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And I've posted the window-sheet (monroney) on a 300C showing that the

> transmission came from Germany (not all 300's have their transmission > coming from Germany, but some do, perhaps it depends on the model, or > if AWD). > >
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> And also based on the window sheet for a 300, you will note that the > car is listed at only 74% domestic parts content. =A0That is actually 1% > short of what the US gov't considers as the threshold for a vehicle to > be called "domestically manufactured". >

Even though the content is only 74% American, that doesn't necessarily mean that the balance is German. I know that a lot of American car parts are made in Canada. I'm not saying that 26% of the 300 is all Canadian, but I doubt that 26% is all German either. Just speculation. I don't know for sure.

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weelliott
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You're slightly confused. The 74% domestic number means US - Canada - Mexico. The 26% foreign content is stuff that is made from outside North America, so there is PLENTY of stuff that can come from Germany.

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MoPar Man

Domestic content does not include Mexican parts, only the US and Canada.......I know it doesn't make any sense, but that is the rule.

Ed

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C. E. White

Yeah, but look at a pre-Diamler LH car. They were only running 80% or so domestic, because they had things like Nippondenso alternators and AC compressors (or Bosch alternators and Malaysia-built Sanden compressors in some models), Mitsubishi or Nippondenso starter motors, etc. etc. etc. You even have to count wheelbearings, power window motors, power seat motors, electronics boards, door-lock solenoids etc. etc. which can all be made in Taiwan or Malaysia, too, so there's lots of room for non-German but non-Domestic parts too.

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Steve

And I posted showing that ALL LX transmissions are made in Kokomo.

Hey, did you ever find which Mercedes use that 6-speed auto yet?

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Lloyd

And I've posted window sheets showing some 300's have transmissions made in Germany.

I'll give you that. Mercedes does not have a 6-speed transmission.

What do they say on the Chrysler 300 web-based message boards about transmissions and where they're made for a given model or engine option?

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MoPar Man

Well, 1. And I posted that even the 300s made in Austria use transmissions made in Kokomo.

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Lloyd

Most of the posters here are saying that their transmissions are made in Germany:

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I think it's beyond question that Mercedes transmissions are going into some 300 models - mostly SRT's but until I see other wise maybe also 300's with V8's and/or AWD.

Some claim to have "made in germany" tags on suspension parts, and that cruise control comes straight from Merc parts bin.

And until I read otherwise I'm going to assume that Daimler is getting a cut for anything being made that has some Daimler / Mercedes IP (intellectual property) content even if it's being made in a North American or Asian parts plant. That includes some "Mercedes-inspired" transmissions made in Kokomo.

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MoPar Man

Oh-I didn't know that Canada and Mexico were considered domestic. That makes sense. Ironically I was thinking of putting in a joke about how Canadian parts should be considered domestic since the U.S. annexed them. I thought it was bad when my father-in-law bought a 99 civic, and was told by the dealer that at the time it had the highest domestic parts content of any car sold in the U.S. I wonder if the regulations have changed since then, or if a whole lot of the honda is made here.

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weelliott

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