[The Champ]

Interstate, Motorcraft and ACDelco used to all be made by Johnson Controls in St. Joe, MO.

Interstate has now moved their production to Mexico.

ACDelco Advantage batteries are made in Korea. The Professional Gold and Silver batteries are still made by JCI in St. Joe. Motorcraft also.

As the OP noted - I'm not in to putting a tar top in for "correctness" in my Pontiac. But an ACDelco sure looks more correct than a green one.

[GT182]

I just changed out an InterstateMTP24 1000CCA battery, due to a dead cell, last week and went to an Excide 800 CCA battery. I put the Interstate in back on 2008 and it lasted 11 years. The Excide doesn't fit as good as the Interstate but it cranks over the engine better, and it has a 40 month warranty.

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by The Champ

Interstate, Motorcraft and ACDelco used to all be made by Johnson Controls in St. Joe, MO.

Interstate has now moved their production to Mexico.

ACDelco Advantage batteries are made in Korea. The Professional Gold and Silver batteries are still made by JCI in St. Joe. Motorcraft also.

As the OP noted - I'm not in to putting a tar top in for "correctness" in my Pontiac. But an ACDelco sure looks more correct than a green one.

Are interstates now crap ?
I always had good luck with them in my diesels which is hard on a battery with all the shaking they do.

[The Champ]

Originally Posted by 455Grandville

Are interstates now crap ?
I always had good luck with them in my diesels which is hard on a battery with all the shaking they do.

Many of my former customers that sold and installed Interstates have switched to ACDelco batteries because the batteries sold by Interstate today that are made in Mexico have a much higher failure rate.

These were died in the wool Interstate guys - they bought ACDelco, Mopar and Motorcraft parts from me - but loved their green batteries.

Until they didn't.

[455Grandville]

Originally Posted by The Champ

Many of my former customers that sold and installed Interstates have switched to ACDelco batteries because the batteries sold by Interstate today that are made in Mexico have a much higher failure rate.

These were died in the wool Interstate guys - they bought ACDelco, Mopar and Motorcraft parts from me - but loved their green batteries.

Until they didn't.

Made in mexico is never a good sign, damn shame because they always held up well in my diesels.