I once owned a Cayenne S. European quality is a myth and they need sveral years to get the bugs out of their cars like every other auto manufacturing country on earth.
disclaimer-this post was made using a Gateway computer but would have turned out just as well using my Chinese made Dell computer at home.
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four walling, as an Audi owner, trust me, I'm extremely familiar with "european quality" you mention, though I guess I've been luckier than most (knock on wood). The thing is German automakers tend to overengineer things, and servicing things is really difficult. I'm sure with that complexity, it's also why things aren't quite as reliable, in part due to assembly.
That said, VAG has never supervised well in their own factories, but it's considerably worse when they use other factories. Hence why VW quality is much much worse than Audi. Most VW's sold in the states aren't assembled in Germany at all. I don't think the quality control will be there frankly.
The interesting note is that VW/Audi's sold in China are actually made there to begin with. Most of the A4/a6's in the Chinese market were made in China. VW was smart and entered the Chinese market very early before most other manufacturers. So I'd expect pretty soon most of the car lines will probably shift there. Another big manufacturer there is GM. Buicks are luxury brands there. And unlike here, the Buicks made over there actually look pretty nice (for GM). It's actually why the latest Buick designs are in part coming out of Shanghai design studio
As far as the Audi TT. As much as I like the cars, I've heard reliability has always been an issue (at least the older gen). BTW, it's built in Hungary.
Speaking of which. I need to give my baby (figuratively speaking) an oil change tonight. That will take 1 hr to take everything apart..
