scoates
Well-Known Member
I just searched cars produced at Magna Steyr and apparently the current cars are:Yes. Shockingly, contract manufacturers usually produce lower quality than OEM plants.
Reasons: lower wages, lower skilled employees/workers, lots of temporary staff, no brand affiliation, dissatisfaction, complex hierachy, line of communication & problem solving processes,...
So out of a few possible production sites (Toyota plant/Japan; BMW plant/Germany; Contract manufacturer/Austria), they chose the worst one. Mixed with pure BMW tech, this is not something you want to keep after the warranty expired.
- Mercedes-Benz G-Class 1979–present
- BMW 5 Series 2017–present
- Jaguar E-Pace 2017–present
- Jaguar I-Pace 2018–present
All of which are from more luxury brands and would be expected to have good build quality, especially the G-Class with the new ones starting at over £140,000!
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