Where was your Mk5 made:

[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'

 

[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.