Date:         Wed, 25 Apr 2001 11:34:14 EDT
Reply-To:     JordanVw@aol.com
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         JordanVw@aol.com
Subject:      Re: Bosch not German?
Comments: To: dmc@cyburban.com
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In a message dated 4/25/01 11:27:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
dmc@cyburban.com writes:


> >> Incidentally one of the VW hoses that I recently bought was marked
> "Avon,
> >> England", so everything that goes into a VW is not German.
> >>
> >Very true, check this one out:  One of the bigger shockers I've noticed
> >on several VWs of 80's vintage is the a/c condensor (the a/c 'radiator'
> >that sits in front of the regular radiator) on my Vanagon and both my
> >Quantums were made in Japan!!  Isn't there a law against that?  Perhaps
> >even a law of nature??
> >
> 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.   wherever labor is
cheapest..
vw's been makin cars all over the world for years.


chris

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