Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/04/21
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At 11:54 AM -0400 4/21/01, SthRosner@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/21/01 11:15:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>jbcollier@home.com writes:
>
><< Naw, I am just joking. I would not touch it with a ten foot pole! Made
> anywhere else is okay though.
> >>
>
>Why not, John? The highest quality Hondas in the world are made in Ohio - USA
>- ditto Toyotas in Kentucky - USA - ditto BMWs in Spartanburg South
>bloody-Carolina - USA - and ditto Mercedes-Benz in Grab-your-coat-and-hat
>Mississippi - also USA!
>
>LaK 9
The Mercedes made in the States (M-series) have a notably lower
quality in all surveys that I have seen than the ones made in Germany.
BMW's from the States or Germany seem to be of similar quality.
Also, while the Hondas and Toyotas made in the States do seem to be
of consistently high quality, so do those made in Japan. It seems to
be a toss-up.
....and the significance of all the above with respect to Leicas is
pretty remote, as certainly the individual factory management and QC
is to blame, not the actual country as a whole.
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