The Best Selling Car In America

As I drive down my block in my two year old Ford Escape Hybrid, I notice a car sitting on the lawn of my neighbor’s house. I could tell immediately that it was the same make car as the one I bought my son fifteen years earlier. It even had the same color scheme.

My family got a great deal of use out of that car. Even though it was originally bought for my son, when my daughter was old enough, she used it also. Then one day it was stolen from in front of our house. My kids reacted much better about the loss then I did. They just started suggesting replacement vehicles. I then realized that my kids had out grown that first car. I knew very well that it would keep working for many more years. I silently hoped that the family of whoever stole the car got as much use out of it as my family did.

If you have not guessed by now, that car we bought our son was a Cozy Coupe. Even back when I bought my son that Cozy Coupe, I looked to see where it was made. I was somewhat surprised, and delighted to find that it was made in America. At that time I thought that everything plastic was made in China. I was happily proven wrong.

After seeing that Cozy Coupe on my neighbor’s lawn, I decided to see where the Cozy Coupe was now being made. So I went to the Little Tikes website and saw that most of their products are made in America. They even have a navigation link so visitors can limit their search to only American made product, http://www.littletikes.com/toys/made-in-the-usa-toys.aspx.

In researching the Cozy Coupe, I found out that for many years it was the number one selling car in America. Well it would have been if it was a real car and it would still rank in the top five today.

What makes the popularity of the Cozy Coupe impressive is that it is a high quality item in a competitive market that is made in America. Toy sales are not like real car sales. I have spoken to many people who would buy only American made cars, but never ran into anyone who would buy only American made toys.

Little Tikes has been making the Cozy Coupe in America for the past 30 years. Although the company opened up manufacturing plants in foreign markets, they still make products here in America. This is because American made products can compete with foreign products even without a domestic bias.