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Originally Posted by blondboinsd
Interesting. I know the Cayenne is made in Slovakia because it's the same factory that makes the VW model. I would consider it the same as BMW making it their 3 Series models in South Africa. No Big Deal as long as the quality is present. My Jetta is made in Mexico and has fantastic build quality. It's all in quality control
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I think the difference is that BMW owns the factory in South Africa, and VW owns their factories in Slovakia and Mexico. Outsourcing to an independent assembly company is a whole further step. It would be more like Magna assembling the X3 in years past.
While I agree that the quality control is important, I think that the economic angle that MD references is key; as demand fluctuates it is the outsource suppliers that will be hit hard first, as production is pulled back in-house. Then it will be case of whether the manufacturer can maintain the quality when they haven't been building the vehicles themselves up to that point.
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