Do as I say, Not as I do

It turns out that about a third of the thousands of cars purchased by the federal government are made outside of the USA. Additionally, most them have pretty bad mileage numbers, too. Read below:

TTAC FOIA Request Reveals Fuel Efficient Fleet Buy Breakdown | The Truth About Cars:

"After the GSA and Nancy Pelosi’s office turned down TTAC’s request for a breakdown of the vehicles purchased under the Recovery Act’s Energy-Efficient Federal Motor Vehicle Fleet Procurement program, we went all FOIA. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has now released the info to us (as it should, transparency for the program is promised here). We’ve published the list after the jump, formatting the data by model, number purchased, country of assembly and fuel economy. Exactly 11,319 of the 17,205 vehicles purchased were assembled in the USA. [NB: I've provided fuel economy numbers for base versions with automatic transmissions, as per typical fleet practice.]

Make/Model			Number Purchased			Country Of Assembly			Fuel Economy (City/Hwy)
Ford Focus			4186			USA			24/33
Chevrolet HHR			2067			Mexico			19/29
Dodge Caravan			1658			Canada			16/23
Jeep Patriot			1275			USA			23/27
Chevrolet Impala			1211			Canada			18/29
Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid			1150			USA			26/34
Ford Escape Hybrid			1000			USA			34/31
Ford F150			930			USA			14/19
Pontiac G6			917			USA			22/30
Ford Ranger			908			USA			19/24
Ford Fusion Hybrid			900			Mexico			41/36
Chevrolet Silverado			600			USA			15/20
Chevrolet Colorado			353			USA			18/24
Saturn Vue Hybrid			50			Mexico			25/32