The M8000 used to be an American made winch. You will find that it is now an “assembled in the US” winch that is made from “globally manufactured parts”.
That used to be a $2k winch, the EVO was the one that was around $700.
It never was a 2K winch, pre covid they were around $500, not sure on the EVO pricing.
I think that you are thinking about the M2478 which is a beast winch, now that one was around 2K now about 3K.
The gears and cases on the M series winches are still manufactured in USA, they do outsource some parts like cables etc.