No no no. All VW engines have been built in Germany. The cars were assembled in Mexico. The Passat will be built in America but the engines will still be imported from Germany. Highly regarded engines by the way.
They must be made in Brazil, too. I was down there last week and VW’s were everywhere. Lots of old style Beetles and vans. Quite a few body styles from VW and others that I’d not seen before, too.
Engine plant in city unlikely
Volkswagen’s chief in Chattanooga said Friday he does not expect the city to win a new VW engine plant that the German automaker is planning for North America.
Frank Fischer, CEO of VW’s operations here, said while local company officials pitched Chattanooga, the engine plant will go elsewhere as it now stands.
“We said, ‘Please do it,’” Fischer said. “We were supporting it.”
But VW officials are looking at such issues as capacity and demand for the engines when it comes to locating the plant, he said.
Mexico has been named by VW’s top brass as a potential site for the engine plant. VW’s production plant in Puebla, Mexico, has an annual capacity of 525,000 vehicles.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/aug/07/engine-plant-city-unlikely/
Engine plant battle revs up
VW ENGINES
Volkswagen facilities in Puebla, Mexico, make cars and engines, employing more than 14,000 people, according to the German automaker.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/apr/18/engine-plant-battle-revs-up/
VW tilts toward Mexico on plant
Chattanooga’s chief job-growth group says it’s not surprised by a report Volkswagen may be leaning toward Mexico as the site for an engine plant.
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2010/jul/23/vw-tilts-toward-mexico-plant/
Call me homophobic but I found the Doritos ad disgusting. I bet it was a big hit in San Francisco.