Per, the Golfs are made in Germany (at least my TDI was). Maynard '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" '93 EV GL "Klinger" '00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo"
-----Original Message----- From: Per Lindgren [SMTP:lindgre@ONLINE.NO] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 1999 7:47 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Diesels in California?! santos wrote: > Coddington wrote: > > > > I was told it has nothing to do with California. It's that VW is no longer > > going to send them to the U.S. I'd really like to know the reason for this! > > was told by a dealer there is too much of a demand for them in the > european market. Yes, there is a high demand of TDI cars here, but it doesn't matter for the Golf/Jettas for the US market, as they are manufactured in Mexico. I don't know if the engines are manufactured in Mexico or Germany, but I guess they have enough capacity in Germany. PerL 87 Syncro 112i |
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