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Mk I: Earlier cars for NA were imported from Germany. Later cars (with the exception of cabs) came from Pennsylvania (square headlights). I can state there were build quality issues with some of the US built. Only VW I had that had interior trim screws falling out while you drove.
I suspect after 30 years those will be non-issues, but of the two I had, I preferred the earlier Mk I Rabbit.
Mk II. I had an '85 and a '92 Jetta. Around 1990, they moved to the body colored 'aero bumpers'. Again build issues have been sorted on surviving examples, but the same rule of thumb applied in my case. The early edition (in Canada) came from Wolfsburg. The latter from Mexico. In 7 years they had made enough changes to seriously F up a fantastic car.
Echoing the quality issues raised above (and Jake Palmer will happily tell you tales of woe about the 90s Mexico-built VWs) I would stay away from just about any example (Mk II, III & IIII) built in Mexico before 2000.
Les
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