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All Brandy Wine Mica RXs are built in Japan by the way

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Old 10-04-07, 04:54 PM
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Thumbs up All Brandy Wine Mica RXs are built in Japan by the way

Regardless of NAV or Not. Check the Vin's. I am from the Northeast and all are built in Ontario, except the one with the Brandy Wine Mica color. Impressive.
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Is that a new color for the 08, is that why its beening built in Japan? Whenever I have a choice, I alway try to get a car that is built in Japan or Germany. The built quality is not always better, there are still lemons, but the odds are you are getting a car that is better built.
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Brandy Wine Mica is a brand new color for 08 for the RX 350. I have not seen any Japanese built RX 350's in the Northeast in any other color. Good question why this color is exclusive to Japanese production versus Canadian production.
If I waited till the 08's came out, instead of getting a 07, I would have gotten the 08 in the Brandy Wine color knowing it is Japanese built.
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How can we know where the Lexus was built ???
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The first character of the vin indicates where it was built.
The letter 'J' means it is built in Japan.
The number '2' means it is built in Canada.
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It should also tell you the built location on the window sticker right? I wonder if the VIN can tell you which Japanese plant the red RX is built in.
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every car as a sticker telling which plant it came from. pop the hood open, and on the underside of the hood, either on the left or right hand side next to the support beams, there should be a silver sticker in red letters.

mine says KYUSHU or something like that. that is the plant name
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Originally Posted by Foster 525
The first character of the vin indicates where it was built.
The letter 'J' means it is built in Japan.
The number '2' means it is built in Canada.
Some would say the "2" real means "Second Class"
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My Vin starts with 2......... and its from Michigan Plant

Howz Michigan plant compared to Canada....... is Michigan the third class
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err i didnt know RXs were made in michigan...in fact i dont think thats true lol
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I have a 2008 Brandywine - I just popped the hood to see which plant in Japan. I did not find a sticker there, so am curious where it might be.




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every car as a sticker telling which plant it came from. pop the hood open, and on the underside of the hood, either on the left or right hand side next to the support beams, there should be a silver sticker in red letters.

mine says KYUSHU or something like that. that is the plant name
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not sure if they changed the location, but this is what it looks like on my 2004 rx330


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who cares where it was made? my 330 was made in japan and has problems galore
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Originally Posted by AM1
who cares?
u belong in a ford or gm
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