C6 Engines-Made in Mexico?
06-01-2005, 03:46 PM
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C6 Engines-Made in Mexico?
Hey guys, I was talking to a couple of Vette owners over the weekend and one had stated that some C5's & all C6 engines were made in Mexico. Is there any truth to this, or is it total 
Thanks,
Richard
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06-01-2005, 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by SUPR VET
C6 6.0 L V-8 Was Reported As Being Made At Gm St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada Engine Plant
06-01-2005, 04:21 PM
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Engines from Canada.......Transmissions from Mexico...........no wonder they are having trouble relating to one another!
06-01-2005, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by VNAMVET
Engines from Canada.......Transmissions from Mexico...........no wonder they are having trouble relating to one another!
06-01-2005, 09:01 PM
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The LS1 is cast in Mexico, then shipped to Canada for machining and building. I read it in the book by Will Handzel.
Don't know about the current Gen IV engines, but it appears to be the same excpet for the LS7 which I thought I had heard were hand built in Michigan.
Don't know about the current Gen IV engines, but it appears to be the same excpet for the LS7 which I thought I had heard were hand built in Michigan.
06-02-2005, 09:30 PM
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[QUOTE=Screwballvin]$$$HIT !!!
You just killed my day!
I hate that crap! Made in the U.S.A. all the way!!!
That't the only reason I bought the Vett!
***** Canada!!!
Now, now, be nice, or are you showing your true colours. It's people like you who give good Americans a bad name. Maybe you belong in a Honda.
You just killed my day!
I hate that crap! Made in the U.S.A. all the way!!!
That't the only reason I bought the Vett!
***** Canada!!!
Now, now, be nice, or are you showing your true colours. It's people like you who give good Americans a bad name. Maybe you belong in a Honda.
06-02-2005, 09:55 PM
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Take apart anything 'made in America' that has a lot of parts, and start examining where all those pieces are manufactured. You'd be hard pressed to find any modern mechanical or electronic device with every part manufactured & assembled in the USA, and frankly imo it is pointless to stress about such things.
06-02-2005, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by djfullshred
Take apart anything 'made in America' that has a lot of parts, and start examining where all those pieces are manufactured. You'd be hard pressed to find any modern mechanical or electronic device with every part manufactured & assembled in the USA, and frankly imo it is pointless to stress about such things.
06-02-2005, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Screwballvin
$$$HIT !!!
You just killed my day!
I hate that crap! Made in the U.S.A. all the way!!!
That't the only reason I bought the Vett!
***** Canada!!!
You just killed my day!
I hate that crap! Made in the U.S.A. all the way!!!
That't the only reason I bought the Vett!
***** Canada!!!
06-02-2005, 10:29 PM
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Originally Posted by clem zahrobsky
if all the parts in a corvette were made in the USA by UAW none of us could afford a C-6
true true
06-02-2005, 11:02 PM
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I went and looked at my window sticker and found the following:
For this vehicle:
Final Assembly Point: Bowling Green, KY USA
Country of Origin:
Engine: United States
Transmission: Mexico
I have a Z51, manual, coupe.
For this vehicle:
Final Assembly Point: Bowling Green, KY USA
Country of Origin:
Engine: United States
Transmission: Mexico
I have a Z51, manual, coupe.
