They way to tell where it was assembled is by the VIN. On the A1, A2, and A02
cars, at least, the  first charachter represents the following production
location:

1 - (Westmoreland, PA until 6/88, then Pueblo, Mexico)

3 - Brazil (Fox and Polo only)

W - (Germany)

-Dave
'88 GTi 16v
'88 Vanagon GL Wolfsburg

In a message dated 1/15/1999 4:15:50 AM Eastern Standard Time,
arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM writes:

<< Having owned a '83 GTi, a '92 Passat, and a '94 Jetta, there was not much
 difference between the feel and quality of the GTi and the Passat.  Forgive
 me if I'm wrong, but weren't the early GTi's essentially German assembled
 Rabbits tweaked and modified and upgraded in Westmoreland, Pa?  The Passat
 I know was built in Germany.

 As for the Jetta, well, let's just say that I could find not justification
 for keeping the car.  It was a mechanical nightmare, it felt horrible, and
 the fit and finish were for crap.  There were so many problems, my wife
 vowed she would divorce me if we didn't get rid of it.  Night and day,
 compared to the nine other VW's I've owned...

 My $0.02...

 Alan Bosch
 '88 Wolfsburg Pilot >>