Date:         Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:48:38 -0400
Reply-To:     Southard Family <southard@GIS.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Southard Family <southard@GIS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Diesels in California?!
Comments: To: Per Lindgren <lindgre@ONLINE.NO>

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