At one point, the American brands brought in outsiders who spoke about the rights of workers to choose a union or not.

Buying American brands does not necessarily guarantee that jobs will be kept in this country.

Foreign cigarette sales, mostly of American brands, rose 6.1 percent, to 54 billion cigarettes, it said.

Traditionally, the make of the pace car has always been a domestic American brand.

Perhaps so, but a growing number of marketers apparently hope that there are at least second acts for American brands.

"These are classic American brands, and we don't want to close the door forever."

But that is at least in part because they have long been positioning themselves as American brands.

Trek has not been the only American brand to find race success.

This table shows the number of sales reported for each significant American automotive brand during the 1950s.

I have tried them and found no discernible difference from the basic American brands.