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This magazine does not exist anymore, but the article is still interesting.

Have a look. http://www.vwtrendsweb.com/tech/0211vwt ... lkswagens/
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Thanks. Answered alot of my questions. Maybe someone can tell me what the difference is between the Mexican build and German build engines. If any?????
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one is built in mexico, the other in Germany.....
PRob with parts from those countries too...
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Thanks :oops: . I'm sure there is more into it than that, but i found out they had a 1600FI aswell. Even 1200 was a standard...
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There are other interesting projects as well. Did you look at the other technical articles?
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Tony Z wrote:one is built in mexico, the other in Germany.....
Oh shit, Tony's on form again... :lol: :lol: :lol:
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that one was too easy to resist.

I think the differences are mainly in the quality of the parts used.... German being usually seen as better than mexican or brazilian
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