Built in which country?

[Corey_R]

It's funny that this thread should come up now, cause on the weekend a mate and I were out looking for cars for him. He noticed an Audi A3 demonstrator on sale and went up and looked at the price and was quite shocked out how much more expensive it was than the Golf. He asked the Audi sales guy what are the differences which attributes to the higher price and the sales man couldn't come up with any features or options on the A3 which weren't on the Golf....

So he then said, well, the A3 is made in Germany whereas the Golf is made in South Africa. To which I corrected him to say that the MK6 hatch is actually made in Wolfsburg. He wouldn't believe me though, he kept saying "well how can they make them that cheap if they're made in Germany, it's just not possible". hehe, silly Audi

[Golf_TSI]

Same as result from waffecaust

My MK6 according to the VIN decoder is MK5

Is this decoder correct or do I get the wrong car

[Allegiance]

Same as result from waffecaust

My MK6 according to the VIN decoder is MK5

Is this decoder correct or do I get the wrong car

I'm pretty sure you could visually tell the difference.

[MariusGT]

I'm pretty sure you could visually tell the difference.

Oh dear.....

That is up there with some of the funniest stuff I have read on here...

Made me snort like a pig before laughing out loud.

NICE!

[Tim]

thats interesting. Is a mk6 VIN something along the lines of WVWZZZ1KZAW###### ?

Because 1K is a mk5 platform car. So technically a mk6 is actually a variant of mk5 if you look at it that way.

All the other generations had their own platforms. 17 was a mk1, 19 was a mk2, 1H was mk3, 1J was mk4, 1K is mk5

[Golf_TSI]

@Tim,
That makes sense ...

@Allegiance & MariusGT
ha ha ha fair 'nough but forgive my ignorance here as i haven't received the car yet and hasn't got any vw before

[graeme86]

Thats right, the Mark VI according to VW's internals systems, is just Mark V mutton dressed up as Mark VI lamb.

All the part numbers etc still have 1K (= Mk V) on them.

[Umai Naa!!]

Spot-on.

It's still technically a 1K platform per se, but is distinguished by a 5K model code.

Remember, the MK6 is only a facelifted MK5.

[dopey]

Golf - Wolfsberg
Golf Wagon - Mexico
Jetta - South Africa
Passat - Emden
Eos - Portugal
Caddy - Poland
Transporter - Hannover
Touareg - Slovakia
Tiguan - Wolfsberg
Crafter - Dusseldorf

Any idea where they intend to manufacture the upcoming Jetta model? Or no mention of this yet?

[tee_off]

I know it's not the best of sources, but whats with the "Changchun, China" listing in addition to Wolfsburg on wikipedia?

[Corey_R]

When a European manufacturer has a plant in China, it's usually to produce cars just for the local Chinese market.

I have no idea if that is the case for VW - but I've noted that it is the case for BMW and Mercedes in the past.

[tee_off]

When a European manufacturer has a plant in China, it's usually to produce cars just for the local Chinese market.

I have no idea if that is the case for VW - but I've noted that it is the case for BMW and Mercedes in the past.

Makes sense...VW's biggest market is China and were first foreign maker to have a plant there

[niulf]

I know it's not the best of sources, but whats with the "Changchun, China" listing in addition to Wolfsburg on wikipedia?

There are two VWs in China, one is in Changchun, AKA FAW-Volkswagen, another one is in Shanghai, AKA Shanghai Volkswagen. Golf (including GTI MK6), Jetta, New Bora, Sagitar, Magotan and AUDIs are built in Changchun. Shanghai takes care of Passat, Polo, Tiguan and SKODAs. Both of their vehicles are only sold in Chinese market. I'm not sure if they provide parts for other countries.

[tee_off]

There are two VWs in China, one is in Changchun, AKA FAW-Volkswagen, another one is in Shanghai, AKA Shanghai Volkswagen. Golf (including GTI MK6), Jetta, New Bora, Sagitar, Magotan and AUDIs are built in Changchun. Shanghai takes care of Passat, Polo, Tiguan and SKODAs. Both of their vehicles are only sold in Chinese market. I'm not sure if they provide parts for other countries.

That's interesting...and pretty confusing...Thanks

[Corey_R]

What's confusing about that? There are two plants and they each produce certain cars?! hehe