pitch from *within the Party* over the dismissive, secretive, and dictatorial style of Lord Stephen of the Alberta Harpers is a lot more inevitable than for which even our conservative voters often give it credit (e.g. those who think Peter McKay wouldn't knife him in a hearbeat are just being naïve). And since we have no such limitation of citizenship (just residency) to be Party Leader, that angle is also stitched up.


Note: persons who take any of the above statements seriously - even the ones based in truth - should probably have their sense of humour analyzed by a credited professional. Bonus if you're Canadian: no extra billing.

[Richard Choffe]

01:15 PM on 02/17/2012

Tough love, say's Mitt, Seamus had a load of fun, so much he could'nt keep in all in.

[Richard Choffe]

01:10 PM on 02/17/2012

Butt Mitt Romney sad himself the dog had so much fun riding on top, Seamus couldnt hold it in !

[lynnhamilton]

11:53 AM on 02/17/2012

Congratulations, Blue Mass Group on spotting this! And congratulations to the Huffpost for having the bravery to cover this issue. It's probable that Romney didn't actually know that his Chrysler was made in Canada, but now that you have drawn it to his attention, he will want to trade--that would be the only fair thing to do, now that he has toodled all over Detroit blaming Obama for the blight on Michigan and the auto industry. Though with Chrysler making sneeky moves like hiring Canadians to build American-made cars, one has to wonder if auto industry leaders have something to do with the unemployment in Detroit. I've written a petition asking Mitt Romney to trade for a truly American-made car: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/mitt-you-might-want-to-drive-an-american-car-now/

Please sign it if you agree and share with friends.

[butlercaddie]

04:03 PM on 02/16/2012

Wait, wait WAIT! Rumor has it that Seamus, the poor dog who Romneyed all over the top of the car, actually ran away while on that Canada trip. Now, here's Mitt, with a Canadian car Romneying all over his campaign.

Seamus' revenge!

[Raymond Medeiros Jr]

02:21 PM on 02/16/2012

http://www.usaprogressive.com/2012/02/romney-drives-bailed-out-chrysler-in.html ALSO it is a CHRYSLER...you know the company HE would have let go bankrupt!!

[robertogt]

02:11 PM on 02/16/2012

Would you expect less in the name of hipocracy?