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  1. dragvorl

    Weather condinition influence on car equipment

    And what about the cooling system/radiators? Do they deliver cars to the Arabian markets with larger radiators for instance?
  2. dragvorl

    Weather condinition influence on car equipment

    I couldn't find an exact answer to my question.Do manufacturers modify cars according to extreme weather conditions? For example, is the radiator system identical on cars made for Australian, Dubai, German or Norwegian markets? I guess the manufacturers don't really want to have large numbers of...
  3. dragvorl

    Orange peel on new cars

    Well, I don't know, that's why I asked. It seems to me that they don't really care too much about it anyway.
  4. dragvorl

    Orange peel on new cars

    That's OK, but isn't there an easy way to fix this, at least with premium cars?
  5. dragvorl

    Orange peel on new cars

    Sure orange peel existed before, but I'm not so sure it was a regular occurrence on new MBs BMWs and similar vehicles.
  6. dragvorl

    Orange peel on new cars

    Just to illustrate. I'm sorry, I can't find the edit button in the first post.
  7. dragvorl

    Orange peel on new cars

    I've seen there is an old thread about removing orange peel from surfaces, but my question is different. I've noticed many cars, even new and from premium manufacturers, say MB, have orange peel all over the paint finish, and it's clearly visible. Now, that wasn't the case some 15-20 years ago...
  8. dragvorl

    Different quality cars for different markets from same manufacturer

    Good post screwman.[thumbsup2]
  9. dragvorl

    Different quality cars for different markets from same manufacturer

    Thanks for all the answers. I'm going to try to be more specific. If a car is sold in two different markets (for example Germany and Bulgaria), and presumably the cars don't have to be built different due to road quality, weather conditions, safety, etc. The car, for example, is a same...
  10. dragvorl

    Different quality cars for different markets from same manufacturer

    Yep, I posted this question on two other forums which I deemed are capable of answering this topic in a reasonable manner, that's why I posted it here too, because I see there are knowledgeable people on the board. I hope that's not a problem.
  11. dragvorl

    Different quality cars for different markets from same manufacturer

    We had a discussion on another forum concerning vehicle quality for different markets. So, the general idea is: say BMW or another manufacturer basically has two classes of quality, higher and lower of course. So the higher quality vehicles are sold in developed countries (i.e. Germany...
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