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Fobia
06-13-2007, 08:18 AM
Ok this is a stupid question but.. my friend belives that our cars are made in mexico just like the jetta's but i think there made in stutgart and assembled there too not just designed.. anyone wanna chime in?
Obsessed
06-13-2007, 08:24 AM
What does your friend drive? Probably something cheap and he's just jealous. I dunno where they are made though, so I can't answer your question.
Cars we buy in the states are made all over the world. Hell, alot of Chevys are made in Canada.
Fobia
06-13-2007, 08:25 AM
he drives a saturn
Obsessed
06-13-2007, 08:28 AM
LMAO!!! That explains it. Ask him where most Saturns are built. They are a GM product, the most guilty of all corps to out source.
chrislane31
06-13-2007, 08:32 AM
Look on your VIN number in the dash of every car made. His Saturn is made in TN. Brief breakdown:
1=USA
2=Canada
3=Mexico
9=Brazil
W=Germany
J-Japan.
Obsessed
06-13-2007, 09:01 AM
I remember when I worked for GM parts. I used to laugh every time I pulled parts off the shelf that had Thai writing on them.
Slo.Mo.Shun.
06-13-2007, 09:01 AM
When you get the car, in the window there is a paper that says where the car is built(Along with other information (MPG, Price, Etc...), and the most of the car is made in Germany, the other small percent is done somewhere else in Europe
Fobia
06-13-2007, 09:02 AM
oh the sticker? aight.
echo7
06-13-2007, 12:59 PM
lol your car was made here
http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/travel_events/audipic/audiINGOL.jpg
Ingolstadt
Also on a floor of one of the factories is where quattro GMBH will put your audi exclusive car together
Fancy some trick wood facias
http://static.flickr.com/102/253313316_21e33df67a_b.jpg
Leather in nearly any colour you desire
http://static.flickr.com/115/253299217_ff8af9a631_b.jpg
Dont forget the steering wheel
http://static.flickr.com/89/253309384_592de731a6_b.jpg
If you have the money you could have a one of a kind car
http://static.flickr.com/109/253288765_519f4e33f1_b.jpg
grendel
06-13-2007, 01:04 PM
75% of my car is German, and it is put together in Ingolstadt. The engine is from Hungary, though.
ice cream man
06-13-2007, 01:06 PM
[:D] What letter/number? The first one? if soo then mines from Germany
Look on your VIN number in the dash of every car made. His Saturn is made in TN. Brief breakdown:
1=USA
2=Canada
3=Mexico
9=Brazil
W=Germany
J-Japan.
Obsessed
06-13-2007, 01:10 PM
Look on your VIN number in the dash of every car made. His Saturn is made in TN. Brief breakdown:
1=USA
2=Canada
3=Mexico
9=Brazil
W=Germany
J-Japan.
Mine was made in Mexico?
Just kidding. lol
chrislane31
06-13-2007, 01:14 PM
Mine was made in Mexico?
Just kidding. lol
Scared me for a sec.
jordanretro1223
06-13-2007, 01:20 PM
Yeah don't worry all of the Audi's are made in Germany like people mentioned. And yes VW's are assembled in Mexico.
I live in Delaware and theres a big Saturn plant in New Castle, Delaware where they make most of the Ions and the other small cars.
darth tater
06-13-2007, 01:40 PM
As a former tech.. I have actually found the Mexican built VWs to be much better then the german built ones.
it really doesn't matter where they are made its the engineering and those overseeing the build process.
Obsessed
06-13-2007, 01:47 PM
it really doesn't matter where they are made its the engineering and those overseeing the build process.
I agree 100%!!
chrislane31
06-13-2007, 01:47 PM
Most Vw's now are made in Brazil
ravenmadx
06-13-2007, 01:49 PM
Definately Ingolstadt I did the Factory tour there and toured the Porsche and Mercedes factory's in Stuttgart.
A4_cabrio
06-13-2007, 03:06 PM
One thing is for sure - no Audi's are made in Mexico.
I have to look to my sticker but I remember that there was no mention of Hungary - I have a 2005.5
After that year things seems to have changed
And BTW: Hungarians are pretty disciplined.
jimmyrecluse
06-13-2007, 04:27 PM
Germany for the most part, some assembly in Hungary.
errocha
06-13-2007, 06:12 PM
FYI the only Audi's assembled in Brazil were the old A3's 1.8T.
I have no information about any Audi's assembled in Mexico.
Peace
Wimbledon
06-13-2007, 09:30 PM
Most Vw's now are made in Brazil
No, at least not VWs exported for the U.S. market.
For the U.S. market:
New Beetle, Jetta - Puebla, Mexico
Rabbit, GTI, R32, Passat, Touareg - Wolfsburg, Germany
Eos - Palmela, Portugal
---
Audis for the U.S. market:
A3 - Ingolstadt, Germany OR Brussels, Belgium (each car is completed at one or the other)
A4, A5, Q7 - Ingolstadt, Germany
A6, A8, R8 - Neckarsulm, Germany
TT - chassis built in Györ, Hungary then shipped to Ingolstadt, Germany for the rest of the build
chrislane31
06-13-2007, 09:51 PM
My Wife's 04 Golf was made in Brazil like most other mk4's I believe.
Wimbledon
06-13-2007, 09:53 PM
Yes, but that was the MkIV, not the current MKV.
I'm referring to the current lineup.
boostedsline
06-13-2007, 09:54 PM
No, at least not VWs exported for the U.S. market.
For the U.S. market:
New Beetle, Jetta - Puebla, Mexico
Rabbit, GTI, R32, Passat, Touareg - Wolfsburg, Germany
Eos - Palmela, Portugal
---
Audis for the U.S. market:
A3 - Ingolstadt, Germany OR Brussels, Belgium (each car is completed at one or the other)
A4, A5, Q7 - Ingolstadt, Germany
A6, A8, R8 - Neckarsulm, Germany
TT - chassis built in Györ, Hungary then shipped to Ingolstadt, Germany for the rest of the build
This is almost 100% correct except you left out the handful of VW's that were manufactured in Brazil, ie: 20AE GTi and GTi's in general. The first letter of the vin tells you where the vehicle was manufactured.
W=Wolfsburg
B=Brazil, etc.
Also just FYI Fobia tell your friend the BMW X5 and Z4 are made in the US :(
Wimbledon
06-13-2007, 10:09 PM
This is almost 100% correct except you left out the handful of VW's that were manufactured in Brazil, ie: 20AE GTi and GTi's in general.
Those were MkIVs, not sold in the current lineup. All GTIs bound for the U.S. market are made in Wolfsburg these days.
boostedsline
06-13-2007, 10:13 PM
Those were MkIVs, not sold in the current lineup. All GTIs bound for the U.S. market are made in Wolfsburg these days.
Sorry. I must have missed the part in the thread where it said "current production cars."
chrislane31
06-13-2007, 10:13 PM
9=Brazil not B
echo7
06-14-2007, 01:40 PM
my previous 02 337 golf as it was called in the states.. or 25th anniversary edition over the pond was wolfsburg all the way..
Gotta love german build quality...
2000 vw polo gti
2002 vw 337 golf gti
Not forgetting the cream of the crop
2006 Audi A4 special edition.[drive]
i used to watch the shipping info. from dealer's pc..it shows shipping from G...
quattshot
06-14-2007, 02:18 PM
lol your car was made here
http://www.sjmautotechnik.com/travel_events/audipic/audiINGOL.jpg
Ingolstadt
Also on a floor of one of the factories is where quattro GMBH will put your audi exclusive car together
Fancy some trick wood facias
http://static.flickr.com/102/253313316_21e33df67a_b.jpg
Leather in nearly any colour you desire
http://static.flickr.com/115/253299217_ff8af9a631_b.jpg
Dont forget the steering wheel
http://static.flickr.com/89/253309384_592de731a6_b.jpg
If you have the money you could have a one of a kind car
http://static.flickr.com/109/253288765_519f4e33f1_b.jpg
Thank you for the EYE CANDY POST!!!
Geees, its like the SCION company over there. You can do just about anything to your car before taking delivery.[up]
mattchow
06-14-2007, 02:26 PM
hecho en Germany? :D
As everyone has already said Ingolstadt in Germany, Engines built in eastern Europe but put in the car at Ingolstadt.
The chasis is made by robots but the interior pieces are all still put in by hand eg seats, dash, steering wheel etc...
I toured the plant and this was one of the things that struck me. It's good to know the car still has some of the old fashioned german quality workmanship in it not like a Honda that is completely assembled by robots..