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How to recognize a Mexican build by VIN
US models built in Mexico have "J" in the 7th position.
German builds have "C" in that position. At some point, the Mexican VINs should start using "3MW" as the first three characters, but the 7th position appears to be more reliable. Last edited by ynguldyn; 11-22-2018 at 01:17 AM.. |
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But you could have titled your post “How to identify which country the car is built in” ... by specifying a country name in the post title it can give the impression that there are negative connotations ... well that’s how it looked to me. My job is to inform also ;-)
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So are all US cars going to be built in MX or no?
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Negative connotations are always in the eye of the beholder. What if the title had instead read, "How to recognize a Munich build by VIN"? Any negative connotations there? Aaaaah. |
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12-08-2018, 01:51 PM | #9 |
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Right now the ratio is 1:5 SLP:Munich. I'm sure in the future it will change in favor of SLP, but it'll take time for the plant to ramp up. Right now they're only building a couple dozen cars per day, nowhere close to the US-wide demand for the new model.
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A) The physical location of the assembly plant building B) The ethnicity of the people on the assembly line C) Traditional/historical source of past vehicles D) The potential use of local component suppliers E) Other_____________________________
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That’s fine. When we do online recruiting, a 2% response rate is typical so we’re used to people being unwilling to share their thoughts. I anticipated more openness on a BMW forum. When MB moved C Class to the US, there was quite a bit of sharing of opinion on their forum on the very issue of losing “German-ness”.
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Perhaps the more interesting finding here is the cynical response when offered the opportunity to give an honest, anonymous reaction. I’m seeing this topic is provoking much anxiety. That’s ok. We can move on. Last edited by Sportstick; 12-09-2018 at 08:10 AM.. |
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If I'm paying 55-60K for a car with vinyl seats I want to know that it costs a lot to BMW to make that car because of high German labor wages and transport from Germany to USA. Then and only then I am okay to pay that kinda money for an economy beginner class BMW. Pass on the savings to me BMW, sell me a Mexican m340i for 35K and I won't have a problem where it's made |
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In fact you should want the assembly labor cost to be as low as possible so more of the car's total cost can be from R+D and features. That is how you get a better car. However, if BMW decided they were going to immediately move designing the car to a brand new engineering office in Mexico without the institutional knowledge and engineering talent pool that fill their (and other brands) German offices I would have concerns |
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