And just like the MK7 factory in Mexico it produced the lowest quality version of that car. The difference in fit and finish between my Mexican made MK7 GTI and German made R were night and day. Mexican made Q5 have some QC issues and so do the engines (EA211 for the Jetta) made in Mexico.
Ran into the same kind of issues when I was a service advisor working for Mazda. When they started building the 3 sedan there, quality started dropping on those cars, and Mazda even had service bulletins specific to MX built cars. This is also true of when I was younger and worked at a Honda dealer when second gen Fits were released, since they started to be produced there for North America - much poorer QC. To this day, I’ll never recommend someone to buy an MX built car if there is the option to purchase the same vehicle built elsewhere.
Audi makes all Q5’s in Mexico so not surprised.
VWs factory in Puebla is massive
And just like the MK7 factory in Mexico it produced the lowest quality version of that car. The difference in fit and finish between my Mexican made MK7 GTI and German made R were night and day. Mexican made Q5 have some QC issues and so do the engines (EA211 for the Jetta) made in Mexico.
Ran into the same kind of issues when I was a service advisor working for Mazda. When they started building the 3 sedan there, quality started dropping on those cars, and Mazda even had service bulletins specific to MX built cars. This is also true of when I was younger and worked at a Honda dealer when second gen Fits were released, since they started to be produced there for North America - much poorer QC. To this day, I’ll never recommend someone to buy an MX built car if there is the option to purchase the same vehicle built elsewhere.