Where was your Mk5 made:

[Gulfer]

You can tell whereabouts a Mk V was manufactured from the 11th character of the chassis number. For example, a "W" in WVWZZZ1KZ5W888888 would indicate that the Mk V was manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany. Other codes are:


W: Wolfsburg, Germany
U: South Africa

[Dude123]

Cool. When my arrives in May, it better say "W" for Wolfsburg.

[//caliber\\]

Cool. When my arrives in May, it better say "W" for Wolfsburg.

Are the cars made in WOlfsburg better than South Africa??

[loft]

Its all the same, some VWs are made in Mexico and they are fine too. Its all about them being engineered by a bunch of germans with their intolerance to any deviation from mathematecal perfection. As long as the engineers are german thats all that is important.

[hipstomper]

No worries cause south african car plants like the one that makes the 3 series has great reputations for quality! Either way it looks like we can't go wrong.

[MAlby7]

Ah no Mexico making my next car can't wait!

[Das_Meister]

My car was made in Mexico (MKIII) and its nothing but trouble! My MKII was made in Germany and that thing was a tank!!!

[todeshandler]

My mk5 GTI assembled in Germany and my mk5 jetta in Mexico

[99swift99]

My mk5 GTI assembled in Germany and my mk5 jetta in Mexico

wow MK5 GTI and JETTA! :thumbup:

Any problems with your Jetta at all? Is there any truth to what people think about cars assembled in mexico having more problems?

[sarge1]

My car was made in Mexico (MKIII) and its nothing but trouble! My MKII was made in Germany and that thing was a tank!!!
hey my mk3 was made in mexico and it never failed since day 1 of owneship.
its not the place of assembly its the minds that engeneered it, but mexicos plants have been updated alot and are closely watch for quality assurance.

[AlphAZender]

I still want mine made in Germany. Didnt the Mexican plant go on strike a few years back? I don't want angry mexicans making my car.

[JJ-R32]

I still want mine made in Germany. Didnt the Mexican plant go on strike a few years back? I don't want angry mexicans making my car.

:laughabove: No worries, all GTI's are made in Wolfsburg, Germany. :thumbsup:

[IML337]

That might be true for the american market, but my GTI was most definitely made in South Africa.

[kidkusu]

Mine was most definatly made in WOB:drinking:

[avante]

Hello!

There are two other possibilities where the Golf can be produced in Europe:
- Mosel/Germany
- Brussels/Belgium

[rica_roel]

Its all the same, some VWs are made in Mexico and they are fine too. Its all about them being engineered by a bunch of germans with their intolerance to any deviation from mathematecal perfection. As long as the engineers are german thats all that is important.

No that is not true, just the GLI is made in Mexico, nor the GTI

Cheers

Ricardo

[rica_roel]

I still want mine made in Germany. Didnt the Mexican plant go on strike a few years back? I don't want angry mexicans making my car.

No strike was on the plant, they where just looking for better conditions and after a while the manage to made an agreement, and by the way in Puebla Mexico is not made the GTI, just the GLI and the Bettle.

I have a GLI and you would have to see the very good job they make, volkswagen quality is the best everywhere they have a plant, same conditions.

Cheers

Ricardo

[loccusst]

My GTI was made in Germany!!!!!

[KharatosGTI]

I wouldn't care a whole lot if the car was made in Mexico. But it's definitely cooler that my car's made in Wolfsburg, I mean a GTI from Wolfsburg, that just screams heritage and legend. :iono:

[loccusst]

I like the fact that my car comes from Wolfsburg because of the first car i actually paid for myself in highschool. It was a 86 Jetta GLI Wolfsburg edition dark grey with the red striping.......much like my United Grey with the Evil red grin on the front.

[Medder]

I'm a GTI owner in New Zealand. Just got this info from VW dealer:

South Africa... Australia, NZ, South Africa, Japan etc all get the GTI from
South Africa except any 4Motion Golf's they come from Germany.

[GolfUberAlles]

I owned a 1994 Golf III. VW first made their transition to Mexico in 1993. I hate to say this but my Golf III was a lemon, a piece of sh$t :cry: .

Compression problems, AC issues, rear brake light went bad in one month, not to mention my engine light came on an would not go off, with the dealer scratching their heads.

In 1984, I owned a Turbo Diesel (Wolfsburg) Jetta. I best car I ever owned. :thumbsup:

I am read to come back to the "fatherland" with the MKV. :drinking:

[vdubGTi]

I don't hear much about Brazil. But my 04 mkIV was made in Brazil. Nothing is made in Brazil anymore??? I am happy that the GTI is made in Germany.

[rica_roel]

They do many cars there and they are sell in mexico like the Pointer is a little car well made very strong, they say is the new workhorse as it was in mexico the old Bettle, they do also the lupo, little but more well made and more luxury.

cheers

Ricardo

[NorthGTI]

hey my mk3 was made in mexico and it never failed since day 1 of owneship.

Mine had no issues either after 5 years of ownership. Was not very attactive though-MkIII appearance design was a dog.

[4GSixty3]

Mine were made in Germany!!! NICE!

[tydale3]

snitzel breath is way better than burrito breath

[hiro]

Hi ! Mr.Medder.
You are right !
My GTI MK5 came to Japan from south africa.

[-vic-]

Not all GTI's are made in Wolfsburg, they're also made in Mosel and Belgium.. I know a lot of cars made in WOB that have issues.. it doesn't means anything (I agree that is cooler to have a car made at WOB)...

Mine is 6B

[ravegreen]

My car was made in Mexico (MKIII) and its nothing but trouble! My MKII was made in Germany and that thing was a tank!!!

Ahh, but what colors were they?

[tydale3]

Helga told my fast mine was made in her backyard!! My fast wants to do helga.

[mouch]

I'm a GTI owner in New Zealand. Just got this info from VW dealer:

South Africa... Australia, NZ, South Africa, Japan etc all get the GTI from
South Africa except any 4Motion Golf's they come from Germany.


Maybe South Africa only makes the right hand drives... :iono:

[Cralis]

Yes, SA does make Right Hand drives (It's a RHD country). I believe the VW factory is down in Port Elizabeth.

[etexfast]

Helga told my fast mine was made in her backyard!! My fast wants to do helga.

Indeed.:laughabove:

[ünpimptheauto]

Made in Germany! WhooHooo!

[zulu]

Just look at your original window sticker it states on there where the car was produced.

[thomaschh]

I'm pretty sure all US MkV GTIs were built at the Wolfsburg plant...

[Mary and Phil]

You can tell whereabouts a Mk V was manufactured from the 11th character of the chassis number. For example, a "W" in WVWZZZ1KZ5W888888 would indicate that the Mk V was manufactured in Wolfsburg, Germany. Other codes are:


W: Wolfsburg, Germany
U: South Africa

my sticker says 'wolfsburg' :D

[Mary and Phil]

I still want mine made in Germany. Didnt the Mexican plant go on strike a few years back? I don't want angry mexicans making my car.

my front grille is made in mexico as in the front plate holder. the rear lights are polish, the wheels are italian and i think the front fenders are spanish or italian.

[TASOS]

I believe some of you will find usefull a VIN decoder.

http://www.abvwc.org.uk/vw_vin.htm

[ApexTwin]

I find it funny/frustrating that I've been looking at getting a GTI, built in South Africa for the Australian market.
Or possibly the Ford Focus ST (XR5), built in Germany! :tongue:

Nothing against the South Africans - but I'd prefer to get my German designed car direct from the Motherland! :wink:

[bonzgti]

i pieced it together in my basement in my spare time....

[Lima]

I'm a GTI owner in New Zealand. Just got this info from VW dealer:

South Africa... Australia, NZ, South Africa, Japan etc all get the GTI from
South Africa except any 4Motion Golf's they come from Germany.


3dr GTIs delivered to Australia, which only started being delivered from Nov 2006, are built in Wolfsburg. :thumbsup:

[dpham00]

just so you know, the first character in the VIN represents the region that it was made, so "W" represents Germany, not necessarily Wolfsburg. the 11th character (right before the serial #) represents the location, "W" there representing Wolfsburg.

so, my passat had a VIN# wvwma23b9yeXXXXXX, the 11th character is "E" which represents Emden.

my gti had a vin # WVWFV71K47WXXXXXX, the 11th character is W which represents Wolfsburg.

both are made in germany, hence both start with "W"

[dpham00]

Just look at your original window sticker it states on there where the car was produced.



http://72.232.196.98/~dpham00/gti/misc/dealersticker2.jpg

[madison_gti]

All MkV GTI's and Rabbits are made in Wolfsburg, Germany. The MkV Jetta and the MkV GLI are made in Mexico, and the EOS is made in Portugal. As for the Passat, I'll have to double check that, I don't k now off the top of my head but I'm almost certain it's Germany.

[Shotinthehead]

German made over here!

[jkaruzas]

one of the selling points of all 3 dealerships that i shopped before making the purchase was that all GTIs are going to be made in wolfsburg. i know you can never trust a sales guy, but low and behold my sticker says wolfsburg. i don't think that my transmission was made in japan though; maybe that is just a DSG thing. (i've got the 6MT).

[srbsta]

my GTI is form South Africa

[RJS5689]

Made in Mexico scares me almost as much as made in CHINA....

[Sinan]

Hello!

There are two other possibilities where the Golf can be produced in Europe:
- Mosel/Germany
- Brussels/Belgium
you forgot Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[Meat]

My dubs is pure german...Wolfsburg baby!

[stangg172006]

its the 2nd W, the first one is for Europe. Just making it clear :D

[tranceporter]

i know it's a little late but i have to

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/7077/mexicode9.jpg

[bennylenny88]

lol!
prepare to be flamed!

[tranceporter]

flame suit on

http://www.westerncostume.com/images/flamesuit_med.jpg

:evil:

[ShadowGLI]

G'damn it... My GLI was made in Mexico... Well hopefully the Mexican cars are better now, I know my friend had a Nissan Sentra Spec-V that he bought new, by 20,000 miles of pussy foot driving it was burning oil already. Hopefully VW Quality control is more stringent. :confused:

At least my DSG was built in Germany :thumbsup:

[ShadowGLI]

I believe some of you will find usefull a VIN decoder.

http://www.abvwc.org.uk/vw_vin.htm

Uhhhh.. I have a Jetta GLI... typed the vin and got

Your VIN: 3VWWJ71KX6Mxxxxxx

Region: North America [ 3 ]
Manufacturer: Volkswagen [ V ]
Car Type: Passenger Car (VW) [ W ]
Body Style: 3 door Delivery Van [ W ]
Engine: undefined [ J ]
Restraint: undefined [ 7 ]
Model: Golf Mk 5 [ 1K ]
Year: 2006 [ 6 ]
Assembly Plant: Puebla, Mexico [ M ]


WTF, its 4 door and definately not a Golf.. :rolleyes:

[Sinan]

VWs built in Mexico are of poor quality. No TDIs were ever made in Mexico I believe. The rest of VW that WERE made there, drivers reported mechanical faults as well as those simple ones like window won't close or clunky (loose) interior.

[tranceporter]

I know my friend had a Nissan Sentra Spec-V that he bought new, by 20,000 miles of pussy foot driving it was burning oil already.

my 2003 spec v's engine blew at 68,000ish mi, nissan didn't replace it because it wasn't recalled yet (summer of '05). sure enough a few months ago, a recall notice came in the mail explaining just that. :thumbdown:

[GTIMKVDSG]

WVW here.

[jagee80]

Wolfsburg, Germany

[Parrothead]

wolfsburg :) :)

[Sinan]

I don't think they make TDIs anywhere else but the VW Town.

[fuscobal]

Wolfsburg for me too

[nc-gti]

You can tell whereabouts a Mk V was manufactured from the 11th character of the chassis number.

Or you can read it right off the window sticker (in the USA).

[nc-gti]

one of the selling points of all 3 dealerships that i shopped before making the purchase was that all GTIs are going to be made in wolfsburg. i know you can never trust a sales guy, but low and behold my sticker says wolfsburg.

As all the GTIs, and Rabbits for the USA are from Wolfsburg, the possibility from somewhere yet was.....zero.

[itsdajumpman]

my 07' GTI are from wolfsburg..........and there are lots quality issues !!!!!

and the funny thing is that the technician in the vw dealer told me all new GTI were assembled in mexico!!!! WTF!!!

[jtkellertx]

That technician isn't representing Deutschland now, is he?

[gotboost]

From waht im reading thank god that mines was made in Germany.

[Jax$MkV]

mine was made in Wolfsburg as well.

[odascoo]

i gots a W....VEE DUB BABY!!!

[njohanss]

wolfsburg all the way

[72luke]

I wouldn't buy a mexican built anything,
except maybe a taco.

[07mkvgti]

both of my GTI's were made in Wolfsburg:thumbup:

[Wargen023]

"you forgot Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina."

That was a joke right? Or do you believe that is three places?