Re: [CR]Re: Brand Loyalty

(Example: Framebuilders:Cecil Behringer)

To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
From: "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Brand Loyalty
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:11:58 -0400

Many Volkswagens (and I believe Audis) are built in Mexico. Wouldn't surprise me if the Porsches with VW engines are built there as well.

At Thursday, 24 October 2002, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink. net> wrote:
>Herb Langston wrote:
>(cut)
>> Would people buy Harley-Davidsons if they were made in Taiwan? Or a
>> Porsche/Audi/BMW if they were made in Taiwan? I doubt it. Brand loyalty is
>> an unbeatable thing, but part of the "brand" itself is the country and
>> culture that produces the object.(cut)
>
>....and would people buy BMWs if they were made in the USA? Uhhh, yeah!
>(Some are made here in the US and they surpassed German-made BMWs in
>quality when judged by BMW's own survey).
>
>Chuck Schmidt
>SoPas, SoCal
>
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