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posted by  Mansey on  Tue Jul 2 10:21 CST 2002
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You are right about the shared interior components on Jaguars being Ford components and they indeed are cheap looking but, that doesn't make it a Ford.
believe it or not most of the componets on Volvo are not manufactured by Volvo.

some examples: the transaxle on my 2002 v70 is made in Japan by AISIN a japanese manufacturer, they also sell tranmissions to Toyota and GM.

my headlamps , vehicle wiring harness, key fob are manufactured by Valeo.
I could go on and on....but my point is that there is not a single automotive manufacturer that makes each and every component for their vehicles. it is just too cost prohibitive. it usually is cheaper to buy a part from someone else. but, like I say...you get what you pay for. This is a business and profit is king.


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