>> > >> I just got a new Bosch fuel filter - made in SPAIN. > > >So? a friend of mine has a '99 New VW Beetle..... Made in Mexico.. Big >corporations have their factories all over the world. > I know that and so does everyone else. The new Beetle does not profess to be German. But don't people normally pay more for a genuine BOSCH product because they assume its made in Germany. I've heard mnany people on this list say things like 'why buy a cheaper substitiute when you can have the genuine German item' - well guess what, they often aren't German anymore. |
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