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      02-26-2021, 05:09 AM   #394
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Originally Posted by Poochie View Post
It does take away a certain luster from the brand's reputation and heritage.
Hence my recent comment about nostalgia.

A German thoroughbred should be German.

Build all the cars in Mexico, South Africa, Korea and any of a hundred other countries but make the pride and joy that is ///M in Germany.

That's why, even though owned by VW, Bugatti is still manufactured in its ancestral home in Molsheim, France. Similarly, though also owned by VW, both Lamborghini factories are still located at the company's headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy.

That's, at least in part, because one is a French thoroughbred and the other an Italian one. I'm sure they could be manufactured in alternate, more economically sound, locations but I'm guessing that's not the point of the exercise.

I acknowledge, G87 ain't no Chiron or Huracan Performante, but it's the principle I'm talking about not so much the event.
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