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CHICAGO — Familiar models again topped the annual American-Made Index from Cars.com. The site determines this list based on vehicles' percentage by cost of their parts that are made domestically, where they are assembled and how popular they are among U.S. buyers.

For the second year in a row, the Toyota Camry led the way as the vehicle is assembled in plants located in Georgetown, Ky., and Lafayette, Ind. The Honda Accord took second as the unit is made in the United States at a facility in Lincoln, Ala., while and the Ford Escape made in Kansas City, Kan., took third.

In addition to grabbing the No. 1 ranking, Cars.com picked two other Toyota vehicles, the Tundra at No. 8 that is assembled in San Antonio, Texas, and the Sienna at No. 10 that is made in Princeton, Ind. Toyota was the only automaker to have three units on this Cars.com list.

Another Honda vehicle was the Odyssey at No. 6, also assembled at the automaker's Alabama facility. Ford's Focus was right behind its fellow brand vehicle in the fourth spot. The Focus is made at a plant in Wayne, Mich.

Chrysler had two units on this list with the Ram 1500 assembled in Warren, Mich., at No. 7 and the Jeep Wrangler made in Toledo, Ohio, in the ninth spot.

The remaining vehicle Cars.com chose was the Chevrolet Malibu. The unit placed No. 5 as it's assembled in Kansas City, Kan.

"What's interesting this year is the lack of a several full-sized domestic pickup trucks on the list," noted Patrick Olsen, editor in chief of Cars.com. "The Ford F-150 went from the top spot a couple of years ago to being totally left off the list.

"While the F-150 is still assembled in the U.S., its domestic parts content fell to 55 percent. In the past, it's had a domestic parts content of around 80 percent," he added.

The site went on to mention that full-size pickups from General Motors — the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra — were also once regulars on the American-Made Index. Site officials noted, however, that production of both trucks is split between the U.S. and Mexico, and today's models only have 65 percent domestic parts content.

Only vehicles with a domestic-parts content rating of 75 percent or higher are eligible for the American-Made Index.

"In today's global economy, there's not an easy way to determine just how American a car is," Olsen declared.

"Most cars built in the U.S., for example, are assembled using at least some parts that come from somewhere else," he explained. "Cars.com's American-Made Index helps consumers understand and use labels found on every new car sold that list the domestic parts content and the final assembly point."