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Miy 2000 Base was also produced at the Valmet plant in Finland. As I recall, a 2000 or 2001 Porsche Excellence test of the base Boxster was written by an owner of an earlier one (a 1998?) that had been assembled in Germany. The reviewer commented favourably on the assembly quatlity of the Finnish car, noting a reduction in rattles, etc. Indeed, if I am not mistaken, he went on to indicate that he had been hearing from various owners that the Valmet-produced cars typically had better quality control than the ones from Germany.
As has already been mentioned, from the beginning Porsche has a history of assembling cars in outside facilities. I see no reason to believe that a Porsche assembled at a plant owned by Volkswagen would be any worse than one owned by Valmet in Finland. Training, increased inspection and rigid quality-control standards are the key no matter where a product is assembled; indeed, on occasion, more care will be taken on the start-up of production at a new facility than at an existing one, where there can be a tendancy for complacency (or at least, a tendancy to reduce the number of quality-control inspectors as the workers become familiar with the product and assembly process). And lets face it - its not as if the assembly has been transferred to the third world!
Brad
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