[Salo]

My "German" VW was made with Brazilian parts and assembled in Mexico with a Polish-built engine.

My American Ford was built in Canada, as was my wife's old Ford. Her current Ford might actually be assembled in the US, but the parts seems to speak Spanish.

Boggles the mind thinking about it.

[Right Wing Assault]

Sounds like the German engineers screwed up the new Beetle according to a friend. He told me the Chilton's manual on oil changes begins somehting like, "Changing the oil is not easy on the Beetle." Of course, bring it to the dealer is what they want.