Just to muddy the waters. The New Mini Coopers are made by BMW in England. Classic English marque owned by a German company produced in England. I know there's at least one Mini owner on the list who's owned both the old and the new. enjoy, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives SB, CA
On Thursday, Oct 24, 2002, at 02:11PM, Steven L. Sheffield <stevens@veloworks.com> wrote:
>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.
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>At Thursday, 24 October 2002, Chuck Schmidt <chuckschmidt@earthlink.
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>>Herb Langston wrote:
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>>> 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)
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>>....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).
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>>Chuck Schmidt
>>SoPas, SoCal
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