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Originally Posted by DTM-R13
WTF Is this?
"the South African produced F30 328i (denoted by "SA") begins later, in February 2012."
Does this mean cars for that part of the world? US models should be made in Munich right?
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The Rosslyn plant in SA has been manufacturing 3series sold around the world for many years, definitely included E46 models, not sure how much before that. Some dealers actually advertise that its an SA model.
I know its a knee jerk reaction to think that a car that comes from Africa must be a disaster, but let it be known that the Mercedes plant in SA frequently earns top honors internally for quality ratings, least defects per car of all the Mercedes factories.
The first X3 wasnt low rent because it was built in Austria, the first Z4 wasnt low rent because it was built in South Carolina, they were low rent because those were the quality specs and parts that were provided for that car to be built.