They all say it, I just went and looked at my Audi 90 in my garage, it says made in France and made in USA on one. Most of the Contis I have seen said Made in Austria, but I will admit they were mostly truck tires. No matter where it is made it is made in the same equipment with the same rubber recipe. I wondered about this same thing years ago, I tracked the tires first made in Carolina by Michelin on the fleet trucks and trailers under my charge, there is not difference in the truck tires. The uniroyal/goodrich tires now made under Michelins umbrella are not terrible tires. They do offer cheaper ones, and you do get what you pay for. Do you think the General tires made under the Continental umbrella are no good too? Some of them are pretty much the same thing, but you must get the best Generals to get a good one. It is not about manufacture location. It is the design and rubber recipe. jeff/florida
At 08:23 PM 05/11/2000 -0400, you wrote: > Or maybe Made in Japan. ultimately responsible for the >manufacture of any given tire. Jeff/Florida Must advise, when I heard of the US bait and switch routine from Michelin I went over those tires with a fine tooth comb and there was no "Made in ___" anywhere on them. The code was the only way to know. Now that you mention it, I do recall seeing "Made in France" on Michelins before. Just like I've never seen a Continental without "Made in Germany" clearly ledgible.
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