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  1. 17-01-2010, 04:33 PM #1
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    Mk6 Golf GTI - Made in Germany?

    I was having a look at the new GTI in the showroom and was told by the salesman that the models being shipped to Australia, are now manufactured in Germany. This is good news if it is true. I have a 2008, South African built GTI, which I have reservations on the build quality.

    So does anyone know whether this is true?
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  2. 17-01-2010, 04:45 PM #2
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    I think they are made in Adelaide now.
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    If they were built in Adelaide, why would they take 4-6 months to deliver?

    I'm pretty sure they are not built there, if they were, the Australian salesman would not have missed a chance to fly the Aussie flag
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    Yes, they are now made in Wolfsburg, Germany.

    Get the VIN off any current model GTI and plug it into this online decoder:

    http://www.dubnetworks.net/vw-vin-decoder.htm
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    Just look at the 11th character in the VIN. If it's a 'W', and chances are all Australian-delivered GTIs will be, it will be built in Germany.

    Love the Adelaide remark, though. VW could ship Beetles in flat-pack form, and put them together at Mitsubishi's old Tonsley Park facility
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    If they were built in Australia, then you would have Holden/Ford build quality!!
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    And would that be good, or bad?
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    Forget I said that
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    Quote Originally Posted by ibbero View Post
    I was having a look at the new GTI in the showroom and was told by the salesman that the models being shipped to Australia, are now manufactured in Germany. This is good news if it is true. I have a 2008, South African built GTI, which I have reservations on the build quality.

    So does anyone know whether this is true?
    What's wrong with the build quality of the SA built Golf? It's got no more faults than the German built one and all the work is handled by machines and most of the components are from Germany.

    The search facility will show numerous threads confirming that it's made in Germany.
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  10. 20-01-2010, 10:50 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maverick View Post
    What's wrong with the build quality of the SA built Golf? It's got no more faults than the German built one and all the work is handled by machines and most of the components are from Germany.

    The search facility will show numerous threads confirming that it's made in Germany.
    Are you joking? I've had more components replaced than Dannii Minogue.

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