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Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
Their production costs shouldn't be that bad...I thought most of the Beetle platform cars (Beetle, Jetta, Golf) were made in sunny Mexico.
Of course, the quality shows...
Quite right. Those cars for the North American market are made in Mexico, and I think all Beetles for the global market are made there too. Its the German labor costs that are killing them in Europe.
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