Frightening news...

[scott thomas]

I do remember a bunch of complaints about the type44 engine mounts
made in China. For some reason, it seems very tough to monitor the
quality outside of the oem manufacturers country of origin. The Czech
fool pump is an example.

I can't say much for the Spanish, Italian, or French made products. I
did use a DOLZ Spanish water pump from Blaufergnugen years ago. It
was an extremely well made unit. My Czech fool pump installed
recently by the po of my 200 was noisy as hell. Very obviously new,
too.

Going back to the original topic, making the cars over there will
allow them to custom tailor the car for the intended market, too.
They'll probably see the diesels and smaller engines, along with
optional a/c.
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From: <auditude at cox.net>
Sent: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:11:56 -0400
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: re: Frightening news...


When you say imitation, you mean non-oem parts right?  I would
imagine if they are from genuine Audi suppliers, they would be of
decent quality even if they are manufactured in China, no?

What was that one part that is super-cheap and crappy in our
cars?  Was it the Type 85 power window stuff or something?  I forget,
it was made somewhere like Costa Rica.

Later,

Ken

Brett Dikeman brett at cloud9.net
>
> If you notice, the article mostly talks about the Chinese market.  I
> see nothing here that says Chinese-made vehicles will be sold
> anywhere but in China.
>
> What this probably does mean, however, is that the number of
> chinese-made imitation parts will jump significantly.
>
> Brett
>
> At 1:02 PM -0400 10/24/02, Louis-Alain Richard wrote:
> >    FRANKFURT, Oct 24 (AFP) - German automaker Volkswagen plans to
manufacture
> >the A4 model of its Audi unit in China in order to confront the
arrival on the
> >Chinese market of rival BMW, the newspaper Handelsblatt reported
Thursday,
> >quoting sources close to Audi in Asia.
> >    By manufacturing in China Volkswagen hopes to reduce the
model's sales
> >price in order to make it more competitive with BMW's Series 3,
which is also
> >to be produced next year on Chinese territory, the paper said.
> >    It added that Volkswagen and Audi would announce the decision
by the end of
> >the month.
> >    Volkswagen officials were not immediately available for
comment.
> >    BMW's arrival in China poses a direct threat to Volkswagen,
currently the
> >leader in passenger auto sales there, where the latter controls
nearly 50
> >percent of the market.




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